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Last year, we reported on a semester long partnership between the School of Education and McElwain Elementary in the Adams 12 Five Star School District, in which teacher education students worked weekly in third grade classrooms as Reading and Writing ‘Buff Buddies.’ This spring, Professors Elizabeth Dutro and Bridget Dalton...

Bethy Leonardi, PhD (2014, EFPP) and Sara Staley, PhD Candidate (Literacy) have been working on a groundbreaking documentary called Breaking the Silence: Honoring the Voices of LGBTQ Youth and Allies in Supporting our Teachers . As featured by ABC News Denver, the Daily Camera , the Boulder County Business Report,...

The Society of Professors of Education selected the National Education Policy Center (NEPC), housed in the School of Education and led by Professor Kevin Welner, as the 2014 winner of the Wisniewski Award. The award is given annually to an institution which has made a significant contribution to the theory...

Doctoral candidate Karla del Rosal will join the Annette Caldwell Simmons School of Education and Human Development at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas in fall 2014. As Assistant Professor of English Language Learning and Bilingual Education, Karla will continue to pursue her research interests in the education of emergent...

The American Educational Research Association's (AERA) Division G, Social Contexts of Education, recently honored Kris Gutiérrez , professor of Educational Psychology and Learning Sciences and of Literacy Studies, with a Lifetime Achievement Award as well as the Henry T. Trueba Award for Research Leading to the Transformation of the Social...

The American Educational Research Association's (AERA) Bilingual Education Research Special Interest Group (SIG) honored Kathy Escamilla , professor of Educational Equity and Cultural Diversity and assistant director of the BUENO Center for Multicultural Education, with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the AERA annual conference that took place April 3-7, 2014...

The US Department of Education website is featuring School of Education teacher licensure students creating curriculum aligned with the new Colorado standards. The “District Sample Curriculum Project” was created in response to a stated need by teachers for a sample curriculum. Thanks to alumnus Dr. Brian Sevier, who has led...

Dear School of Education Community, It is with a profound sense of loss that I share with you that our esteemed and loved colleague, Professor Janette Klingner, died on March 20th. For the past five months, Janette valiantly fought an aggressive brain tumor. Her illness and passing have intensified that...

by Julia Kantor, Kim Schwartz, and Becky Beucher It was a feeling like no other to enter into the magical space of a class taught by Shelby Wolf. A sense of warmth, artistry and love for the craft of teaching was palpable, as Shelby invited her students on a journey...

Alumnus Magda Chía (EECD, 2012) has been appointed Director of Systems Design at the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium . For almost two years, Dr. Chía was Director of Support for Under-Represented Students. In her new position, she will coordinate the work of the English language learners and Students with Disabilities...