2022 Scholarship Ceremony

2022 Scholarship Celebration celebrates and honors our students and supporters

Oct. 20, 2022

The annual School of Education Scholarship Awards Ceremony united and honored scholarship and fellowship recipients and supporters on Thursday, Oct. 13. The ceremony celebrated student accomplishments and recognized the generosity of supporters.

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Voices from the Classroom

Oct. 14, 2022

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Opening Worlds

Oct. 13, 2022

It's the start of the school year and the anticipation has gripped new high school English language arts teacher Cassidy Ktsanes. “I’m really excited,” she said. “I just get nervous that I’m not going to be a good teacher, but I know that I have a huge community to fall...

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Finding Her Voice

Oct. 12, 2022

When 11-year-old Luz Elena Sanchez arrived in Yuma, Colorado, with her family from Mexico, she found herself lost among her English-speaking classmates. She had difficulty understanding her homework, and she got into trouble for speaking Spanish in school. But one teacher, Sanchez’ sixth grade homeroom teacher Brady Nighswonger, made a...

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HighlightEd

Oct. 11, 2022

PhD student Robyn Tomiko giving her Ed Talk, "Lifting the Veil: The Truth About Teaching." Link to: https://youtu.be/FdJl-IdEb54 Together again: Events take on new forms, enhanced meaning of togetherness Love and appreciation filled CU Boulder’s ornate Macky Auditorium when the School of Education hosted its first in-person graduation since 2019,...

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Welcome to Voices, volume 5

Oct. 11, 2022

Dean’s welcome As a child, I loved all libraries—our neighborhood public library where I would bring home stacks of books and my elementary school library where the librarian recommended books to each of us. In third grade, I was drawn to the “blue” biographies about famous people, and I particularly...

Wendy Glenn

As book bans rise, former teacher argues for letting kids read

Sept. 19, 2022

As book bans rise across the country, Wendy Glenn, a CU Boulder professor and former English teacher, argues that reading books––even ones that make adults uncomfortable––is critical for the education of young people.

Noreen Naseem Rodríguez

As schools become political battlegrounds, one educator sees room for hope

Sept. 19, 2022

States around the country are moving to limit how teachers can talk about issues like race and racism in the classroom. Noreen Naseem Rodríguez urges educators not to shrink away from having these “difficult conversations.”

New faculty at the CU Boulder School of Education

Meet our new School of Education faculty

Sept. 19, 2022

At the CU Boulder School of Education, we are excited to welcome and announce new faculty members who bring a variety of experiences and enhance our community of educators and learners. Meet them here, and please join us in welcoming them to our school and community.

Enihs Medrano and JD Mangat

CU Engage inspires civic engagement and local legacies

July 12, 2022

20-year-old Enihs Medrano never envisioned herself serving in local government until a program for young people opened her eyes to the power of civic engagement. As a high schooler in Lafayette, Medrano connected with JD Mangat, a fellow Lafayette resident who became Medrano’s coach and mentor in Public Achievement, a youth-led civic engagement program within CU Engage.

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