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New Jersey native Caterina Belle Azzarello-Nichols earned an M.A. from the University of Northern Colorado’s Educational Psychology program. Continuing in the program as a doctoral student, she’s conducting research in mathematics readability and student educational dispositions.
University of Central Florida’s A Team with A Dream wins the 2024 CyberForce Competition®. The mission of the competition is to equip the next generation of cybersecurity professionals with hands-on experience defending critical infrastructure.
Bárbara Brizuela, who has been named dean of the School of Arts and Sciences, is a big believer in interdisciplinary research. “Knowledge-seeking has no disciplinary boundaries,” says Brizuela. “We’re going to need broad and connected perspectives to be able to solve the world’s biggest problems.”
The dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) and professor of education served as the school’s dean ad interim since July. Her appointment to lead the School of Arts and Sciences builds on a long and distinguished career as a teacher, mentor, researcher, and administrator.
Members of the Graduate School of Education will train and place 30 school counselors in four New Jersey schools to help address youth mental health
Cheers of excitement, high-fives all around, and wide, beaming smiles – they’re all the signs of a team success. But this is not a sporting field – this is the camaraderie found among the next generation of teachers learning the very latest, world-class robotics programs so they can excite and inspire students about STEM.
In an increasingly polarized world, tough conversations can pop up virtually anywhere, including the K-12 classroom. When that happens, teachers need to be prepared to serve as moderator so students can have productive and meaningful discussions with each other, says DePaul University professor Hilary Conklin.
Professor Jean François Bissonnette analyzes student debt from a moral economy perspective and explains how it has sparked protests at English-language universities.
Rutgers University-New Brunswick student Ashley Caldwell likes to keep busy. The junior, who attends the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, is finding her days even busier now as the newest – and youngest member – of the New Brunswick Board of Education.
Southwest Foodservice Excellence (SFE) and Stephen Ritz, an internationally acclaimed, award-winning, educator, author, and founder of Green Bronx Machine, have announced an exclusive partnership aimed at improving access to fresh fruits and vegetables and integrating garden learning into classroom curriculum.
Mary T. Hawn, MD, MPH, FACS, a distinguished leader in surgical research, education, and clinical care, will be honored with the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Owen H. Wangensteen Scientific Forum Award at the ACS Clinical Congress 2024 in San Francisco, California. The award recognizes a surgeon who exemplifies excellence in clinical practice, research, and education, mirroring the achievements of the late Dr. Owen H. Wangensteen, a trailblazing figure in academic surgery.
The Chuck Lorre Family Foundation has made one of the largest gifts in the history of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles to establish the Chuck Lorre Pediatric Health Education Institute. A first of its kind in the nation, it will serve as a model for training health professionals including doctors, nurses, clinical care providers, researchers, and students.
School prayer has been an issue facing school districts for decades. Cases have arisen in the lower courts in which public school educators or students have wanted to pray in various contexts and, as a result, the courts created a reasonably helpful — albeit far from perfect — set of tests and factors to be considered to determine when praying at school is appropriate.
George Washington University has selected Symplectic Elements from Digital Science’s flagship suite of products to manage its faculty information and annual reviews process cycle.
The project will offer career counseling, work-readiness skills training, and customized-training leading to a certificate in cybersecurity, cloud computing solutions, and computer-aided design and 3D printing. The project will assist individuals with disabilities nationwide to acquire certified skills needed for entry into high quality technology sectors and can serve as a model for similar initiatives.
Like sports, pollsters and pundits have been making predictions about the 2024 election, including key U.S. Senate and U.S. House races that will likely determine which party holds more power in Washington, D.C. To help students learn about the election process, an MSU political science professor devised a clever way for students to engage through an Elections Madness Game.
The number of educational opportunities that children accrue at home, in early education and care, at school, in afterschool programs, and in their communities as they grow up are strongly linked to their educational attainment and earnings in early adulthood, according to new research.
A new application for students offered through First Year Directions classes at the University of Miami gives them a chance to experience unique campus activities virtually.
As the school year revs up, a renowned child developmental psychologist highlights the robust benefits of pretend play on cognitive, social, and emotional development in children and cautions how “learning through play” has changed with the demands of contemporary society. Given natural selection’s shaping of childhood for the acquisition and refinement of species-adapted social-cognitive skills – much through pretend play – he says it’s unfortunate that modern culture is ignoring the evolved wisdom of how best to educate young children.
The Office of International Affairs and Global Networks at Chulalongkorn University, in collaboration with the Chulalongkorn School of Integrated Innovation (CSII) and the United Nations, co-hosted the Social Innovation Pitching Competition for the APRU SDG Education for Global Citizenship Program 2024 (APRU SDG4GC) on August 30, 2024, at the 4th floor meeting room, the Chaloem Rajakumari 60 Building (Chamchuri Building 10).
Cal State Fullerton is among the top colleges in the nation for social mobility, according to The Wall Street Journal/College Pulse’s 2025 Social Mobility ranking.
A modern education space that is inclusive, safe, flexible, and environmentally conscious will be unveiled today as the new home of the UTHealth Houston School of Public Health in Austin.
The STEM San Joaquin Conference, formerly known as San Joaquin Expanding Your Horizons, invites students grades 6-9 to register for its annual event happening on Saturday, Oct. 5, at the University of the Pacific in Stockton.
Cal State Fullerton earned the No. 16 spot out of 201 colleges on Washington Monthly’s 2024 list of America’s Best Bang for the Buck Colleges: West, moving up from No. 19 on the 2023 list.
Data Science Coalition Invites Teachers and Parents To Have a Say in the Future of Data Science Learning
The American Association of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine (AANEM) proudly announces Dr. Shawn J. Bird as the 2024 Jun Kimura Outstanding Educator Award recipient for his numerous NM and EDX-related contributions.
Experts on back to School health topics
Researchers from the University of Adelaide advise that more caution should be exercised for the use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) in educational contexts. This comes after a new study highlights key differences between modern technology and important ancient philosophy in education.
Teachers, students, and their parents are navigating sensitive subjects such as phone bans, political polarization, and debates over curriculum and teaching methods. Binghamton University experts will discuss the controversies looming over our schools in a live Q&A with media covering the issues.
FAU joins the National Academy of Medicine’s Action Collaborative on Combating Opioid Crises. This pilot project, involving more 80 organizations, aims to enhance coordination and address addiction challenges through collaboration among public, private and nonprofit sectors.
The New Jersey State Policy Lab and Joseph C. Cornwall Center for Metropolitan Studies at Rutgers University have launched the New Jersey Promising Practices Project in collaboration with the New Jersey Department of Education to bolster K-12 student learning outcomes.
The College of Education and Human Development in the University of Delaware has a number of stories and experts for the upcoming school year.
Virginia Tech has experts available to speak on back-to-school topics ranging from cell phones in school, nutrition standards, the importance of STEM education, and more. To schedule an interview, please contact [email protected].
Each summer, students lose some of the knowledge they gained in the previous school year. This loss, known as the ‘summer slide,’ disproportionately impacts students from low-income families. As the new school year nears, this week’s Monday Outlook gathers UChicago…
Leigh McLean is an an associate research professor in the School of Education and Center for Research in Educational and Social Policy at the University of Delaware. In her program of research, she investigates how teachers’ emotions and emotion-related experiences including well-being impact their effectiveness.
For media seeking commentary for back-to-school stories and other education coverage, FSU faculty will participate in a virtual media briefing Aug. 6. Faculty with expertise in literacy and language development, school psychology and counseling, autism and intellectual disability, and mathematics education will be available to answer questions.
Announcing 2024 CFES Conference & Featured Keynote Speaker
It opens the mind and is at the heart of innovation, yet while creativity is recognised as a critical skill for Australia’s economic future, it is typically confined to the arts, skipping other areas of the curriculum.
Walsh University has signed a major multi-year agreement with Cleveland Clinic Mercy Hospital Sports Medicine, strengthening a strong collaboration to enhance the health and wellness of its student scholar athletes.
Patricia Edwards, University Distinguished Professor in Michigan State University’s College of Education, received a William S. Gray Citation of Merit from the International Literacy Association, or IRA. According to the association, it is the highest individual award it offers.
Ishmael Munene, a professor in NAU’s Department of Educational Leadership, has received a prestigious Fulbright Scholar Award to teach and conduct research in Kenya for the 2024-25 school year. Munene will compare the diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in African universities to DEI initiatives at universities in the United States.
Predictive algorithms commonly used by colleges and universities to determine whether students will be successful may be racially biased against Black and Hispanic students, according to new research published today in AERA Open, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Educational Research Association.
The American Association of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine (AANEM), is excited to announce Lawrence R. Robinson, MD, as a plenary speaker at the 2024 AANEM Annual Meeting Oct. 15-18, in Savannah, Georgia.
It’s the chatbot technology that can write an essay in a second, but despite its vast capabilities, generative AI is creating headaches for education, particularly when it comes to student integrity and cheating.
A new study finds that early elementary school teachers report feeling less close to chronically absent students and view them less positively, even when those students do not cause trouble in the classroom.
As Australian governments continue to debate social media risks for children, new research from the University of South Australia suggests that an all-out ban could have detrimental effects for tweens.
Abstract Objective This research note describes the relationship between young adults’ educational experiences and childbearing goals in the United States. Background In the United States, education is associated with later childbearing and fewer children, but the relationship between education and…
UCLA Health’s Dr. Russell Johnson educates and empowers on TikTok with accurate sexual health information Dr. Russell Johnson, UCLA Health primary care physician and HIV and sexual health expert, is available for interview on the following topics: Intersection of medicine,…
Children with inoperable brain tumors may die sooner if they live in areas with lower average income and education levels, a Michigan Medicine-led study finds. Income and educational attainment, the researchers suggest, may affect the landscape of diagnosis and treatment of brain tumors.
Active learning experiences can help combat learning loss children often experience over the summer, according to Suzanne McLeod from the Department of Teaching, Learning and Educational Leadership at Binghamton University, State University of New York. Summer learning loss, also called…
Elated cheers erupted as Cal State Fullerton graduates crossed the stage over 12 Commencement ceremonies May 20-23 in Titan Stadium and on the intramural field.
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