William Penuel has been named Distinguished Professor, which recognizes faculty members鈥� outstanding contributions to their academic disciplines and is the highest honor for faculty bestowed by the University of Colorado. Penuel is an influential scholar in the learning sciences, whose work is reimagining educational research and curricula design.
The latest issue of the CU Boulder School of Education's magazine, Voices, centers wellness through stories of mindfulness in the classroom, powerful community schools, hip-hop and youth learning, poetry to engage educators, and more. Check it out.
This fall, CU Boulder's Ed Talks centered educators' voices and visions for the future. From a first-year teacher to a co-founder of an innovative new school, speakers shared how they are sustaining and supporting themselves, their colleagues, their students, and their communities in these challenging times. Watch the special virtual event in its entirety or view individual talks online.
The police-free schools movement has gained recent traction from coast to coast. Under direct pressure from organizing groups and a civically engaged public mobilized by state violence against Black men, women and children, school districts are reducing or eliminating contracts with police, specifically school resource officers (SROs). If you鈥檙e unfamiliar...
Blurring the lines between supportive schools and thriving communities As a teenager walking the halls of her suburban, middle-class high school, Julia Daniel witnessed injustices and unequal access to educational programs despite her school鈥檚 outstanding college-readiness reputation. 鈥淭here was an emphasis on critical thinking and a lot of opportunities for...
Can computers work side-by-side with groups of students to support their engagement in meaningful learning experiences designed by their teachers? That鈥檚 the vision of a new research collaboration led by CU Boulder. 鈥淪tudents need to understand how AI functions in the world now, including its potential role in building a 鈥榮urveillance economy,鈥� and how it can help communities design together for a more just future,鈥� said co-PI and School of Education Professor Bill Penuel.
Jes煤s Rodr铆guez is the new of Executive Director of the BUENO Center for Multicultural Education in School of Education. Rodr铆guez brings extensive experience as a school and district leader in Denver Public Schools and is an alumnus of the center鈥檚 College Assistance Migrant Program, Career Ladder Program, and Master's in Educational Equity and Cultural Diversity program.
Imagine doing your high school math or history homework while also being the full-time caregiver for your younger sibling. It鈥檚 a challenge that teenagers across the country are facing as schools have switched to online classes, said CU Boulder education researcher Michelle Ren茅e Valladares.
From self-care webinars and remote teaching lesson plans for teachers to makerspace-produced masks, our education community is coming together to support and uplift one another during these challenging times. Follow this ever-evolving web page featuring just some of the resources and stories of inspiration from and for our education community.
When universities nationwide announced that their classes were going remote as a result of the COVID-19 crisis, the Learning Assistant Program began to receive emails from all over the world requesting help. Online panels of learning assistants will answer questions about how students are experiencing remote instruction and how they can help.
