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The CU Boulder School of Education Building Dedication and Open House will begin with a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Ofelia Miramontes and Leonard Baca Education Building and a family-friendly open house will follow. Learn more about the education research, student work, donor support and community impact through stations designed to spark creativity and joy while uplifting the power of educators.

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 some of them here, and please join us in welcoming them to our school and community.

This month, children across the U.S. are heading back to class. Their educations will be shaped by the decisions of nearly 13,000 school boards. Anna Deese, a PhD student and former school board member from Montana, breaks down some of the biggest misconceptions.

Phil DiStefano reflects on returning to the School of Education after 15 years as Chancellor. For the former high school teacher and first-generation college graduate, DiStefano is excited about “coming home" to education faculty after 50 years at CU Boulder. See what the newly minted Chancellor Emeritus has to say about this special homecoming.

A coalition of educators from 10 states and led by CU Boulder has released a new series of free science curricula for high school students—touching on issues critical to the lives of young people, from wildfires to rising sea levels and cancer biology. The new curricula, called OpenSciEd High School, is a three-year high school science program designed by a consortium of developers led by the inquiryHub, a research-practice partnership.

In 2023, the American Library Association documented attempts to remove more than 4,000 books from schools and libraries across the U.S. In one of the first comprehensive analyses of book bans in the U.S., Katie Spoon, a PhD candidate in computer science and a master’s student in the School of Education, and collaborators revealed that these bans disproportionally target women authors of color and books that feature characters of color.

This year, schools across Colorado experienced an influx of students, many of them migrants from Latin and South America. A small but dedicated group of scholars at the CU Boulder School of Education are helping teachers meet the needs of these new arrivals.

Each year, over 200 mentor teachers from over 30 partner schools give their time, energy and expertise to supporting our CU Boulder School of Education student teachers. Watch our video or read the quotes below to see how mentor teachers impact our student teachers.

In the heart of Cuba, New Mexico, an impactful collaboration aims to confront systemic inequities in education by centering student voices. Launched in the summer of 2021, the collaboration brings together CU Boulder education researchers and Cuba Independent School District students, teachers and stakeholders during an annual six-week summer program focused on educational equity.

When Abigail Goldberg graduated with her undergraduate degree in anthropology, she was set to pursue a career in death investigating. An unexpected job during the COVID-19 pandemic, however, changed her whole career course and launched her into teaching. During the pandemic, Goldberg started a job teaching seventh and eighth grade...