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CU Boulder School of Education doctoral student Quána Madison was recently a distinguished guest on the USS Ronald Reagan aircraft , stationed off the coast of San Diego. She was invited by US Naval Commander Tamara Graham, Director of the Navy’s Diversity and Inclusion program. Commander Graham met Quána while...

Rather than just absorbing research by others, a group of CU Boulder undergraduates embarked on their own research-based inquiry into what motivates students of color to fully participate in campus activities – or to hold back. The student-driven research paper, entitled Â鶹ÒùÔº of Color Are Motivated Agents of Change: Why...

Ben Kirshner , PhD, is Associate Professor of Educational Psychology and Learning Sciences in the School of Education at the University of Colorado Boulder. He also serves as Faculty Director of CU Engage: Community-Based Learning and Research , whose mission is to work collaboratively with students, staff, faculty, and community...

Jorge García , Director of the BUENO Center for Multicultural Education , housed in the University of Colorado Boulder’s School of Education, has been working with Colorado school districts to develop criteria on a new Seal of Biliteracy to appear on 2016 high school graduates. “Estudiantes de secundaria de Escuelas...

Boulder alumna Bonnie Sizer recently finished a two week workshop with the Boulder Valley iStar Bridge to Success Program as an iStar Program Facilitator. iStar is an interest-focused, strengths-based and family-centered technology education program, developed by the University of Utah, that provides youth with ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorders) learning opportunities...

School of Education Alumni: Christine Askham, Meghan Mosher The Knowles Science Teaching Foundation named three CU Boulder alumnae— Christine Askham , Meghan Mosher and Dawn Yetter — to its 2015 Teaching Fellows cohort. This year, KSTF awarded teaching fellowships to 34 promising high school mathematics and science teachers who are...

In a world seemingly deluged with data, learning how to make sense of all those numbers is an increasingly important life skill. Some students in Colorado will soon have the opportunity to take a crack at finding meaning in scientific data by creating infographics designed to help people visualize what...

By Bethy Leonardi, PhD; Sara Staley, PhD; and Kevin Welner, JD, PhD Last month, high school graduate Evan Young was denied the opportunity in his proposed valedictory speech to disclose that he was gay. According to Twin Peaks Charter Academy's initial statement, the speech — from which Evan declined to...

The business of rankings: did the US News & World Report make substantial mistakes? Kevin Welner , University of Colorado Here’s an easy task: choose between the following two schools for your child. School #1 provides high-quality instruction and strong supports in order to academically accelerate students and challenge them...

Alumnus Albert E. Thompson (1972) has been awarded the 2015 Homer L. Dodge Citation for Distinguished Service to American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT). Thompson, an AAPT emeritus member, first joined the association in 1961 when AAPT recognized him for "An Outstanding Program in Physics" at Cherry Creek High School...