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Out Boulder has announced Sara Staley, PhD (2014, Literacy) and Bethy Leonardi, PhD (2014, EFPP) as this year's Jack and Jean Hodges Big Hearts Award winners for their work with A Queer Endeavor , an initiative they co-founded in 2013. The mission of A Queer Endeavor is to work together...

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PhD Candidate Becca Kaplan was selected by CU's United Government of Graduate Â鶹ÒùÔº (UGGS) to receive the Top TA/GPTI Award for 2015 in recognition of her demonstrated dedication to excellence in teaching. Award recipients were honored at UGGS's annual Roundtable Reception on April 21st. Becca is a graduate instructor for...

Conference focuses on queer young adult literature By Aimee Heckel Daily Camera , Staff Writer POSTED: 04/20/2015 11:30:35 AM MDT Malinda Lo, who grew up in Lafayette and now lives in San Francisco, is a among the authors who will participate in the Queer Young Adult Literature Conference on Saturday...

Two CU Boulder professors named President’s Teaching Scholars April 20, 2015 • Engineering, Education CU System news release Two faculty members at the University of Colorado Boulder have been named 2015 President’s Teaching Scholars, a systemwide designation that recognizes CU educators who skillfully integrate teaching and research at an exceptional...

The Center for Assessment, Design, Research and Evaluation (CADRE) at the University of Colorado Boulder together with the National Center for the Improvement of Educational Assessment (NCIEA) have released reports summarizing their first year of studying the use of a learning progression framework in a large urban district, along with...

The Literacy Research Association (LRA) has elected Professor Elizabeth Dutro to the Board of Directors for a three-year term beginning December 2015. The board comprises recognized leading scholars in Literacy Studies. Its members advance the mission of LRA and collaboratively oversee a wide variety of committees, programs, resources, and publications...

Alumnus Olivia Jones , a Language Arts teacher at Manual High School , contributed the following commentary to The Denver Post , accessible here . Her message is at the heart of what we do in the School of Education. Find out more about our teacher education programs and commitments...

Meagan Fitzgerald, KUSA 11:24 a.m. MDT March 18, 2015 Photo: KUSA LAFAYETTE - A unique after-school program is proving that learning can be fun and a bit unconventional. It's called El Pueblo Mágico, or the Magic Community, and it's facilitated by students at the University of Colorado Boulder. While many...

Professor Derek Briggs offered his expert opinion on the expectations, design, and controversy surrounding the PARCC assessments being administered for the first time in schools across the state. Read the article in the Denver Post , or see below. Want to hear more from Professor Briggs on the current state...