Technology Innovation in Educational Research and Design

Mar 12, 2021, 14:38 by Lee Gaines, Illinois Public Media

Alumna Dominique McCotter has been an educator for 12 years—and she’s spent that entire time in Unit 4 schools, both as a teacher and more recently as an instructional coordinator, developing and supervising curriculum implementation. This past fall, she came back to the classroom amid a pandemic that had closed school buildings across the country.

Mar 10, 2021, 14:11 by Tom Hanlon

Data that will be available include types of early childhood programs, number of program sites, number of funded enrollment spots, and various demographic data.

Mar 10, 2021, 10:30 by ccph-highered@illinois.edu (Dr. Dan Shao, Dr. Nicole Allen, Dr. Colleen Murphy, Ana Garner, & Aggie Reiger)

Mar 9, 2021, 14:11 by Sharita Forrest, UI News Bureau

College and professional development programs for educational leaders need to critically and thoroughly examine the role of racism in public education and teach the skills educators need to address the bias and inequities they encounter in schools, EPOL graduate student Nathan Tanner found in a study.

Mar 5, 2021, 11:00 by Tom Hanlon

The pandemic has served to focus more attention, campus-wide, on TIER-ED and its mission to develop equitable and accessible solutions to longstanding challenges in education. “I’m having Computer Science professors talk to me about what kinds of new things might be created, because they have kids at home who are having a hard time with online education,” Lindgren says. “That’s obviously not a good thing that they are having those challenges, but it’s bringing TIER-ED more people who are on board with the idea that this is something that needs to be addressed.”

Mar 3, 2021, 15:30 by communications@education.illinois.edu (Communications Office)

Mar 3, 2021, 15:00 by communications@education.illinois.edu (Communications Office)

Mar 2, 2021, 17:11 by Ashley Lawrence

By evaluating top stressors for students in doctoral engineering programs, Illinois researchers look to help inform interventions to retain graduate students in engineering programs and meet the increasing need for proficient engineers in the U.S. workforce.

Mar 1, 2021, 17:30 by Tom Hanlon

“Someone once said books can be both a window and a mirror,” she says. “I was doing a lot of mirroring, and going too far in making assumptions. In my own reading practices, I read books with all different kinds of characters. I was making a choice for minority students that I wouldn’t have made for myself. It was a wakeup call.”

Mar 1, 2021, 12:30 by mgonz46@illinois.edu (Miranda Gonzalez)

Feb 28, 2021, 16:09 by Peter Hancock, Capitol News Illinois

It’s a problem that has existed in the state for many years and one that experts attribute to a variety of factors, such as low pay and the difficulty in attracting new teachers to work in certain parts of the state.

Feb 23, 2021, 20:08 by Tom Hanlon

“Illinois gave me the tools, the resources, and the support that I needed,” Baptist says. “I’m in a good spot moving forward, and that’s a great deal due to my time in the College of Education.”

Feb 18, 2021, 19:08 by University Police

The Director of Community Development and Engagement is a brand new position at the University of Illinois Police Department, and it marks the beginning of a heightened effort to engage with and listen to interests, concerns and suggestions from community members.

Feb 17, 2021, 14:30 by communications@education.illinois.edu (Illinois Connection)

Feb 17, 2021, 13:00 by vhperez@illinois.edu (Victor Perez)

Feb 17, 2021, 12:00 by alawren@illinois.edu (Ashley Lawrence)

Feb 11, 2021, 12:26 by Andrew Adams, Effingham Daily News

Illinois Early Childhood Asset Map (IECAM) data helps a community-based collaborative in its initiative to expand access to child care programming.

Feb 10, 2021, 14:30 by las@illinois.edu (College of Liberal Arts & Sciences)

Feb 10, 2021, 13:30 by cas@illinois.edu (Center for Advanced Study at Illinois)

Feb 10, 2021, 13:00 by juliahar@illinois.edu (ATLAS)