Technology Innovation in Educational Research and Design

Jul 22, 2020, 17:00 by communications@education.illinois.edu (Communications Office)

Jul 21, 2020, 08:12 by Tom Hanlon

John and Judy Hathaway find joy in providing scholarship funds to help College of Education students move toward their degrees, and in staying connected with the University of Illinois.

Jul 21, 2020, 07:29 by Christopher M. Span and Rebecca Ginsburg

The News-Gazette invited two professors from the College of Education to reflect on the remarkable lives of two civil rights icons recently lost on the same day—Congressman John Lewis and the Rev. “C.T.” Vivian.

Jul 15, 2020, 16:30 by dean@education.illinois.edu (Office of the Dean)

Jul 15, 2020, 15:18 by Tom Hanlon

Barb Gentry knows how challenging it can be to pause a career and return for a graduate degree. So, she and her husband Elbert created a scholarship specifically for graduate students in the College of Education.

Jul 8, 2020, 16:30 by communications@education.illinois.edu (Communications Office)

Jul 8, 2020, 16:00 by alawren@illinois.edu (Ashley Lawrence)

Jul 7, 2020, 14:58 by Ashley Lawrence

We recently spoke with Department of Educational Psychology and African American Studies professor Helen A. Neville, founder of the Psychology of Radical Healing Collective, a group of psychology scholars and practitioners who work at the intersections of social justice, culture, ethnicity, race, and healing. The Collective publishes a blog series for Psychology Today that speaks to timely topics, looking to share frameworks for radical healing and hope for individuals and communities dealing with racial, cultural, and ethnic traumas. Here, Dr. Neville shares more about the origins and purposes of the group’s endeavors.

Jul 1, 2020, 16:00 by alawren@illinois.edu (Ashley Lawrence)

Jul 1, 2020, 16:00 by communications@education.illinois.edu (Department of Special Education)

Jul 1, 2020, 15:30 by doukmak2@illinois.edu (Noor Doukmak)

Jun 29, 2020, 19:26 by Prof. Rajmohan Ghandi

A culture defined thus far by its optimism, and by its pride in the feats of "the greatest nation on earth and in history" is suddenly looking frankly at itself and its history. More than that, white Americans are speaking publicly about cruelties perpetrated, and continuing to be perpetrated, on blacks and other non-whites.

Jun 26, 2020, 11:55 by Madeline St. Amour, Inside Higher Ed

COVID-19 and nationwide antiracism protests have intensified conversations about inequity in higher education. One research group hopes to use this moment to promote more inclusive ways to validate learning.

Jun 25, 2020, 11:06 by Undergraduate Admissions at Illinois

A resident advisor and future educator, Devon is following in her father’s footsteps to become an advocate for the next generation. We sat down with Devon to learn more about her path to becoming a teacher, the importance of diversity, and how her experiences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have helped shape her future.

Jun 25, 2020, 09:30 by katrina6@illinois.edu (Katrina Hasan Hamilton)

Jun 24, 2020, 17:00 by communications@education.illinois.edu (Communications Office)

Jun 24, 2020, 17:00 by ber@education.illinois.edu (Bureau of Educational Research)

Jun 23, 2020, 16:40 by Ashley Lawrence

In the wake of George Floyd’s death and protests and demonstrations around the globe, graduate students within the College of Education voiced a desire to acknowledge the unrest with a community-wide conversation. Students alerted leadership to concerns about mental, emotional, and physical health—amidst a pandemic already disproportionately impacting people of color—and a need for moving the dialogue forward in meaningful, actionable, immediate ways.

Jun 22, 2020, 17:09 by Tom Hanlon

University Primary School, a PreK-5 school located on the University of Illinois campus in Urbana-Champaign, has been the College of Education’s Lab School for over 40 years. School director Dr. Ali Lewis and some of her staff share a few tips on how to successfully manage the transition to remote learning, which they did for the final two months of the school year in the wake of COVID-19.

Jun 17, 2020, 15:20 by Lee V. Gaines, Illinois Newsroom

With police brutality in the news, parents may be wondering how to talk to their children about racism and White supremacy. These conversations are familiar to Black families, but University of Illinois professors Shardé Smith and Helen Neville say all families should be having them.