Technology Innovation in Educational Research and Design

Aug 6, 2019, 12:00 by Lea Peck

Exploring Education Summer Camp at the College of Education provides high school students the opportunity for a hands-on, up-close look into a career in teaching. This year, 25 high school students took part in the two week-long sessions.

Jul 30, 2019, 14:30 by leapeck2@illinois.edu (Lea Peck)

Jul 30, 2019, 10:32 by Tom Hanlon

Within four years of earning her undergraduate degree in Special Education from the University of Illinois, Lexi Oreluk made the move into administration.

Jul 25, 2019, 16:21 by Ashley Lawrence

Gabrielle Allen, along with other grassroots organizers from around the state, are planning the Illinois Statewide K-12 Computer Science Summit, being held September 20, 2019 at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) on the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus.

Jul 24, 2019, 15:33 by Lyndsay Jones, News-Gazette Media

It was a destination people suggested the three-time UI grad was a fit for when he first entered the district as a classroom teacher at South Side Elementary in 2005, then a place he considered as he rose through the ranks, to assistant principal at Bottenfield Elementary in 2010, then principal of Barkstall Elementary in 2012.

Jul 24, 2019, 15:30 by amyclay@illinois.edu (Amy Clay-Moore, IHSI)

Jul 19, 2019, 11:30 by bmbarnet@illinois.edu (Bernice Barnett)

Jul 19, 2019, 11:30 by bmbarnet@illinois.edu (Bernice Barnett)

Jul 17, 2019, 17:30 by communications@education.illinois.edu (Communications Office)

Jul 15, 2019, 10:12 by Ashley Lawrence

“I-STECS has gotten bigger than just developing a computer science teacher licensure program,” says Gabrielle Allen, associate dean for research in the College of Education. “There’s a larger context now for I-STECS and statewide, for computer science education.”

Jul 12, 2019, 16:01 by Tom Hanlon

University of Illinois College of Education graduate Jasmine Schnurlein is mentoring and leading teachers at an early juncture in her career. Still, her ultimate focus remains on students.

Jul 12, 2019, 15:25 by leapeck2@illinois.edu (Lea Peck)

Jul 11, 2019, 11:05 by arsummer@illinois.edu (Amy Summers)

Jul 9, 2019, 16:38 by Tom Hanlon

Over a 10-year span, Mark Dressman organized and led about 120 students who piled into cars and vans and headed west to the Navajo Nation, expanding educational opportunities for the Navajo students, even before it was a priority for the university. And in the process, these undergrads deepened their own experience and understanding.

Jul 2, 2019, 17:00 by Kate Thayer, Chicago Tribune

Jun 26, 2019, 14:30 by communications@education.illinois.edu (Communications Office)

Jun 24, 2019, 12:22 by Tom Hanlon

Boyd is now assistant principal at Booker T. Washington Elementary, a STEM Academy in Champaign. She ascended in leadership for one primary reason: to be an advocate of change for students—this time in a role where she can advocate for many at once.

Jun 20, 2019, 12:19 by Sharita Forrest, UI News Bureau

University of Illinois psychology professor Eva Pomerantz and postdoctoral research associate Michael Barger suggest in a new study that while children benefit emotionally, socially and academically from their parents’ involvement in their schooling, that’s not always the case when parents help with homework.

Jun 19, 2019, 17:00 by communications@education.illinois.edu (Communications Office)

Jun 13, 2019, 16:56 by Ashley Lawrence

College of Education alumna—and current Ed.D. student in the Diversity & Equity in Education online degree program—Briana Lucas was honored with the Gertrude Faust Potthoff Kindergarten Educator of the Year award at a ceremony held in May.