Technology Innovation in Educational Research and Design

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.

Jun 10, 2019, 15:48 by Tom Hanlon

Note: This article is one in a series that the College of Education is running on alumni who have quickly ascended the ranks of educational leadership and have made a big impact on students in the process.

Jun 5, 2019, 17:00 by uiautismclinic@illinois.edu (Annie Weldon)

Jun 5, 2019, 17:00 by communications@education.illinois.edu (Communications Office)

May 31, 2019, 15:51 by Lee Gaines, Illinois Public Media

When she found out that staff at the Danville Correctional Center had removed more than 200 books from a library inside the prison’s education wing, Rebecca Ginsburg said she felt a pit in her stomach. “I felt sick,” she said. Ginsburg directs the Education Justice Project, a college in prison program that offers University of Illinois classes to men incarcerated at the Danville prison in east-central Illinois. In late January, prison staff removed dozens of titles from two rooms that serve as the program’s library.

May 31, 2019, 10:30 by communications@illinois.edu (Communications Office)

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

May 22, 2019, 16:00 by communications@education.illinois.edu (Communications Office)

May 22, 2019, 11:00 by communications@education.illinois.edu (Communications Office)

May 21, 2019, 23:30 by communications@education.illinois.edu (Communications Office)

May 21, 2019, 23:26 by Lyndsay Jones, News-Gazette Media

College of Education alumna Jennifer Ivory-Tatum has been named superintendent of Urbana School District #116.