Technology Innovation in Educational Research and Design

Apr 4, 2016, 12:42 by the College of Education at Illinois

The 13 members serving on the 2016 College of Education Graduate Student Conference (GSC) committee strove to put on an event that represented the varied departments in the College while expanding the conference to a campuswide level and attracting students from other universities.

Mar 30, 2016, 14:34 by Joseph P. Robinson-Cimpian

Joseph P. Robinson-Cimpian contributed a blog post to Conditions of Education in California blog for Policy Analysis for California Education, which provided an overview of the paper “Research and Policy Considerations for English Learner Equity,” which he co-wrote with Karen Thompson and Ilana Umansky.

Mar 30, 2016, 14:02 by Jarad Jarmon

As the state funding issue in Illinois becomes continuously more worrisome, Christopher Higgins, an associate professor in the Department of Education Policy, Organization & Leadership, said higher education nationwide is in a “death spiral.”

Mar 30, 2016, 12:29 by Sharita Forrest

Researchers in the College of Education at Illinois hope to inspire greater numbers of young people to become astronomers—or at least to embrace learning science—with a new computer simulation that engages children’s bodies as well as their minds in learning about how objects move in space.

Mar 16, 2016, 16:14 by the College of Education at Illinois

Emerging scholars from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will compete for the prestigious Sloboda and Bukoski Society for Prevention Research Cup, which recognizes the importance of close collaboration to make advances in prevention science.

Mar 16, 2016, 12:42 by Jennifer Fallon

New technology is on the horizon that could lighten the load for those who care for the elderly.

Mar 16, 2016, 09:12 by the College of Education at Illinois

Education at Illinois continues to be ranked by U.S. News & World Report as a top 25 college of education nationwide. The College was ranked by the publication at No. 23 overall (tied with Boston College), moving up one spot from last year.

Mar 11, 2016, 16:20 by Sharita Forrest

A new study at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign suggests venture philanthropists are dramatically reshaping public education policymaking in the U.S. by funding integrated networks of think tanks and advocacy organizations that work together to push through to implementation education laws that these wealthy donors favor.

Feb 19, 2016, 11:35 by Sharita Forrest

Teach For America has reaped millions of dollars in nonrefundable finder’s fees from school systems in the U.S. through lucrative contracts that require schools to hire designated numbers of the organization’s corps members—whether or not its teachers meet districts’ specific content or grade-level needs, a new study suggests.

Feb 17, 2016, 12:09 by Diane Ravitch

Diane Ravitch’s blog, an online forum that discusses ways to enhance education, recently brought to attention a 2012 Journal of Education piece by Excellence Professor Kern Alexander, a faculty member in the Department of Education Policy, Organization & Leadership at the College of Education at Illinois.

Feb 5, 2016, 13:05 by Maya Israel

Maya Israel, an assistant professor in the Department of Special Education, was welcomed as a guest blogger on the Teacher Community blog of code.org, a nonprofit organization that works to expand computer science in schools and increase participation in the field by women and underrepresented students of color. In her piece, Israel shared how students with disabilities fit into the Computer Science for All initiative by the White House.

Feb 5, 2016, 12:19 by Sharita Forrest

A grant from the Gates Foundation will support research on the policies and issues that foster or impede the success of community college transfer students. Debra Bragg, founding director of the Office of Community College Research and Leadership at Illinois, is co-principal investigator on the project with University of Utah education professor Jason Taylor.

Feb 4, 2016, 09:21 by Sharita Forrest

Underrepresented students’ first-semester GPA may be a better predictor of whether they’ll graduate college than their ACT score or their family’s socioeconomic status, according to a study co-authored by Denice Ward Hood, an assistant professor in the Department of Education Policy, Organization & Leadership at the College of Education at Illinois.

Feb 2, 2016, 14:02 by Sharita Forrest

A two-year project funded by the National Science Foundation is laying the groundwork for meeting society’s growing demand for citizens literate in computer science by integrating computing with elementary school mathematics—an approach that holds promise for democratizing access to computer science education and promoting diversity within the U.S. technology workforce.

Jan 26, 2016, 13:40 by Ron Berler

The Education Justice Project is assisting those in and out of prison, but challenges remain.

Jan 25, 2016, 18:42 by Craig Chamberlain

The Egyptian protesters of the Arab Spring had numbers, excitement and social media, but they could not make democracy happen. Linda Herrera, a professor in the Department of Education Policy, Organization & Leadership, thinks one reason is that they did not know how, and she’s hoping to help change that with a new educational website in five languages, which launched on the fifth anniversary of the protest that started the Egyptian revolution.

Jan 22, 2016, 12:36 by the College of Education at Illinois

Education at Illinois students are gaining a global perspective in their teaching fields by studying abroad.

Jan 21, 2016, 14:38 by Sharita Forrest

Currently an Education at Illinois doctoral candidate in Child Development in the Department of Educational Psychology, where his research focus is delinquency and youth gangs, Merrin also is the lead author of a recently published study that examined the individual, peer, family, school, and neighborhood factors associated with young people who resist the magnetic pull of street gangs.

Jan 20, 2016, 15:16 by the College of Education at Illinois

Education at Illinois faculty members continue to be recognized as leaders in their fields. One professor was recently honored as an emerging young scholar who contributes innovation and originality in the public policy realm; another is a Special Education professor who received an editorship position with an esteemed journal; and one was recognized as an established public policy influencer who is noted annually for his work.

Jan 19, 2016, 17:04 by Ryan Burk and the College of Education

Launched four years ago to bring English- and Spanish-speaking students together in one classroom, the Dual Language Program in Urbana School District 116 is thriving across racial, ethnic, and linguistic backgrounds.