精品SM在线影片 makes Top 25 list for LGBTQ-friendly campuses

Aug. 24, 2015

The 精品SM在线影片 today made the Top 25 LGBTQ-Friendly Colleges and Universities list issued by Campus Pride , a leading nonprofit national educational organization for LGBTQ and ally students and campus groups. 精品SM在线影片 is the only Colorado campus that made the list, which includes other prestigious universities...

Science education alumni bring engineering into their classrooms through CU workshop

Aug. 21, 2015

Devin Rourke helps fellow teachers, Tammy Hearty and Lori Cairns-Alspaugh to program the scientific instruments for a weather balloon during a breakout session lead by SparkFun Electronics. In preparation for the new school year, School of Education alumni Devin Rourke, MA (2015), Erin Greenwood, MA (2005), Steve Wozniak, MA (2000),...

PhD Candidate Josh Prudhomme leads multi-state conference discussion on the opportunity gap

Aug. 17, 2015

Rosemary Harris Lytle, the NAACP President for Colorado, Montana and Wyoming recently invited Josh Prudhomme , PhD candidate in Educational Foundations, Policy & Practice (EFPP), to lead a discussion on the opportunity gap at the states' quarterly conference. PhD Alumnus and CSU Assistant Professor Dr. Vincent Basile (Science Ed, 2015)...

NEPC鈥檚 Molnar & Boninger release new book, "Sold Out: How Marketing in School Threatens Children's..."

Aug. 13, 2015

Authors Alex Molnar and Faith Boninger of the National Education Policy Center (NEPC) recently released, " Sold Out: How Marketing in School Threatens Children's Well-Being and Undermines their Education." This book examines the threats school commercialism poses to children's psychological health, physical health, and the integrity of their education: "If...

Kevin Welner questions accuracy of U.S. News & World Report's high school rankings

Aug. 11, 2015

By Valerie Strauss - The Washington Post Here is the second part of an examination of U.S. News & World Report鈥檚 annual ranking of high schools. It was written by Kevin Welner , director of the National Education Policy Center at the 精品SM在线影片. In the previous post...

Terrenda White on teachers of color: 鈥淲e鈥檙e bringing them in, but we鈥檙e losing them鈥

July 30, 2015

In Colorado, close to 90 percent of teachers are white, compared to just 57 percent of the student population. While a handful of programs across the state have sprung up to address that discrepancy , one academic thinks more can and should be done. Terrenda White , an assistant professor...

#StandwithQueerYouth video shares importance of inclusive literature in K-12 curriculum

July 21, 2015

In this newly released short video, 鈥淪tand with Queer Youth,鈥 authors and organizers from the 2015 Queer Young Adult Literature Conference reflect on how literature can be means to positively impact the understandings and experiences of queer youth in schools. The conference was organized by the 精品SM在线影片鈥檚...

Kent Willmann shares importance of Boulder County Latino history in the curriculum

July 15, 2015

Written by Kent Willmann This summer 40 dedicated and talented educators from St. Vrain, Boulder Valley and CU spent a week in a workshop learning Boulder County Latino History. It was part of a larger community based effort to collect and tell the under-told story of our Latino population. The...

Aquetza program empowers Latin@ & Chican@ youth from across Colorado

July 14, 2015

Thirty-two Latin@ and Chican@ Colorado high school students are immersing themselves in college life and learning July 12th-18th at the 精品SM在线影片 as part of the third annual Aquetza: Youth Leadership, Education and Community Empowerment summer program. The free residential program provides high school students with strong ties...

CU Engage: Peer Empowerment Project in Lafayette aims to prep teens for their own success

July 14, 2015

A group of low-income Lafayette teens are finding their voice this summer. The Lafayette Peer Empowerment Project through CU Engage: Center for Community-Based Research , housed in the School of Education, has started a discussion with forty-nine 7th through 10th grade students to hear what they think are their obstacles...

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