BUENO Center for Multicultural Education
The BUENO Center for Multicultural Education is committed to facilitating equal educational opportunities for cultural and language minority students. Through a comprehensive range of research, training, and service projects, the Center promotes quality education with an emphasis on cultural pluralism. The Center also disseminates research findings and related information. Funding for some Center programs is provided through grants and contracts from the U.S. Department of Education. The following are outreach programs in BUENO.  More >>

Faculty: Drs. Leonard Baca, Kathy Escamilla, Janette Klingner, and John Hoover.

The Center for Youth in Science, Culture & New Media (cy.Scan)
Cy.Scan was organized as a chartered center of the School of Education of the University of Colorado at Boulder in response to two events: (1) the role that peer groups played in the identities and actions of those involved in the shootings at Columbine High School in April, 1999, and (2) an increased emphasis on the Boulder campus on diversifying the student population. There are six main purposes of cy.Scan, involving research and community-based knowledge  More >>

Faculty: Dr. Margaret Eisenhart

The Center on Personnel Studies in Special Education (COPSSE)
The Center on Personnel Studies in Special Education (COPSSE) is a five-year Personnel Preparation Grant to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities, funded by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs. UCB faculty Janette Klingner and Shailaja Menon are investigators on a research project focused on beginning special education teachers who teach reading to elementary-aged students with high incidence disabilities. The research team hopes to identify teacher preparation practices associated with high beginning teacher quality as well as improved student learning and achievement. 

Faculty: Drs. Janette Klingner and Shailaja Menon

Education and the Public Interest Center (EPIC)
The Education and the Public Interest Center (EPIC) seeks to contribute information, analysis, and insight to further democratic deliberation regarding educational policies. The Center draws upon the knowledge and expertise of the CU Boulder School of Education's nationally and internationally recognized faculty to address the information needs of individuals and groups interested in education policy formation, evaluation, and implementation.  More >>

Faculty: Dr. Kevin Welner

Freudenthal Institute
The Freudenthal Institute at Utrecht University in the Netherlands conducts research into aspects of math education and how mathematic is taught.  Its aims are to understand and improve the teaching of arithmetic and mathematics at all levels, but particularly in kindergarten, primary, secondary, and vocational education.  The institute is part of Utrecht University in the Netherlands and it was founded in 1971 by the mathematician, Professor Hans Freudenthal (1905-1990).  More >>

Faculty: Dr. David Webb

National Center for Culturally Responsive Education Systems (NCCRESt)
The National Center for Culturally Responsive Education Systems (NCCRESt) is a technical assistance center funded by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education Programs for five years to address the disproportionate representation of culturally and linguistically diverse students in special education. NCCRESt provides technical assistance and professional development to close the achievement gap between students from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and their peers, and reduce inappropriate referrals to special education. NCCRESt's mission is to support state and local school systems to assure a quality, culturally responsive education for all students. NCCRESt targets improvements in culturally responsive practices, early intervention, literacy, and positive behavioral supports.  More >>

Faculty: Dr. Janette Klingner

National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST)
The National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST) is a partnership among UCLA, the University of Colorado, Stanford University, RAND, the University of Pittsburgh, the University of Southern California, Educational Testing Service, and the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom. CRESST's mission focuses on the assessment of educational quality, addressing persistent problems in the design and use of assessment systems to serve multiple purposes. CRESST is funded by the U.S. Department of Education.  More >>

Faculty: Dr. Robert Linn, Dr. Hilda Borko, Lorrie Shepard