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Why CU Boulder?

We offer Colorado's top-ranked graduate programs in education. As a graduate student in the School of Education, you will work closely with a small, collaborative group of nationally renowned faculty and a supportive community dedicated to preparing engaged educators, researchers, policymakers, and community leaders.

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  • Educational Foundations, Policy & Practice
  • Equity, Bilingualism & Biliteracy
  • Learning Sciences & Human Development
  • Literacy Studies
  • Research & Evaluation Methodology
  • STEM Education
  • Teacher Learning, Research & Practice
  • Teacher Leadership

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Educational Foundations, Policy & Practice

Devote your learning experience to the critical examination of the relationships among education, society, culture, and government, with special emphasis on problems of race, gender, sexual diversity, social class, and multiculturalism.

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  • BAM in Ethnic Studies and Education
  • MA in Educational Foundations, Policy and Practice
  • MA in Higher Education
  • PhD in Education with an emphasis in Educational Foundations, Policy and Practice

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Equity, Bilingualism & Biliteracy

Explore school culture, language policies, and the social and political context of schooling. We are devoted to the critical examination of theory, practice, and policy in: the education of culturally and linguistically diverse students and the education of exceptional children.

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  • MA in Educational Equity and Cultural Diversity
  • PhD in Education with an emphasis in Equity, Bilingualism & Biliteracy

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Learning Sciences & Human Development

Take an interdisciplinary approach to studying learning, teaching, and development in schools and out-of-school contexts. Our program is on the leading edge of explorations of issues of social justice, power, and culture in learning. 

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  • MA in Learning Sciences and Human Development
  • PhD in Education with an emphasis in Learning Sciences and Human Development

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Literacy Studies

Develop a greater understanding and expertise in the teaching and learning of literacy. We explore the dynamics of literacy learning from childhood through adulthood, examine literacy practices both in and out of school, and study literacy needs across change.

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  • MA in Curriculum & Instruction: Literacy Education track
  • MA in Curriculum & Instruction: Humanities Education track
  • PhD in Education with an emphasis in Literacy Studies

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Research & Evaluation Methodology

This is a place for intellectually curious, academically motivated students who want to learn quantitative research methods for analyzing education policy and practice with the goals of facilitating learning and increasing equity, particularly for marginalized groups.

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  • PhD in Education with an emphasis in Research & Evaluation Methodology
  • Graduate Certificate in Quantitative Methods

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STEM Education

CU Boulder is a proud national leader in STEM education, and we offer STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education tracks to support educators who are interested in developing a greater understanding and expertise in the teaching and learning of mathematics and science.

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  • MA in Curriculum & Instruction: Math & Science track
  • PhD in Education with an emphasis in STEM Education

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Teacher Learning, Research & Practice

Teacher Learning, Research and Practice programs enrich understanding of the histories and foundations of knowledge, inquiry, learning, and pedagogy in teaching and research in subject areas.

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  • PhD in Education with an emphasis in Teacher Learning, Research & Practice

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Featured program

Online Program in Teacher Leadership

Make a difference in your classroom, district and community with certificates and a Master's degree in teacher leadership. Affordable, accessible, and designed with instrumental input from teachers, the new Teacher Leadership program is offered entirely online and features stackable graduate certificates that can lead to a full Master's degree.

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Featured program

Master's Plus Teacher Licensure

The MA + Teacher Licensure program leads to a Colorado initial teacher licensure in secondary education (grades 7th-12th) in English, Social Studies, Mathematics, Science, or Music plus a Master’s of Arts in Curriculum and Instruction. Most of the MA+ tracks are designed to be completed in one year with a summer start and finish, and you'll gain experience in K-12 classrooms throughout the program. Earn a master's degree and teacher licensure in just one year.

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Our Commitment to Diversity

Recruiting a diverse student body is at the center of our mission as a school of education located in a public university. We understand that to be a ground-breaking and excellent school of education, we must prioritize racial, ethnic, socioeconomic, language, gender and sexuality diversity, among other types of diversity. Learn more.

Doctoral Mentorship Pathways  Miramontes Doctoral Scholars  Education Diversity Scholars  Multicultural Leadership Scholars

Student News

Christine Ahn INVST

Join alumna, activist Christine Ahn for screening of her documentary about Korea's DMZ peacemakers

On March 15, Christine Ahn, an INVST Community Studies alumna and Nobel Peace Prize Social Activist Awardee, will lead a discussion following the public screening of the "Crossings" documentary about 30 women peacemakers and activists who crossed the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) between North and South Korea calling for an end to a 70-year war that has divided Korea and its people. Read more
https://co.chalkbeat.org/2023/1/11/23551076/colorado-state-university-teacher-preparation-approval-reading-coursework

CU Boulder teacher preparation programs receive high praise, full reauthorization by the state

At the Colorado Board of Education February meeting, all of the CU Boulder School of Education’s teacher preparation programs were lauded and received sweeping reauthorization following a state review. All 10 of the CU Boulder teacher endorsement programs earned full reauthorization and the program was praised for its “true partnerships” benefiting student teachers and partner schools. Read more
Lauren Levy

Undergraduate testifies about the financial burdens student teachers face

CU Boulder sophomore Lauren Levey testified in front of the Colorado House Education Committee, speaking in personal terms about the challenges she’s faced as an aspiring teacher. Levey, an elementary education major and leadership studies minor, was a witness at a hearing discussing a new and potentially expanding stipend program for student educators in Colorado. Read more

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Best College Town in America. 
American Institute for Economic Research 2017

 

#14

in Education Policy among more than 300 private and public graduate schools of education nationwide.
US News & World Report

 

#1

graduate education program in the state.
US News & World Report

 

Most Diverse

% of students of color than any other graduate program on campus

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