Education Buzz - Education Buzz May 2024
Highlights
Leading change and creating community: Meet the undergraduate students who founded the School of Education Student Government
In fall 2022, two education students had a light bulb moment: the CU Boulder School of Education needs a student government that helps organize community-building activities and supports leadership skills among aspiring educators. Over the past two years, the entirely student-led organization has grown in membership and participation.
Two interdisciplinary education projects selected for inaugural New Frontiers Grants
The Research & Innovation Office recently announced four new planning grants in the inaugural round of the competitive New Frontiers Grant Program aimed at fostering new, interdisciplinary research directions for CU Boulder. Two projects, "Empowering Newcomer Students: A Multifaceted Approach to Culturally Sustaining STEAM Education and AI Integration" and "Exposure to and Health Effects of After-wildfire Toxicants (ExHEAT) Consortia," involve education researchers.
Research partnership with youth in rural New Mexico centers collaborative discovery, action, transformation
In the heart of Cuba, New Mexico, an impactful collaboration aims to confront systemic inequities in education by centering student voices. Launched in the summer of 2021, the collaboration brings together CU Boulder education researchers and Cuba Independent School District students, teachers and stakeholders during an annual six-week summer program focused on educational equity.
