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Welcome students, faculty, and staff,
I want to extend a warm welcome to all of you and wish you the very best as we begin another school year together. What better time to engage our community and introduce Education Buzz, an inaugural e-newsletter for students, faculty, and staff.
We have much to be excited about this year — our new majors, the first MA in Higher Education cohort, not to mention new faculty, researchers, and staff. At the same time, we are painfully aware of the troubled times we are living in from growing threats to the well-being of many in our community to natural disasters.
>> Continue reading to learn about the ways our school is taking action and how you can get involved.
Best Wishes,
Dean Kathy Schultz
Highlights
School of Education welcomes two new undergraduate majors in elementary education and leadership & community engagement
The School of Education welcomed 34 incoming first-year students enrolled in the school's two new undergraduate majors: the Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education and the Bachelor of Arts in Leadership and Community Engagement.
Record number of education projects granted 2017-18 CU Boulder outreach awards
A record 13 projects led by School of Education researchers have been granted 2017-18 Outreach Awards to help support community engagement projects aimed at improving college readiness for students of color, faciltiating community dialogues around "opting out" of state assessments, starting a worker...
Best Should Teach Lecture and Awards Ceremony honors educators and inspires
With the words of lifelong educator Lindley Stiles ringing throughout the ceremony, the University of Colorado Boulder celebrated excellence in teaching by recognizing three faculty members — including Susan Jurow, associate professor of education — five K12 teachers, and 48 graduate students with “...
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- New Robert Linn Memorial Lecture on Sept. 29 to explore better assessments
- Introducing the Multicultural Leadership Scholars, a social justice leadership pathway
- BUENO Center's College Assistance Migrant Program one of 10 awarded nationwide
- Latino high school students from across Colorado attended Aquetza
- Geeking out: Photos of our education community during the eclipse
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- Chalkbeat: For alumna, history provides inspiration for changing the world
- Kappan Magazine: Learning from schools that close opportunity gaps
- Ed Week: Q&A about design-based research partnerships with Bill Penuel
- The Conversation: The missing elements in the debate about Affirmative Action
- Blog: Five ways to set up a gender inclusive classroom