McCaskill, Ho Selected as 2024 Smiley Award Recipients

The Smiley Award, which supports global educational opportunities for current School of Education (SOE) undergraduate and graduate students, has been presented to undergraduate student Mary Beth McCaskill (Department of Teacher Education and Higher Education) and graduate student Youn Jung Ho (Department of Counseling and Educational Development).

UNCG School of Education logo next to headshot of doctoral student Alex Cammarano

Cammarano named first recipient of Short Fellowship

The Paula and Rick Short Endowed Fellowship in Education was established in the spring of 2023 and Department of Counseling and Educational Development doctoral student Alex Cammarano has been named the first recipient of the award.

First annual Diversity in Language & Culture Conference

Repost from Campus Weekly The School of Education’s Coalition for Diverse Language Communities will host the first-annual Diversity in Language & Culture Conference Saturday, Sept. 23 in the Education Building. The conference will explore what it means to teach today’s evolving youth in ways that foster their diverse languages, literacies and… Continue reading…

Impact through Innovation initiative

Repost from Campus Weekly The UNCG School of Education is seeking to address its core purpose – changing lives through advancing access to life’s opportunities – through a new initiative, Impact Through Innovation (ITI). ITI aims to put ideas into action, connecting SOE faculty with the broader community through innovative… Continue reading…

Testing Bias

redacted from the fall 2016 Research Magazine “Three things are certain: death, taxes, and life-altering tests.” They determine whether you get the job. Or pass the bar. These tests will determine whether you advance to the next grade in school. Or whether you get into the university of your choice. When… Continue reading…

$2.3 million to train future teachers

Repost from UNCGNow UNCG’s School of Education received the largest gift in its history Monday – $2.3 million from the Tom Haggai and Associates (THA) Foundation. This gift, combined with matching funds secured by UNCG, will be used to create a permanent endowment for the Haggai Academy and other programs… Continue reading…

“Every Teacher a Leader”

Repost from Campus Weekly Dr. Barbara Levin (Department of Teacher Education and Higher Education) just published a new book about teacher leadership with her co-author Dr Lynne Schrum, dean of the School of Education at Nova Southeastern University. Titled “Every Teacher a Leader: Developing the Needed Dispositions, Knowledge and Skills… Continue reading…