UNC SCHOOL OF EDUCATION

UNC professor leading project to develop high school science lessons on COVID-19

By Rachel Crumpler

UNC School of Education Professor Troy Sadler is leading a one-year research project in partnership with researchers from the University of Missouri-Columbia to develop high school curricula about the coronavirus pandemic.  By integrating real world issues into the classroom, Sadler said students can see how the material they are learning can translate to bigger picture issues and inform important decisions in their lives.

'A rather unique year': UNC to add three new majors this fall

By Rachel Crumpler

The process for establishing a new major under the UNC System is extensive, but UNC will begin enrolling students in three this fall: medical anthropology, human and organizational leadership and development and a Bachelor of Science in economics. 

Meet the deans of UNC's nationally ranked graduate schools

By Lauren Westbrook

U.S. News & World Report ranked graduate programs throughout the United States. How did UNC's graduate schools fall on the leaderboard?

New masters program within School of Education aims to set graduates apart

By Noah Dolgoff

The Educational Innovation, Technology and Entrepreneurship program gives students the opportunity to learn in the School of Education, the Kenan-Flagler Business School and the School of Information and Library Science. 

Former N.C. Gov. Perdue to be chairperson of National Assessment Governing Board

By Aislinn Antrim / Aislinn Antrim

New chairperson to the National Assessment Governing Board, Beverly Perdue, looks forward to closing the nation’s achievement gap and ensuring that all students have access to a great education.

School of Education's master program combines education and technology

By Casey Quam

University’s Master’s Program in Educational Innovation, Technology and Entrepreneurship helps students answer the question of how education and technology will interact in the future.

How will the new budget proposal affect education?

By Cate Byrne

 “I feel it’s a rollback of a lot of fairly successful programs — programs that support kids by providing educational access both in the K-12 sector through higher education,” Houck said. “I think they’re really short-changing a lot of our best and brightest students.” 

New Teaching Fellows program will focus on STEM and special education

By Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez

The North Carolina Teaching Fellows program was discontinued but now that it's back, it will distinguish future leaders in the field. However, students are only eligible if they commit to teaching specific subjects.

Lecture tool Echo360 promotes classroom engagement

By Cate Byrne

How many times have you wished for a confusion button during a particularly difficult lecture? One professor found a way to boost classroom participation by providing just that. 

Stuck in limbo: Future for Dreamers remains uncertain

By Anna Pogarcic

Amid debates in Congress over the future of DACA, the President’s Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration wrote a letter to the majority and minority leaders of each house urging them to find a resolution for the Obama-era legislation.

Selective universities accepting fewer low-income students, study finds

By Blake Weaver

A new report by New America has found that colleges are accepting fewer low-income students than they were 20 years ago.

Warren Wilson College to offer free tuition to some in-state students

By Georgia Wieland-Stanford

Warren Wilson College plans to offer free tuition for in-state students who qualify for any state or federal grants. 

What is the University of the People?

By Olivia Slagle

The University of the People announced in September there are over 10,000 students enrolled for the first term of the 2018 school year. 

UNC professor named to national education board by DeVos

By Olivia Slagle

Gregory Cizek, UNC professor of educational measurement and evaluation, was one of six new appointments to the National Assessment Governing Board to serve four-year terms.

Charter school supporters find high absenteeism in public school teachers

By Mitra Norowzi

A report on chronic teacher absenteeism showing public school teachers are more likely to be chronically absent than charter school teachers was released Sept. 20.

Political banners outside Peabody removed with haste

By Abby Cantrell

Outside of Peabody Hall Sunday night, students stood in protest of the School of Education's silence on social justice issues that directly affect students. 

UNC sees increase in teaching program enrollment

By Carina McDermed