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2022 in Review: Building a Movement to Make Pedagogy a Priority in Teacher Preparation

Deans for Impact

At Deans for Impact, we stand committed to elevating teachers and teaching and equipping all future teachers with the scientifically-based tools to create rigorous, equitable, and inclusive learning environments where all students thrive. 10,000 future teachers prepared, 46% of whom identify as teachers of color. ▸ 20 fellows.

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Building confidence and joy: how tutoring is sparking promise in New Jersey

Deans for Impact

All that mattered in that moment was the pure joy that little girl had in knowing that in just two days time, she would once again get to work with Mr. Steven Volpe – a 10th grade history teacher serving as a tutor at the Paulsboro Boys & Girls Club in south New Jersey.

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Three Principles for Navigating This Time of Transformational Change in Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

They see ChatGPT writing papers, maniacal zealots indoctrinating young minds with woke, left-wing ideology, or, alternatively, right-wing idealogues banning books and prohibiting the honest teaching of history. I was weighed down by the centuries of history that had shaped my place in America, but I was also determined to make a difference.

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University of Kentucky trains teachers in Holocaust education

Inside Higher Ed

The Holocaust Education Initiative, run by UK professors and funded by a grant from the Jewish Heritage Fund, aims to prepare teachers to meet state standards of a 2018 law requiring Holocaust education at Kentucky public schools. Teachers who participate receive a $250 stipend.

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Institutions are blending K12 and higher ed to improve student equity. Here’s how

University Business

Colleges and K12 institutions have long attempted to forge partnerships to make higher education attainable for more students, such as dual enrollment. But building the potential pipelines institutions need to blur the lines between K12 and higher education is easier said than done. superintendent. in School System Leadership.

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Providing Wraparound Services for UCONN’s Asian American Studies

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Department of Education, the school can better support and serve that sizable demographic, spurring them to become future leaders. It will also be hiring a full-time program coordinator to help manage the grant’s efforts. We know that there are certain issues that we want to tackle in the mentoring program.

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We Need to Infuse Civic and Public Purpose Into a College Education

Inside Higher Ed

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Civics education is all the rage. If there’s any issue that the nation’s political leaders agree upon, it’s this: that the teaching of civics and knowledgeable, responsible citizenship has never been more important or necessary. What does civics education entail?