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The Mensa Foundation named the College of Education’s Shahnaz Safitri as a 2026 Mensa Fellow. Safitri is a doctoral student in gifted, creative, and talented studies in the Department of Educational Studies, and is part of the College’s Gifted Education...

A Purdue University College of Education faculty member organized a kick-off training day for the inaugural cohort of Dialogue 250 (D250), a one-year professional learning fellowship that brings together secondary educators to sharpen their civic inquiry instructional skills. The program...

Purdue University is launching a new online Transition to Teaching Licensure Program in Special Education (SPED). The program assists professionals who want to transition into teaching careers with a focus on special education by preparing them to earn initial licensure...

Celebrate U.S. Constitution Day on September 17! Purdue University will officially celebrate U.S. Constitution Day in the Purdue Memorial Union to commemorate the signing of the U.S. Constitution in 1787. Hosted by the College of Education’s James F. Ackerman Center...

Publication Title Narrative Inquiry: Touchstones for Understanding Experience Co-Authors Stephanie Scherer Publisher Kendall Hunt Publishing Company Publication Date 2026 About the Book Written for emerging researchers, the author invites readers to journey with her from her early days as a...

Ricky Price wanted to make his adaptive physical education course more authentic for his Boilermaker Educator students. “I wanted my students to learn from someone with a disability, not just me,” said Price, an assistant professor of special education in the...