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The Science of Reading (SOR) is intended to benefit all children as they develop a strong foundation in reading. For a growing number of students who have proficiencies in languages other than English, how they experience SOR classroom activities differs. Students who are learning English as an additional language come from a variety of language backgrounds and enter at different levels of English proficiency, ranging from beginner to advanced. This research brief provides a linguistic landscape of Indiana’s K-12 students, followed by a review of the research on how certain components of reading (phonemic awareness, phonics, and fluency) are different for identified-English learners (ELs).

The College of Education will hold a Teacher Candidate Professional Development Day to help Purdue full-time student teachers prepare for the next steps in their teaching careers.

The College of Education’s Center for Advancing the Teaching and Learning of STEM organized and hosted the tenth annual Indiana STEM Education Conference, “Generational Advances through STEM Education”, on January 16, 2025.

Three Purdue University College of Education master’s degree programs moved up in the top 10 in the annual U.S. News & World Report rankings of graduate programs delivered online throughout the country, and two are in the top 15.

Purdue Athletics’ academic excellence from the fall 2024 sports season featured 70 student-athletes earning Academic All-Big Ten accolades, including two Boilermaker Educators.

WFYI’s Lee Gaines interviewed Prof. Bill Watson about how artificial intelligence could benefit teachers and students, the challenges it poses, and how it could transform the educational landscape.