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For the fourth time in five years, all five of Greater Lafayette Commerce’s 2026 Golden Apple Award winners are Purdue University College of Education alumni. The Golden Apple Award recognizes the most outstanding teachers in Tippecanoe County, nominated by students,...

In 2025, Indiana instituted a new policy for minimum levels of reading at grade 3 that students must have in order to advance to grade 4 (HEA 1499/SEA 1). Exceptions to this rule include Good Cause Exemptions (GCE) that can...

Interest in the Science of Reading (SOR) has exploded in recent years, with 40 U.S. states and the District of Columbia passing laws or enacting policies requiring evidence-based reading instruction between 2013 and 2025 (Hagerman, 2024). SOR encompasses over 50...

The American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) selected Purdue University as the recipient of the 2026 Outstanding Holmes Program Award.  Purdue’s Holmes Program is directed by Brittne Paramore, director of the College of Education’s Office of Student Success...

The College of Education named Loran C. Parker as the new director of the Evaluation and Learning Research Center (ELRC). She will succeed Wilella (Willie) Burgess, who has directed the Center for the past 23 years. Parker will officially begin...

The Indiana Youth Institute (IYI) named Breanya Hogue to its Emerging Leaders of Color Fellowship (ELoC) Cohort 3. Hogue, assistant professor of language and literacy in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, also directs the Purdue CDF Freedom School Program-FUMC,...