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$2 Million grant to fund Gifted Education students

A $2.1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education was awarded to the Purdue College of Education to investigate closing excellence and opportunity gaps for students from underserved populations in gifted education. Nielsen Pereira, assistant professor in gifted, creative...

November 3, 2019

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Department of Education grant to fund Purdue Special Education students

A $1.2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education Office for Special Education Programs was awarded to the Purdue College of Education to provide special education doctoral students with full funding throughout their program of study. This project, named...

November 3, 2019

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Purdue University honors alumni for the Distinguished Education Alumni Awards

Purdue University’s College of Education will honor three distinguished Purdue alumni during its 2019 Distinguished Education Alumni Awards (DEAA) event on Friday, Nov. 1. Pamela R. Clinkenbeard, James T. McDonald, III, and Martha Nyikos are the recipients of this year’s...

October 18, 2019

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Education grant works to put new teachers in Indiana schools

Purdue University’s College of Education and Indianapolis Public Schools are teaming up on a new project to expand the access the city’s students have to STEM education. The project, called the Indy STEM Teacher Residency, aims to bring as many...

October 3, 2019

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Purdue’s College of Education invites students for Become a Teacher Day

Prospective students in education and their parents can learn more about Purdue’s College of Education during its annual, daylong Become a Teacher Day event. The college is expecting at least 160 high school students from Indiana and beyond for this...

September 12, 2019

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15th Year Celebrating Constitution Day at Purdue University

The way Purdue celebrates Constitution Day has changed in the last 15 years, but the need for doing so remains the same.  The same concerns remain today as Purdue seeks an effective way to ensure that graduates have the basic...

September 12, 2019