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Curriculum Studies doctoral student receives AAC&U Future Leaders award

The American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) named Christabel Kanayo Anumenechi as a recipient of the prestigious 2026 K. Patricia Cross Future Leaders Award. The award recognizes graduate students who show exemplary promise as future leaders in higher education...

March 11, 2026

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Broome named inaugural fellow in Library of Congress teaching initiative

The TPS Eastern Region Program at Waynesburg University and the Library of Congress selected John P. Broome as an inaugural Fellow in the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) Transformative Teaching Initiative (TTI). Broome is a clinical associate...

March 9, 2026

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AGAIN: Five outstanding Education alumni named 2026 Golden Apple Award winners

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,...

March 6, 2026

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High Stakes Literacy Testing Indiana’s IREAD-3

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...

March 2, 2026

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How Teachers Can Apply Learning Theories to the Five Pillars of the Science of Reading

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...

March 1, 2026

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Purdue, College of Education receive 2026 Outstanding Holmes Program award

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...

February 27, 2026

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