Purdue University College of Education

Purdue University College of Education’s Evaluation and Learning Research Center (ELRC), with funding from USAID, is leading a multi-national team that is examining the effectiveness of formal and informal educational models on diverse learners in Somalia.

“This Is Purdue” podcaster Kate Young interviewed Purdue Education alum, chemistry teacher and TikTok superstar Phil Cook (BSChemEd ’00, MSEd ’13) about his passion for education – and observed his “Chem-o-ween” experiments: an exploding pumpkin, liquid nitrogen marshmallows and flaming candy corn.

The deans of four Indiana teacher training schools – the Purdue University College of Education, Indiana University Bloomington School of Education, Teachers College at Ball State University and Bayh College of Education at Indiana State University – are coming together to encourage students to go to college to become teachers – and to change lives in the process.

Education Week interviewed Trish Morita-Mullaney about teacher’s perceptions of Asian American & Pacific Islander (AAPI) students.

Funded by a National Science Foundation grant, Wanju Huang, clinical assistant professor in the College of Education, and fellow Purdue researchers will create a cyber training curriculum for CWE sustainability.

The Indiana Department of Education (IDOE) announced recipients of $10.6 million in funding to aid Indiana’s schools and community partners in supporting local initiatives to attract and retain educators across the state – including researchers in the College of Education.