Author: Kerri Elizabeth Richardson

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Project EINSTEIN addresses need for more STEM educators

Faculty in Purdue’s College of Education has received a $1.4 million grant from the National Science Foundation for a project to train highly qualified K-12 STEM educators and provide financial support for Purdue STEM education students. Project EINSTEIN: Excellence in...
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Dean Marchand-Martella: Changing the World

Get to know the newly appointed Suzi and Dale Gallagher Dean of Education, Nancy Marchand-Martella, and learn where she plans to take Purdue University's College of Education. Dean Marchand-Martella describes the importance of the role of the College of Education,...
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New Dean Spotlight

After graduating from Purdue in 1985 with a degree in psychology, Marchand-Martella headed to Southern Illinois University to pursue a master’s degree in behavior analysis and therapy. She earned her Ph.D. in special education from Utah State University in 1991....
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Faculty create program to better train educators

Creating a program to train educators to better teach students with developmental disabilities, including autism, is the goal of new grant-funded research by faculty in the Purdue University’s College of Education. Rose Mason, an assistant professor of educational studies in...
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Education faculty grant to focus on student engagement

College of Education faculty received a $1.4 million grant by the Institute of Education Sciences through the U.S. Department of Education to design and develop the CourseMIRROR mobile learning system. The system combines mobile learning technologies with natural language processing...
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Purdue graduate returns ‘home’ to lead College of Education

A Boilermaker alumna and first-generation college graduate will be the next dean of the College of Education at Purdue University. Nancy E. Marchand-Martella, a product of K-12 Indiana public schools (Thorntown Elementary and Western Boone Junior-Senior High School) and 1985...