Category: Centers

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ELRC’s Somalia education evaluation report recognized as a Purdue Fall 2025 Featured Dataset

The Purdue University Research Repository (PURR) recognized the College of Education’s Evaluation and Learning Research Center’s "Somalia Education Evaluation Reports" as a PURR Fall 2025 Featured Dataset. This selective distinction acknowledges exemplary publications that align with PURR’s mission for open,...
Jennifer Barce, Stephanie Scherer

College faculty attend national forum to advance rural education

Two College of Education faculty represented the Purdue Center for Rural Research, Education and Outreach at the National Forum to Advance Rural Education.

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Rural Center director presents Indiana workshops

The national College Board organization, founders of the SAT® and AP® programs, invited the Purdue Center for Rural Research, Education, and Outreach to present a workshop at several venues in Indiana in September.

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Watson: Video games can foster student engagement in classroom

Game-based learning can provide additional inroads for building skills such as narrative storytelling, #PurdueEDU’s William Watson told K-12DIVE.

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Purdue’s Ackerman Center to host Sept. 17 Constitution Day

The tradition continues! Purdue University will officially celebrate Constitution Day on Sept. 17 in the Purdue Memorial Union to commemorate the signing of the U.S. Constitution in 1787.

Stephanie Scherer with the cover of her new book Cultivating Care: Lessons from a Rural Kindergarten Classroom

Scherer’s Cultivating Care book published

Stephanie Scherer’s new book, Cultivating Care: Lessons from a Rural Kindergarten Classroom, focuses on how one rural kindergarten teacher experiences and embodies care in her classroom.