Category: Research

Two students working together on the wiring of a miniature car.

‘Students we serve are capable of great things’: Jack Kent Cooke Foundation provides funding for summer program

The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation awarded a $200,000 grant to the College of Education’s Gifted Education Research and Resource Institute (GER²I) to support the general operations of the GER²I Summer Residential Program. The two-year grant (2026–2028) will help sustain and...
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Kathyrn Obenchain and Megan Percell and their new book,

Obenchain, Purcell’s new book shows how to make social studies developmentally appropriate

Publication Title Early Childhood Social Studies: Purpose, Content, and Methods from a Developmental Perspective Author Kathryn M. Obenchain (College of Education), Megan L. Purcell (College of Health and Human Sciences) Publisher Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group Publication Date May 1,...
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Janet Alsup with her new book,

New book by Alsup

Publication Title Critical Reflections on Leading in Educational Contexts: Entering Identity Portals Author Janet Alsup Publisher Palgrave Macmillan Publication Date May 2, 2026 About the Book This book is a written account of a qualitative, narrative-based critical autoethnography exploring the...
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EdTech quotes Watson on how Higher Ed can support K–12 AI literacy

"It’s crucial that we help educators understand how the technology simultaneously equips students to learn both more and less than ever before,” Bill Watson told EdTech.
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Xiang Zhou, Yukiko Maeda

Spencer Foundation awards Zhou team a Small Research Grant

The Spencer Foundation awarded Xiang Zhou a Small Research Grant for education research. Zhou, associate professor of counseling psychology in the College’s Department of Educational Studies, is the PI with co-PI Yukiko Maeda, professor of educational psychology and research methodology...
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A group of summit attendees seated in a room of circular tables. A presenter speaks at a podium at the front of the room.

100+ rural educators attend 5th Annual Rural Education Summit

More than 124 educators, administrators, and policy leaders convened on April 17 at Made@Plainfield for the fifth annual Rural Education Summit, a daylong convening co-sponsored by the Purdue Center for Rural Research, Education, and Outreach and the Indiana Small and...
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