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College of Education grad program ranks in top 20% nationally

The Purdue University College of Education ranks No. 54 in 2026 Best Education Schools – Graduate Education, according to the 2026 U.S. News & World Report rankings released Apr. 7. “We are #2 in Indiana, and in the top 20% nationally,”…

April 8, 2026

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3 Education faculty named to 2026 Broader Impact Fellows program

The Purdue University Office of Engagement named three Education faculty members and two others to the latest Broader Impact Fellows Program cohort. The Education faculty cohort members are: Juliana Aguilar, clinical assistant professor and director of Applied Behavior Analysis Programs,…

April 6, 2026

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ELRC partner school receives Office of Engagement’s Exemplary Community Partner Award

The Purdue University Office of Engagement selected Thomas Miller Elementary School as a 2026 JoAnn Miller Exemplary Community Partner of the College of Education’s Evaluation Learning and Research Center (ELRC). The ELRC’s collaboration with Thomas Miller Elementary School is led…

March 25, 2026

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UPCEA selects Purdue as a 2026 Association Award recipient for innovation in online education

At Purdue University, innovation in digital learning isn’t just what we do—it is who we are. And once again, that commitment will be recognized on a national stage. Purdue has been selected to receive the 2026 UPCEA Strategic Innovation in Online Education Award,…

March 16, 2026

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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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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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Purdue ELRC takes #NextGiantLeap, names new director

The College of Education named Loran C. Parker as the new director of the Evaluation and Learning Research Center (ELRC). She will succeed Wilella (Willie) Burgess, who has directed the Center for the past 23 years. Parker will officially begin…

February 25, 2026

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Hogue accepted to IYI Emerging Leaders of Color Fellowship cohort

The Indiana Youth Institute (IYI) named Breanya Hogue to its Emerging Leaders of Color Fellowship (ELoC) Cohort 3. Hogue, assistant professor of language and literacy in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, also directs the Purdue CDF Freedom School Program-FUMC,…

February 12, 2026

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College of Education offering staff, faculty first-of-its-kind discount on new online graduate programs

To make continuing education more attainable, Purdue University’s College of Education is offering full-time Purdue West Lafayette (PWL) faculty and staff a 30 percent discount on four of their online learning design and technology programs. 

February 11, 2026

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3 Rapoport books published in 2024-25

Anatoli Rapoport, professor of social studies education in the College of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction, published three books in 2024-25. Book One Publication Title Teaching With a Global Perspective: Approaches and Strategies for Secondary Social Studies Teachers  Purdue…

February 9, 2026

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