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(l to r) Phillip J. VanFossen, Anastasia Morrone, Brad Balch, and Anand R. Marri

Four Indiana deans of education discuss why students should become teachers

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.

October 28, 2022

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Dr. Trish Morita-Mullaney

How Teachers Can Break Down Stereotypes of Asian American Students

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

October 25, 2022

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Wanju Huang, Clinical Assistant Professor, Learning Design & Technology

W. Huang awarded NSF grant for cyber training curriculum for CWE sustainability

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.

October 21, 2022

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Kathryn Obenchain, Jennifer Barce

Obenchain, Barce receive IDOE grant to address state’s teacher shortages

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.

October 21, 2022

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Kristen Seward (l) and Nielsen Pereira (center), interim co-directors of the Gifted Education Research & Resource Institute (GER2I); and Marcia Gentry (r), former director of GER2I; former professor of Gifted, Creative and Talented Studies

College researchers to improve access to gifted and talented education

A new College of Education research project addressing gifted and talented opportunities for underrepresented students recently received $3.5 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Education’s Jacob K. Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Program.

October 20, 2022

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Jennifer Richardson receives a Teaching Academy Teaching Excellence Award from Jay T. Akridge, Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Diversity

Six College of Education faculty members honored at Purdue’s Celebration of Teaching Excellence

The Purdue University Office of the Provost formally recognized outstanding faculty at a ceremony on Sept. 27, including six College of Education faculty members. They are: Virak Chan, clinical assistant professor of literacy and language, Curriculum & Instruction, Teaching for…

October 17, 2022

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Hua-Hua Chang

Chang awarded NSF grant to provide real-time, actionable data to instructors

A new National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to researchers in the Colleges of Education and Engineering will help instructors help students succeed.

October 11, 2022

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Chea Parton, Visiting Assistant Professor, Curriculum and Instruction

Delivering Rural Education to Purdue from the Heart of Texas

Chea Parton, visiting assistant professor of curriculum and instruction since August 2022, became interested in rural education due to many experiences in her own life – including being a rural student from Gaston, Indiana, a rural undergraduate and graduate student at Purdue University, a rural teacher, and then a rural doctoral student at the University of Texas at Austin.

October 5, 2022

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West Side students harvesting STEM know-how, with side of veggies, in GEAR UP program

Students at the Gary West Side Leadership Academy Thursday celebrated a fall bounty that went beyond tomatoes and beans. The students, who are participating in one of nine Indiana GEAR UP programs, watched the unveiling of a new greenhouse next…

October 4, 2022

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#22 Best Online Master's in Education

On-campus leaders in online education: Purdue College of Education

The College of Education’s Purdue Online program jumped from #42 to #22 this year in the U.S. News & World Report (USNWR) rankings for online education programs, putting it in the top 6% of ranked schools. “Data supports that even…

September 30, 2022

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(left to right): F. Richard Olenchak, Kristen Seward, Anne Traynor, and Ophélie Desmet

New grant uses ‘positive psychology’ to better support underserved students in gifted and talented programming

Using cutting edge assessment strategies and innovative programming, a new five-year College of Education research project will seek to expand the access of underserved communities to gifted and talented programming. The grant uses techniques from positive psychology to provide these…

September 26, 2022

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Prof. Dr. Bettina Lindmeier, LUH College of Education, and Phillip J. VanFossen, Interim Dean of the Purdue University College of Education, sign the Letter of Intent between LUH and Purdue.

Leibniz University Hannover scholars visit College, partner in teaching

Four Language Education and Special Education scholars from Leibniz University Hannover (LUH), Germany, visited Purdue this week as part of a new international research and teaching partnership with the College of Education. The purpose of the partnership is to foster…

September 19, 2022

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