• Read more about Student teachers learn to be creative problem-solvers

Back in November, college leaders and local school administration members gathered to watch a presentation of what could be part of the future of how MLFTC student teachers learn how to create change — and ultimately improve the system — from the inside out.

As part of the curriculum, senior-year college students who were placed in Washington Elementary School District as student teachers — 14 to be exact — were given an opportunity and the tools to try out a mindset of “educator as designer” while in their classrooms.

• Read more about Artiles, Berliner and Glass named to list of most influential education scholars

Today, American Enterprise Institute director of education policy studies and Education Week blogger Frederick M. Hess released his 2019 “Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings.” Each year, Hess’ committee of experts honors the top 200 university-based scholars in education — from a pool of over 20,000 — who had the greatest influence on the nation’s education discourse throughout the year.

• Read more about MLFTC faculty publication roundup, January 2019

• A monthly survey of books, chapters, articles and conference papers written by faculty members and graduate students of Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College.

Audrey Amrein-Beardsley — associate director and professor | Clarin Collins — director of scholarly initiatives

• Read more about ASU Online undergraduate degrees ranked No. 2 in the nation by US News & World Report

The online undergraduate program at Arizona State University has been ranked No. 2 in the nation by U.S. News & World Report, earning a score of 98 out of 100.

• Read more about The people who make MLFTC online graduate programs great

Today, ASU’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College jumped from No. 36 to No. 13 in U.S. News & World Report’s ranking of online graduate education programs. MLFTC offers eight online graduate degree programs and five online graduate certificate programs. Degree programs include Leadership and Innovation (EdD), Curriculum and Instruction: Early Childhood (MEd), and Educational Technology (MEd).

• Read more about Preschool learning needs more drama

Last fall the U.S. Department of Education awarded a grant of $2.3 million to a unique collaboration between Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College and Childsplay, the Tempe, Arizona-based professional theater for young audiences. Titled “Supporting Early Language Development of Preschool Children with Drama Integration,” the project is the most recent expression of a concept Childsplay developed nearly a decade ago — EYEPlay — that employs drama in preschool classrooms to improve standards-based early learning outcomes.

• Read more about Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College online graduate programs ranked No. 13 in US

Arizona State University’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College has jumped from No. 36 to No. 13 in U.S. News & World Report’s ranking of online graduate education programs.

• Read more about ASU professor straddles 2 disciplines with cognition and learning science research

Michelene Chi has tackled one of the thorniest problems in education: finding a way to get children to learn complex concepts.

Chi, a cognitive and learning science researcher, has been working for years not only on theories of how students learn science concepts and why they struggle, but also on ways to improve classroom teaching.

• Read more about What can creativity do for teachers?

Danah Henriksen, assistant professor, says using creativity in the classroom can help a teacher be more effective. “We tend to think creativity is something that people either have or they don’t have and that’s really one of the long-held myths of creativity,” she says. Below, Henriksen tells us how creativity helps students learn and offers tips on how to be creative in the classroom, such as making cross-disciplinary connections. Watch more: 

• Read more about National Academy of Education welcomes Alfredo Artiles

Yesterday Alfredo J. Artiles, dean of ASU’s Graduate College and Ryan C. Harris Memorial Endowed Professor of Special Education, was elected to membership in the National Academy of Education.