• Read more about A time-honored tradition returns to campus

Sun Devils are known for being able to withstand the heat, especially during trying times. 

But nothing feels better to Sun Devils right now than being able to celebrate one of ASU’s biggest events in the crisp Arizona winter after a pandemic pause. 

• Read more about From our journals: How the pandemic has affected educational policies

Education in times of global crisis: How private actors in Germany gain power through Twitter

By: Johannes Schuster and Nina Kolleck, Leipzig University 

Published in: Education Policy Analysis Archives, Nov. 29, 2021

• Read more about In the news: CRPE researches the toll that the pandemic has had on all aspects of education

The Center on Reinventing Public Education, which formally joins MLFTC in February 2022, made headlines this month for its research on how the pandemic has affected — and continues to affect — education, school districts, teachers, students and families.

• Read more about Humanities Lab students continue to leave lasting marks at ASU, in greater community

Have you ever thought about the amount of single-use plastic cutlery disposed of daily on the ASU Tempe campus? How about in a semester? Or a year?

• Read more about MLFTC offers budgeting resources for school leaders developing Next Education Workforce models

Arizona State University’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College is offering a collection of resources to help schools develop Next Education Workforce models without taking on a slew of new costs.

To build Next Education Workforce models, MLFTC works with schools and other partners to build teams of educators with distributed expertise, with the goal of providing all students with deeper and personalized learning and empowering educators to pursue new opportunities for role-based specialization and advancement. 

• Read more about MLFTC faculty continue to influence education policy and practice

Two faculty members at Arizona State University’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College have editorships at leading journals in their fields, while three others were selected for a list of 200 top education scholars.

• Read more about In the news: Team teaching benefits students and educators

In the past, efforts to combat Arizona’s teacher shortage have focused on recruitment and frankly, haven’t worked, Brent Maddin, executive director of the Next Education Workforce initiative, told KJZZ 91.5 FM, a public radio station in Phoenix, Ariz. The initiative is helping schools move away from the traditional one-teacher, one-classroom approach and adapt a team-based model. 

• Read more about Faculty publication roundup, December & January

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

• Read more about MLFTC’s online graduate programs ranked No. 8 in the U.S.

ASU’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College reached a historical high this year as its online master’s degree programs climbed the rankings in U.S. News & World Report’s 2022 Best Online Graduate Education Programs. Overall, MLFTC ranked No. 8, jumping four spots from last year.

• Read more about Connecting career and community through mentorship

“Everybody can be great … because anybody can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.”

— Martin Luther King Jr.

Reflecting on the words and works of Martin Luther King Jr. in the month that celebrates his life — and National Mentoring Month — members of Arizona State University’s multifaceted community continue to carry forward King’s servant-leadership legacy through service and mentorship.