A monthly survey of books, chapters, articles and conference papers written by faculty members and graduate students of Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College
Douglas Roe and U Kyaw Win met on a tennis court at Phoenix College in January 1952. They were both in a required physical education class. Win, who had just arrived in the United States from Burma, appeared to be lost. Roe, sensing this, introduced himself. “Doug was very friendly and kind,” Win says. The two went on to attend Arizona State University in Tempe together.
On Sept. 9, students and representatives of the Kyrene School District in metropolitan Phoenix, Arizona; and Carole Basile, dean of Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College at Arizona State University, officially cut the ribbon to dedicate SPARK School. SPARK is the result of a two-year collaborative design process that brought together district administrators, faculty members, students and parents with an MLFTC design team. Their mission was to design a school experience that better met the needs of students and teachers.
In an episode of Fast Company‘s podcast, Creative Conversation, Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College Professor and Pinnacle West Presidential Chair Ron Beghetto explains why the "creative genius" idea is a myth and how to differentiate between good and bad uncertainty. He believes we should break free from the idea that some people are creative and others are not.
The Urban Collaborative has a rich history of collaboration with school districts — more than 100 in 25 states — committed to leading inclusive and equitable education. It has resources, sponsors and partners, consultants and data-driven review processes, and annual meetings of education leaders from the nation’s largest urban school districts.
Globally, it’s estimated that 1.3 billion people live with some form of vision impairment — that’s the equivalent of the total population of Europe, Russia, Japan, Indonesia and Australia. Today, Oct. 10, is World Sight Day, an international day of awareness held annually to focus attention on blindness and visual impairment.
When Jaime Martinez and Bret Larsen graduated from Arizona State University, they each wanted to make an impact in their communities.
After a few years of work and life experiences, they founded their own companies to achieve that goal.
A monthly survey of books, chapters, articles and conference papers written by faculty members and graduate students of Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College
Next week, Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College will host the Teacher Educators for Children with Behavior Disorders Conference at the Tempe Mission Palms Hotel and Conference Center. The annual conference is the leading educational research conference for teacher educators working with children and youth with severe behavioral disorders.
Margarita Pivovarova, assistant professor, and Jeanne Powers, associate professor, say that given the increasing polarization surrounding immigration, which has occurred in the context of persistent and growing socioeconomic inequality in the United States, it’s critical to understand the possible influences of immigrants on U.S. schools.