Jennifer Holm spoke for many Americans when she titled her 2011 fiction book for young readers, “Middle School is Worse than Meatloaf.”

Foundation Professor Geoffrey Borman

 

Up to 1,000 learners from Arizona’s largest public school district will huddle in virtual classrooms up to three days a week for free, small-group learning led by teams of future educators from Arizona State University’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College.

For learners, Sun Devil Learning Labs: After School Huddles offers individualized support and extra instruction that complements classroom learning. For ASU teacher candidates, the experience offers another opportunity to hone their skills and make progress toward graduation and certification. 

Atota Halkiyo (PhD Education Policy and Evaluation, ’22) has been awarded the Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship Program. The fellowship is designed to enhance foreign language and area studies for future educators in the U.S. by supporting their dissertation research abroad. 

Mina Johnson-Glenberg, a research scientist in the Arizona State University Department of Psychology and an affiliate faculty member at Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, created a web-based and augmented reality COVID-19 modeling simulation game to help college students learn more about the virus in an interesting and interactive way. The game was made in conjunction with ASU’s Learning Futures Collaboratory

FOX 10 Phoenix featured Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College’s new partnership with Mesa Public Schools, which provides free, small-group learning in after-school, virtual huddles for students in grades K–6. 


 

Special Education and Elementary Education major Kate Kostovski is participating in the program, called Sun Devil Learning Labs: After School Huddles, and conducting a remote internship with students in Mesa. She spoke alongside Kelly Owen, clinical assistant professor and senior program strategist. 

In today’s world of online learning, making the process of thinking visible becomes challenging. In classrooms, teachers can show their work on the whiteboard and check students’ work in real time. Kelly Davis, MLFTC instructor, says this process is critical in teaching, especially in mathematics. 

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