“Special education is an excellent field to get into,” said Jay Johnson, recruitment and retention specialist in the Arizona Department of Education. “Not only are there jobs available, but special education has real advantages for teachers. You get a range of ability levels for kids, so you get to really stretch yourself that way. There are all kinds of opportunities ... whether you want to work in elementary school or high school, in a self-contained classroom or another scenario like a pull-out classroom.
Gene V. Glass is a research professor in the School of Education at the University of Colorado at Boulder and Regents Professor Emeritus at Arizona State University. Having coined the term “meta-analysis,” Glass has made enormous contributions to education statistics, educational policy and the social sciences. His work — particularly, “Benefits of Psychotherapy” (1980), about psychotherapy outcome studies — is said to have changed psychology.
Sun Devil 100 celebrates the achievements of Arizona State University alumni who own or lead successful, innovative businesses. This year, seven alumni from ASU’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College were honored:
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Yadira Flores, KOI Education
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Daniel Gulchak, KOI Education
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Jessica Irwin, S.E.E.K Arizona
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Angel Jannasch-Pennell, KOI Education
Arizona’s new state budget includes $15 million for the Arizona Teachers Academy, which provides tuition scholarships to students pursuing teacher certification at Arizona’s three public universities and selected community colleges. Arizona State University’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College operates the largest teacher-preparation program in the state, and ASU is aiming to fund more than 1,000 undergraduate and master’s degree students pursuing degrees that lead to initial teacher certification.
Arizona’s new state budget includes $15 million for the Arizona Teachers Academy, which provides tuition scholarships to students pursuing teacher certification at Arizona’s three public universities and selected community colleges. Arizona State University’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College operates the largest teacher-preparation program in the state, and ASU is aiming to fund more than 1,000 undergraduate and master’s degree students pursuing degrees that lead to initial teacher certification.
Alfredo Artiles honored with inaugural Spencer Mentor Award
Alfredo Artiles, dean of ASU’s Graduate College and Ryan C. Harris Memorial Endowed Professor of Special Education, was one of three to receive the inaugural Spencer Mentor Award on April 17.
Brent Maddin is executive director of the Next Education Workforce initiative at ASU's Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College.
On an unseasonably brisk mid-May afternoon in Phoenix, Arizona, nearly 100 people sat at tables playing with unusual baseball cards.
A cross-sector group of more than 100 leaders from K–12 district schools, higher education, educational nonprofits, school design, philanthropy and policy came together to contemplate The Next Educator Workforce in a two-day convening at Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College in May. Participants reconsidered the continuum of educator roles, participating in design challenges, work sessions and discussions with local and national experts.
Richard C. Anderson is an educational psychologist who has published influential research on children’s reading, vocabulary growth and story discussions that promote thinking. He is also the director of the Center for the Study of Reading, Professor Emeritus at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, professor at Beijing Normal University and president of China Children’s Books.
A $2.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education is funding a major collaboration to improve education. The Consortium for Open Active Pathways will use technology to increase the availability of college-level educational materials. Arizona State University's Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College is the lead unit in the consortium that partners ASU with three of America’s largest community college systems: the Maricopa Community Colleges in Phoenix, Miami Dade College (Florida) and Ivy Tech Community College (Indiana).