Juan Carrillo and Jason Méndez came from opposite sides of the country, taught at rival colleges, cheered for clashing NBA teams and even listened to different hip-hop.
They were the epitome of East Coast and West Coast.
Far from home, they both felt like fish out of water, but they shared similar cultural backgrounds and lived experiences. So an unlikely friendship formed, leading to a podcast, a national-level web series, a feature documentary film and projects that continue to evolve.
ASU Associate Professor Juan Carillo found an academic brother in University of Pittsburgh Assistant Professor Jason Méndez, and the two turned a podcast of their conversations about culture into a growing web series and online magazine about the Latinx experience: "Block Chronicles."
One of the most common questions we get about Problem-Based Enhanced Language Learning (PBELL) lessons is how long should they be? There is no right answer to this question. A PBELL can be as short as a single 60-minute lesson during a teacher’s math block or as long as a multi-week unit during a teacher’s 120-minute ELA and writing block.
By: David C. Berliner and Gene V Glass, Regents Professors Emeritus, Arizona State University’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College
iTeachELLs was featured on an international platform called HundrED – a not-for-profit organization, which seeks and shares inspiring innovations in K12 education – highlighting their innovation, PBELL Lesson Plans. “Our goal is to help improve education and inspire a movement by encouraging pedagogically sound, ambitious innovations to spread across the world.”
UPDATE: We’ve made the decision to cancel our convening, The Next Education Workforce: From Thought to Action, on April 22-24 in Scottsdale. We are disappointed that we will not have the opportunity to meet in person to advance the work of the Next Education Workforce.
By 2035, there will be more young people entering Africa's workforce each year than in the rest of the globe combined.
But a significant gap exists between the number of young people seeking work and the limited employment opportunities available. There’s a mismatch between the skills demanded by the market and the training young people receive.
A monthly survey of books, chapters, articles and conference papers written by faculty members and graduate students of Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College
Mirka Koro, professor of qualitative research and director of doctoral programs for Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, was named the Outstanding Doctoral Mentor by the ASU Graduate College for 2019–20. Koro will receive the award in a Feb. 24 ceremony.
Steve Graham, a Mary Ellen Warner Professor of Education at Arizona State University's Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, won the 2018 Sylvia Scribner Award, presented by the American Educational Research Association. Named for American psychologist Sylvia Scribner, the award recognizes researchers whose work over the last decade represents a significant advancement in the understanding of learning and instruction.