Vanessa Arredondo (BAE Elementary Education, Bilingual Education, ’14; MEd Curriculum and Instruction, ’16) was named Arizona Rural Schools Association Teacher of the Year for 2020.

Adding to her list of accomplishments, Arredondo is a first-generation college graduate. She came to the United States in third grade. “Like many of the students I teach, I had to learn English while adjusting to a new culture and living with family members,” she says.

Sarah Salinas, a PhD student in the Educational Policy and Evaluation program at Arizona State University’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, is the 2020 winner of the Jane West Spark Award from the Teacher Education Division of the Council for Exceptional Children. The Spark award is presented annually to an individual who advocates for special education teacher preparation and is committed to continuing those efforts.

A meta-analysis study published by Steve Graham and two researchers from the University of Utah found that writing about content reliably enhanced learning, even for content in diverse subjects such as math, science and social studies. Graham, a Mary Emily Warner Professor of Education at Arizona State University’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, explained the study and its implications to The Hechinger Report.

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