• Read more about Partnering with Mesa Public Schools for free online learning

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. 

• Read more about Michelene Chi awarded the 2020 McGraw Prize in Learning Science Research

Michelene Chi has been awarded the 2020 McGraw Prize in Learning Science Research. Created in 1988, the McGraw Prize celebrates innovation in education by recognizing outstanding individuals who have dedicated themselves to improving education and whose accomplishments are making a huge impact.

• Read more about From our journals: A focus on race and education funding

Philanthropy, hidden strategy and collective resistance: A primer for concerned educators

By: Derek A. Houston, University of Oklahoma 

Published in: Education Review, Sept. 2, 2020

• Read more about PhD candidate wins prestigious Fulbright-Hays Fellowship

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. 

• Read more about Professor creates game to help students learn how COVID-19 spreads

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. 

• Read more about In the news: Sun Devil Learning Labs

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. 

• Read more about Learning made visible through 3D-printed document cameras

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. 

• Read more about In the news: the pandemic’s effect on school-family relationships

Sherman Dorn’s blog, The Pandemic and Cultural Scripts of School-Family Relationships was published by the Albert Shanker Institute this summer. Dorn, director of the Division of Educational Leadership and Innovation at Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, reflects on how past historical traumas such as wars and pandemics have transformed the systems and structures of education. 

• Read more about New AERA fellow Maria Teresa Tatto introduced with video

Maria Teresa Tatto, Southwest Borderlands Professor of Comparative Education, was named a fellow of the American Educational Research Association last spring. New fellows are traditionally presented at AERA’s annual conference, but due to the cancellation of the event out of concerns over COVID-19, the in-person announcement couldn’t take place.

• Read more about New grant fuels adoption of redesigned school models

How can schools better serve learners and create more rewarding working environments and, ultimately, career paths for educators? 

To tackle this question, ASU’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College received nearly $700,000 from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to help schools outside of Arizona adopt Next Education Workforce models. The investment allows MLFTC to design and deploy technical assistance to catalyze the transformation of at least five schools over three years.