Steve Graham, Mary Emily Warner Professor of Education, is the 2021 recipient of the William S. Gray Citation of Merit from the International Literacy Association.
More than half of four-year colleges and universities throughout the U.S. are no longer requiring either an SAT or ACT score for 2021 admissions. This spring, K-12 schools are struggling to administer state-required tests and fulfill federal assessment mandates.
Two faculty members at Arizona State University’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College explore the effects of COVID-19 on standardized tests and admission exams — and how education leaders might address longstanding issues of inequity related to the tests in both higher education and K-12 settings.
Scientists have been sounding the alarm on the climate crisis for nearly three decades, and we still face major challenges. A group of Arizona State University educators are reaching out to youth for solutions.
Next month, Jill Koyama will become vice dean of the Division of Educational Leadership and Innovation at Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College at Arizona State University. Koyama is the Ernest W. McFarland Distinguished Professor in Leadership for Education Policy and Reform at the University of Arizona College of Education, where she is director of educational leadership and policy. She also directs the UA Education Policy Center and the Institute for LGBT Studies, and is an associate professor of graduate interdisciplinary programs.
Arizona State University’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College has redesigned its teacher-preparation programs to make them more accessible and affordable to more people pursuing both undergraduate and graduate-level teacher certification.
When you picture team teaching, do you see six adults — three certified teachers, one teacher candidate and one instructional assistant — plus additional support from a special education team supporting a group of 60 or 70 multi-age learners? That’s the case at The Creighton Academy, a K–6 school in Phoenix, Arizona.
They may have been delayed a year, but Arizona State University is ready to go for gold at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, which open July 23.
There are 20 Sun Devil athletes competing in Tokyo, representing 14 countries in six sports. Three Olympians — Jorinde van Klinken, Leon Marchand and Jarod Arroyo — are current students.
When the final buzzer went off on March 9, 1968, in the Long Beach Sport Arena, the Compton High School boys’ basketball team had not only secured a state championship, but also a place in high school sports history. Compton High School was the first team in California history to win 66 games without a loss and back-to-back undefeated state and national champions. The 50th anniversary of that historic accomplishment — in 2019 — is a record that remains unbroken.
By: Christine Montecillo Leider, Boston University; Michaela W. Colombo, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Erin Nerlino, Boston University
This fall, Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College congratulates new tenured professors, full professors and non-tenure-track faculty who have been promoted.
Promotions and tenure
David Carlson, professor: Carlson was promoted from associate professor. His primary areas of research include qualitative inquiry, curriculum studies, and gender and sexuality studies in education.