Arizona State University Professor Geoffrey D. Borman has great empathy for middle schoolers.
He knows how painful the transition can be when elementary students have to make the jump to junior high school. The stresses of navigating grades, mental well-being, burgeoning sexuality and new social structures often causes anxiety and negative academic outcomes.
However, his work aims to ease that stress and offer guidance that will make students' lives more manageable.
MLFTC will host Building the Next Normal, a two-day virtual convening about the Next Education Workforce in January. The event, open to the public, will focus on questions of equity, deeper and personalized learning, and how to build a more effective and sustainable education workforce.
Students with disabilities could benefit if schools used what they’re learning about remote education to improve in-person instruction, says Lauren Katzman, executive director of the Urban Collaborative, a national network of more than 100 school districts focused on improving outcomes for students with disabilities.
UNESCO — the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization — commissioned a series of background papers for its Futures of Education initiative and “Learning to Become,” a large-scale report on global education to be published later this year.
Many of the challenges confronting education and impeding its progress don’t have borders. So Arizona State University’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College is taking a leadership role in the international conversation about how best to address these challenges.
Communities are rich in experienced adults who have knowledge and expertise but lack the instructional skills of professional teachers. Arizona State University’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College is developing new nanocourses for community educators who can complement professional educators in both physical and remote settings.
Three organizations have committed to collaborate with Mesa Public Schools, the largest school district in Arizona with more than 64,000 students, to support district leaders in efforts to create equitable learning outcomes and better prepare all students for the demands of college, career and civic life.
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Like most things this year, the Mastercard Foundation Scholars reception looked a little different. This year’s theme, Resilience in Action, was nothing less than fitting.
Over Zoom, 47 scholars shared their very personal projects that they worked on over the summer. Overall, nearly 200 people, from multiple continents, joined the event.
Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College Professor, Pinnacle West Presidential Chair and Creativity Advisor for the LEGO Foundation Ronald A. Beghetto chatted — over Zoom — with Adidas about nurturing a creative identity in both children and adults through sport and play.
Beghetto shares his insights and thoughts on how parents, educators and team leaders can fuel creativity — no matter the age.