Ariel Anbar and Punya Mishra are the principal investigators for “The Future Substance of STEM Education,” a research project based at ASU’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College. Anbar is a President’s Professor in ASU’s School of Earth and Space Exploration and School of Molecular Sciences, and an affiliate faculty member of MLFTC, where Mishra is associate dean of scholarship and innovation. Their National Science Foundation-funded research project brought together faculty members from universities from across the nation for a weeklong workshop in October.

Beginning in fall 2021, Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College at Arizona State University will offer a Master of Science degree in Education Sciences on the Tempe campus. The new degree program equips educators with the knowledge and skills to conduct and use quantitative research in education. Those skills include designing scientifically valid research studies, measurement, data management, data mining, quantitative data analysis and practical research.

For two days in January, more than 270 educators and education experts from around the country gathered virtually at the invitation of ASU’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College to address a big question: What should the next education workforce look like so that schools can provide better educational experiences to learners and better professional experiences to educators?

When students at Balsz Elementary School act out, they aren’t sent to detention. Instead, students are asked to focus on what they're sensing and feeling in the moment, without interpretation or judgment. It’s called mindfulness and Balsz School District in east Phoenix is embracing it. 

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