Six online master’s degrees in education offered by Arizona State University’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College are among the top five in the nation in their specialty areas, according to the U.S. News & World Report 2021 Best Online Graduate Education Programs rankings.
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.
Cristóbal Rodríguez joins Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College as associate dean of equity, inclusion and community engagement. Rodriguez comes to us from Howard University where he held the position of director of graduate studies in the School of Education and associate professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies.
For most teens, the break between semesters is a relaxed time of unstructured adventure. Driving around with friends. Meeting at the mall. Lounging by the pool.
While these past months were uncommon due to the COVID-19 pandemic, for a handful of students from the Gary K. Herberger Young Scholars Academy this break was always going to be out of the ordinary.
When there’s no Yellow Brick Road
By: Gloria Ladson-Billings, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Published in: Education Review, Jan. 2021
In the early 1970s, Steve Graham was a long-haired free-spirit hitchhiking across America, trying to find himself. All he needed to survive was a few bucks in his pocket, a jar of peanut butter and a loaf of bread.
Flash forward to 2021. The former hippie drifter is now a Regents Professor at Arizona State University.
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?
Arizona State University’s charter highlights a commitment to the well-being of communities, and that promise extends around the world. ASU International Development is a platform that gathers the knowledge and expertise of faculty to help people in developing countries.
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.