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.
A group of researchers from Arizona State University has been awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation for almost $1 million to fund the development of hybrid physical-computational platforms to create pathways to position neurodiverse students for success in school as well as in the larger community.
ASU has been awarded two new grants to support education among Arizona’s Tribal communities. The Arizona Department of Education is allocating $1 million to the Preparing Educators for Arizona's Indigenous Communities Project. The United States Department of Education has allocated $1.4 million to the same project through its Indian Educational Professional Development Program.
Jill Koyama, vice dean and professor: Before joining MLFTC, Koyama was the Ernest W. McFarland Distinguished Professor in Leadership for Education Policy and Reform at the University of Arizona College of Education, where she was director of educational leadership and policy. She also directed the UA Education Policy Center and the Institute for LGBT Studies, and was an associate professor of graduate interdisciplinary programs.
Arizona State University has been awarded two new grants to support education among Arizona’s tribal communities. The Arizona Department of Education is allocating $1 million to the Preparing Educators for Arizona's Indigenous Communities Project. The U.S. Department of Education has allocated $1.4 million to the same project through its Indian Educational Professional Development Program.
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