Like many states in the U.S., Arizona has experienced difficulty in filling teaching positions. Arizona State University’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College is working to address the issue, among others in education, with Next Education Workforce models.
The TV series “Abbott Elementary” features dedicated teachers committed to the success of their students despite the challenges of their underfunded school. The mockumentary showcases all that is broken in public education and the alarming need for change.
On Feb. 28, the Graduate College will honor four Arizona State University graduate professors with Outstanding Faculty Mentor Awards. Now in their 35th year, the Outstanding Faculty Mentor Awards recognize outstanding faculty members for their service to the graduate student and postdoctoral scholar communities through mentoring excellence.
Active, committed mentors not only offer coaching, modeling and feedback in academic and career development, but provide essential psychosocial and interpersonal connection and support.
“Special education directors deserve to have more of a voice and community in the education system than they typically do,” says Lauren Katzman, executive director of the Urban Collaborative.
In February, AASA, The School Superintendents Association, held its 2022 National Conference on Education in which Carole Basile, dean of ASU’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, was a guest speaker.
Elsie Moore, a beloved Arizona State University faculty member and pioneer in diversity, equity and inclusion, died on Feb. 21 at the age of 72.
“Elsie shared her grace, intellect and love of learning with every person she encountered,” ASU President Michael M. Crow said. “She advanced against intellectual and cultural adversaries with wisdom, understanding and love. She made a difference here at ASU and in our broader world, and will be deeply missed.”
By: Margarita Pivovarova and Jeanne M. Powers, ASU’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College
Published in: Education Policy Analysis Archives, Feb. 15, 2022
Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College is known for the depth and diversity of its research. Average annual expenditures for education research at ASU totaled more than $73 million from 2020-21; the most of any education program in the United States, according to U.S.News and World Report.
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Christine Pitts, resident policy fellow, Center on Reinventing Public Education
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When Gary Herberger was a high school junior, his physics teacher sat down and announced to the class that Herberger would be teaching them for the rest of the semester. The teacher told him, “I can learn more from you than I could possibly teach you.”
The memory of that incident caused the late philanthropist, businessman, architect and Arizona State University patron to set up the Gary K. Herberger Young Scholars Academy (HYSA) 10 years ago.