Education is like many fields: Practitioners can struggle to connect the theoretical — research — with the actual. In education, the practice of action research provides a path between the two. And Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College Associate Professor Craig Mertler helps educators find that path.
One of the foremost Swedish universities recognized Arizona State University Graduate College Dean Alfredo J. Artiles with an honorary doctoral degree. At a ceremony on Friday, Oct. 18, the University of Gothenburg presented Artiles with an honorary degree of Doctor of Philosophy for his scholarship on disability policy and educational equity.
On October 10, 21 students earning degrees from Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College with the help of scholarships had the opportunity to thank their benefactors face-to-face. The first MLFTC Scholarships Breakfast was also an occasion for scholarship donors, many of them alumni of the college, to meet the next generation of educators and compare ideas and experience.
Margarita Pivovarova, assistant professor, and Jeanne Powers, associate professor, say that given the increasing polarization surrounding immigration, which has occurred in the context of persistent and growing socioeconomic inequality in the United States, it’s critical to understand the possible influences of immigrants on U.S. schools.
Next week, Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College will host the Teacher Educators for Children with Behavior Disorders Conference at the Tempe Mission Palms Hotel and Conference Center. The annual conference is the leading educational research conference for teacher educators working with children and youth with severe behavioral disorders.
A monthly survey of books, chapters, articles and conference papers written by faculty members and graduate students of Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College
When Jaime Martinez and Bret Larsen graduated from Arizona State University, they each wanted to make an impact in their communities.
After a few years of work and life experiences, they founded their own companies to achieve that goal.
Globally, it’s estimated that 1.3 billion people live with some form of vision impairment — that’s the equivalent of the total population of Europe, Russia, Japan, Indonesia and Australia. Today, Oct. 10, is World Sight Day, an international day of awareness held annually to focus attention on blindness and visual impairment.
By: Fred M. Hayward, University of Massachusetts and Razia Karim, University of Massachusetts
Published in: Education Policy Analysis Archives, Nov. 4, 2019
MLFTC assistant professors Andrea Weinberg and Mildred Boveda