Last year, Shawn Loescher (EdD ’18) presented his TED-Ed Talk at the TEDSummit in Edinburgh, Scotland. Loescher, CEO of Urban Discovery Schools, was just one of 16 extraordinary innovators worldwide recognized by the TED-Ed Innovative Educator program for his leadership in advancing education.
Martin Carnoy (back row, center left) and attendees of the February CASGE Distinguished Lecture
Fifty years ago, international testing was launched as a way to collect more data for developing an understanding of educational systems in a comparative perspective. Today, international testing has gained a life of its own, and average test scores are being used to define the quality of educational systems and even the quality of labor forces.
Steve Graham, a Mary Ellen Warner Professor of Education at Arizona State University's Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, won the 2018 Sylvia Scribner Award, presented by the American Educational Research Association. Named for American psychologist Sylvia Scribner, the award recognizes researchers whose work over the last decade represents a significant advancement in the understanding of learning and instruction.
Mirka Koro — ASU Graduate College Outstanding Doctoral Mentor
Mirka Koro, professor of qualitative research and director of doctoral programs for Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, was named the Outstanding Doctoral Mentor by the ASU Graduate College for 2019–20. Koro will receive the award in a Feb. 24 ceremony.
A monthly survey of books, chapters, articles and conference papers written by faculty members and graduate students of Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College
By 2035, there will be more young people entering Africa's workforce each year than in the rest of the globe combined.
But a significant gap exists between the number of young people seeking work and the limited employment opportunities available. There’s a mismatch between the skills demanded by the market and the training young people receive.
UPDATE: We’ve made the decision to cancel our convening, The Next Education Workforce: From Thought to Action, on April 22-24 in Scottsdale. We are disappointed that we will not have the opportunity to meet in person to advance the work of the Next Education Workforce.
Arizona State University’s graduate schools continue to hold high positions in the latest U.S. News and World Report annual rankings.
The 2021 analysis includes rankings on fine arts and health schools, which were last published in 2016.
ASU’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College placed No. 13 among 393 institutions surveyed in U.S. News & World Report’s annual rankings of America’s graduate schools of education.
Among public universities, the college was ranked No. 5, ahead of the University of California-Berkeley, the University of Texas-Austin and the University of Virginia. This year’s U.S. News & World Report survey reinforces ASU’s ascent to the top tier of colleges of education since 2012 when it ranked No. 35 in the survey.
A monthly survey of books, chapters, articles and conference papers written by faculty members and graduate students of Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College