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.
Students in rural high schools often don’t have access to advanced courses that can help them succeed in college, or even simply get accepted to the colleges they hope to attend. Teachers of calculus, physics, college-level English and other advanced subjects — typically highly qualified educators, often with advanced degrees — may not be attracted to smaller districts away from metropolitan areas. These districts may be unable to justify a full-time position for a teacher whose classes are limited in size, requiring these teachers to take on courses outside their passion.
Daegu National University of Education, located in Daegu Metropolitan City — South Korea’s third-largest — is one of that nation’s leading institutions focused exclusively on educating elementary school teachers, and also one of the most recent universities with whom Arizona State University’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College has forged a partnership.
A monthly survey of books, chapters, articles and conference papers written by faculty members and graduate students of Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College
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
California’s Pasadena Unified School District has reached a settlement that will spur changes to its special education programs under the recommendations and guidance of Lauren Katzman. Katzman is executive director of The Urban Collaborative, a center at Arizona State University’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, and an associate research professor.
Arizona State University, in conjunction with Syracuse University and Florida International University, is launching a $7.5 million program to support a distinct group of doctoral students pursuing a degree in special education.
The U.S. Department of Education awarded $3.75 million in funding, with ASU, FIU and SU matching funds for the project, called Project INCLUDE — Inclusive Consortium of Leaders in Urban Disabilities Education.
A monthly survey of books, chapters, articles and conference papers written by faculty members and graduate students of Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College