A monthly survey of books, chapters, articles and conference papers written by faculty members and graduate students of Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College
Editor's note: This story originally appeared in the summer 2020 issue of ASU Thrive magazine.
Written by Carole G. Basile, the dean of ASU’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, which is partnering with Arizona schools and other organizations to develop the Next Education Workforce. Find more of her writing on the future of education on her blog, The Next Normal: Principled provocations in education.
Searching for a meaningful problem can be tricky. What might be meaningful for me, as the teacher, may not be as meaningful to my students. What might be meaningful for my students, may not align to the standards. Either way, it is well worth the effort to spend time formulating a meaningful problem to increase engagement, build inquiry strategies, and hone students’ solution sharing skills.
Arizona educators and concerned parents are eagerly anticipating direction from state officials on how and when K-12 schools should proceed as their communities continue opening up amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The Arizona Department of Education is expected to release its guidelines for school reopening this week, and an Arizona State University professor said a dynamic and multilayered approach will be required in order to secure students’ learning environments.
Wendy Peia Oakes has been an assistant professor at Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College at Arizona State University since 2012. Her research and teaching continue a mission she undertook nearly 30 years and three degrees ago as a middle school classroom teacher in College Park, Maryland: improving educational access and outcomes for young children with emotional and behavioral disorders.
Mari Koerner, Alice Wiley Snell Professor of Education
Due to the global pandemic, many families are wondering whether and how schools will reopen this fall. Schools might physically reopen and then be forced to close because of a sudden spike in COVID-19 transmission. There are still many uncertainties about how schools will handle new social distancing protocols and the potential shifts between in-person learning and remote instruction.
Through all of this disruption, schools and communities will need to support families and students by addressing challenges having to do with health, instruction and equity.
Assistant Professor Carrie Sampson is the recipient of the 2020 William J. Davis Award from the University Council for Educational Administration. Presented annually since 1979, the Davis Award is usually given to the author or authors of the most outstanding article published in Educational Administration Quarterly in the preceding year.
A monthly survey of books, chapters, articles and conference papers written by faculty members and graduate students of Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College
Update: After conversations and design sessions with organizations including Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, Brooklyn Laboratory Charter Schools published a Success Coaching Playbook. The guide is a research-based framework that is available for educators and schools wanting to build a network of success coaches to work with students one-on-one and in small-group settings.