In a new article published in the Peabody Journal of Education, Professor Jonathan Collins explores the effects of exposure to participatory and deliberative school board meetings.
Professor Jonathan Collins is part of a team that has been awarded a $2 million research grant from the Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences. The grant is to support the development of a new curricular module that will help kids learn civics through having virtual dialogues with members of Congress.
In the article "Emerging Victorious," Brown Alumni Magazine features seven exemplary students who received their bachelor's or advanced degrees in 2021. Despite having a final year at Brown so challenging that it’s literally one for the history books, they’ve created, achieved, and helped others. Among those students is Nari Kato '21, who earned his bachelor’s in education studies and is an MAT candidate this year.
In their article "Emerging Victorious," Brown Alumni Magazine features seven exemplary students who received their bachelor's or advanced degrees in 2021. Despite having a final year at Brown so challenging that it’s literally one for the history books, they’ve created, achieved, and helped others. Among those students is Sonya Brooks '21 AM, a graduate of Brown's Urban Education Policy Program.
To advance education equity and policy, the Class of 2021 graduate and newly named Fulbright scholar will spend a year as an English teaching assistant in the Netherlands.
Professor Matthew Kraft presented as part of an event titled "Teaching and the Teacher Workforce Amid the Struggles of COVID-19 and for Racial Justice" hosted by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
Brown University's Department of Education has partnered with AmeriCorps to offer a year-long, full-time volunteer service position. The team member will build capacity for projects that mobilize higher education to make a difference in the lives of individuals impacted by poverty.
Associate Professor Matthew Kraft was awarded the 2021 SREE Early Career Award, which recognizes early career scholars whose work has advanced rigorous research relevant to educational practice.
Senior Lecturer Diane Silva Pimentel and Associate Professor of Computer Science Stefanie Tellex were awarded a research seed grant. Their proposal was aimed to test the hypothesis that high school teachers can be prepared to teach students about autonomous aerial robots on their own.
In the District Administration, Associate Professor Matthew Kraft offered insight on the effectiveness of tutoring and what a national tutoring system could look like.
Assistant Professor Jonathan Collins presented his findings for support on anti-racist curricula to the Council of Chief State School Officers Social Studies Collaborative (a council of 20 specialists who oversee social studies curricula for their state education agencies) and was featured in Campus Reform.
UEP student Emma Miller published a piece on the Century Foundation focusing on redistricting plans for the Howard County Public School System in Maryland.
Associate Professor John Papay along with the Annenberg Institute’s Associate Professor of the Practice Nate Schwartz, Research Project Manager Kate Donohue, and Research Program Associate Burke O’Brien provided the first briefing about the teacher workforce in Providence.
In a recently released book, Professors Yoko Yamamoto and Jin Li co-wrote a chapter on their research findings that suggest young children are aware of family engagement in their schooling and learning.
For Sarosha Hemani MAT'21, connecting the dots of her passions in social work, teaching, and science, led her to the Master of Arts in Teaching program and pursuing a career in teaching science.