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Being a Teacher: The Experience of the Last Year

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.
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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.
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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.
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Student Spotlight: Kyra Hu

Learn about Generation Teach and Kyra Hu's experience during her time as a math teacher in Providence.
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Teaching High School Students about Autonomous Aerial Robots

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.
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Research on support for anti-racist curricula

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.
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The Biden Administration: What to Expect

Assistant Professor Jonathan Collins spoke as a panelist in a virtual panel held by the Taubman Center for American Politics and Policy.
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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.
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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.
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Student Spotlight: Sarosha Hemani MAT'21

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.
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Obama, Trump, and education policy in US federalism

Professor Kenneth Wong penned an article arguing that the governing landscape across states will continue to define the federal-state relationship as the next president prioritizes administrative action to pursue equity and quality goals in public education.
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A Blueprint for Scaling Tutoring Across Public Schools

New research conducted by Associate Professor Matthew Kraft and Grace Falken (Annenberg Institute) explores the idea of a national tutoring program to help curb learning loss from the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S.
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