NEA Today (Professor Preston Green quoted)
Our Faculty
Are We Investing In Our Teachers?
WNPR asks Are We Investing In Our Teachers? (EDLR’s Richard Schwab quoted)
The Danger of California Charter Schools
One Big Upside of Career and Tech Programs? They Push More Kids to Graduate
Chalkbeat (Neag School’s Shaun Dougherty is interviewed about his research in Massachusetts on career and technical education)
Partnership Vote Awaits HISD Trustee Amid Questions About Plan
Houston Chronicle (Professor Preston Green quoted)
How School Shootings Have Changed the Teaching Profession
NPR. (EDLR’s Richard Schwab was a guest on NPR’s All Things Considered with Ari Shapiro and Connecticut NPR. He spoke about what teacher education is doing to prepare teachers for dealing with trauma and violence in schools)
Voucher Programs: Are the Promises Realized?
National Education Policy Center. (EDLR’s Preston Green presented on the legal challenges of private school vouchers at the UCLA Civil Rights Project policy briefing at the U.S. Senate, which was covered by the National Education Policy Center’s Education Law Prof Blog)
A More Accessible ACT and SAT
National Review. (Research by EDLR’s Joshua Hyman is referenced in a story that discusses in part a study he conducted on required ACT testing that uncovered low-income students who might have otherwise not applied to college)
Sport Management at the 2018 AAC Conference Research Symposium
Sport Management undergraduate student Marisa Maccario and Associate Professor Dr. Joseph Cooper will travel to the University of Central Florida this weekend to attend this year’s American Athletic Conference Research Symposium.
Maccario, a four-year member of the women’s ice hockey team, will be participating in a panel discussion on Friday, April 6 that focuses on critical issues concerning the well-being of student athletes at the Division I level. More specifically, the conversation will surround mental health, sleep recovery, leadership training, career development, transition to post-eligibility and body issues.
Dr. Cooper will be presenting with Dr. Drew Brown from the University of Delaware on the cultural well-being of student athletes in the AAC. He and his colleague will focus on how, and to what extent, the students’ cultural needs are being met and by whom.
Scott Brown, UConn’s NCAA Faculty Athletic Representative, AAC Conference Faculty Representative Committee Chair and the head of the Educational Psychology department in Neag, will also be accompanying Maccario to Orlando for the conference.
Follow @UConnSPM on Instagram and Twitter to get live updates from the symposium.
HESA Program Hosts Clothing Drive for Displaced Students Residing in Connecticut
Left to Right: HESA Graduate Assistant Rico Destinvil, Professor Kari Taylor, HESA student Jessica Gramajo Vivas, Professor Reggie Blockett, HESA Student and Staff Development Manager Danielle DeRosa, and Professor Milagros Castillo-Montoya stand with donated clothing. Photo by Shawn Kornegay.
In the wake of Hurricane Maria, Connecticut schools welcomed a wave of Puerto Rican students who had been displaced from their homes and communities on the island. This February, the HESA program and campus partners (the Department of Educational Leadership, HESA students, and the HESA village) ran a winter clothing drive to benefit newly-arrived Puerto Rican students at two local high schools.
Professor Milagros Castillo-Montoya, who spearheaded the project, initially approached Christina Rivera, an Ed.D. student in the Department of Educational Leadership, with the idea. Rivera was able to connect Dr. Castillo-Montoya with the two Connecticut schools that expressed the need for donations: Hartford Public High School and Windham High school.
Once the school connections had been made, Castillo-Montoya said, the HESA and EDLR communities mobilized to collect a total of 270 items, which included coats, jackets, boots, scarves, pants, and gloves. HESA practicum student Jessica Gramajo Vivas created a flyer to notify the HESA and EDLR communities of the opportunity to donate items, and HESA Student and Staff Development Manager Danielle DeRosa coordinated with current HESA students to distribute donation boxes to collect items.
“The success achieved in so little time would not have been possible without the people who helped get the word out, HESA students who collected donations at their respective assistantship sites, assistantship site and practicum site supervisors who allowed donations to get collected there, and everyone who donated,” said Castillo-Montoya. She also highlighted donations from EDLR faculty, HESA students, and the entire HESA village.
“For these high school students and their families, some of which are living in shelters, this made a big difference,” said Castillo-Montoya. “Thank you to all who got involved and helped make this happen.” While unable to assist in all hurricane relief efforts, this drive was an opportunity for the HESA and EDLR communities to build on existing relationships and support local students in a targeted and timely way.