“This past summer, the North American Society for Sport Management (NASSM) formally recognized Neag School Professor Jennifer McGarry as the 2019 recipient of its most prestigious honor: the Earle F. Zeigler Lecture Award. The Zeigler Award, the highest distinction one can earn in the academic field of sport management, acknowledges significant contributions to the field in terms of scholarship, research, leadership, and peer recognition.” Read the full Neag School of Education article here. Also available from UConn Today.
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Harvard Continues With College Board’s ‘Adversity Score’ Following Criticisms and Changes to the Program
EDLR’s Casey Cobb is quoted in The Crimson on Harvard’s ‘Adversity Score’ in connection with their admissions process.
Improving School Leadership Through ‘Confident Vulnerability’
EDLR alumnus and adjunct professor with UCAPP, Paul Freeman shares his thoughts on how to improve school leadership in Education Week.
Dr. Sarah Woulfin Featured in AERA Q&A
AERA SIG: Educational Change highlights Dr. Sarah Woulfin’s thoughts on leading change.
Why a Chicopee Parent Joined an Education Funding Lawsuit Against Mass. Officials
New England Public Radio (Casey Cobb is quoted regarding school funding in Mass.)
Series Expands Discussion of Research on Undocu/DACAmented Community
“This past academic year, UConn’s Neag School of Education, along with UndocuScholars at the University of California Los Angeles and the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) Presidential Commission on Undocumented Immigrants, co-sponsored a research brief dissemination series highlighting issues related to the undocu/DACAmented community. According to HESA’s assistant professor, H. Kenny Nienhusser, the goal of the series was to make research in this area accessible beyond traditional academic spaces.” Read the full Neag School of Education story.
2019’s States With the Best and Worst School Systems
Questions & Answers with UCAPP’s Richard Gonzales, WalletHub
Green in Podcast Re: Charter School Fraud
Have You Heard Podcast featuring EDLR’s Preston Green (23:15).
Preston Green Named John and Maria Neag Professor of Urban Education
UConn Today: Professor Preston Green III was formally appointed the John and Maria Neag Professor of Urban Education on Aug. 14. A renowned expert in education law who joined the Neag School’s Department of Educational Leadership in 2013, Green also holds a joint appointment in UConn’s School of Law.
Feds give green light to controversial contract between Memphis charter school and Catholic diocese
EDLR’s Preston Green comments about legal issues around churches operating charter schools in the Chalkbeat.