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Janine Bowen

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Sep 29, 2023

Teachers in Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Looking Forward to Bringing Math Discourse into Classrooms Through Project AIM Professional Development

About 30 teachers in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools district are participating in professional development through Project AIM (All Included in Mathematics), a program developed by NC State College of Education Dean Paola Sztajn and Horizon Research, Inc. that helps elementary school teachers learn to promote mathematics discourse for all learners using techniques adapted from literacy instruction. 

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Sep 28, 2023

College of Education Receives CAEP 2023 Frank Murray Leadership Recognition for Continuous Improvement

NC State’s College of Education has been named a recipient of the 2023 Frank Murray Leadership Recognition for Continuous Improvement by the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP). 

Sep 22, 2023

Book Co-edited by Associate Professor Chad Hoggan Examines Transformative Civic Education

A new book co-edited by NC State College of Education Associate Professor Chad Hoggan examines the role that civic education plays in different communities and how transformative education can help learners become co-shapers of their worlds. 

Sep 15, 2023

Scholars Gather to Learn About Rural Multilingual Learners at Conference on Rural English Learner Education and Research (CREER) Organized by Goodnight Distinguished Professor in Educational Equity Maria Coady

The first-of-its-kind Conference on Rural English Learner Education and Research (CREER) convened scholars and educators from across the country to identify the state of educational programs, policies and practices for rural multilingual learners and families. The conference also aimed to create a collaborative plan and a national research agenda for this population. 

Sylvia Nassar, Ph.D., professor of Counselor Education at the NC State College of Education

Sep 8, 2023

Book Edited by Professor Sylvia Nassar Addresses Biopsychosocial Perspectives on Arab Americans

NC State College of Education Professor Sylvia Nassar serves as the lead editor and author of two chapters in the second edition of Biopsychosocial Perspectives on Arab Americans: Culture, Development, and Health. 

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Sep 8, 2023

Award-Winning Book Chapter Authored by Assistant Professor Ela Castellanos-Reyes Highlights How Latin American Educators Leveraged Free Tools During Remote Learning

A book chapter authored by NC State College of Education Assistant Professor Ela Castellanos-Reyes has been awarded the Association for Educational Communications and Technology’s Culture, Learning and Technology Division’s 2023 Outstanding Publication Award. 

Sep 5, 2023

Doctoral Student Micaha Dean Hughes Awarded 2023 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Best Student Paper from American Society for Engineering Education

Micaha Dean Hughes, a doctoral student in the NC State College of Education’s Ph.D. in Teacher Education and Learning Sciences educational psychology concentration, has been awarded the 2023 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Best Student Paper from the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). 

Aug 31, 2023

Professor Meghan Manfra Joins Center for Information, Technology, and Public Life as 2023-24 Research Affiliate

Megan Manfra, a professor of social studies education in the NC State College of Education, has joined the Center for Information, Technology, and Public Life (CITAP) as a member of the 2023-24 research affiliate community. 

Elementary Education

Aug 29, 2023

Study from Assistant Professor Michael Jarry-Shore Shows Knowledge of Students Plays Important Role in Teachers’ In-the-moment Noticing of Students’ Mathematical Strategies

Assistant Professor Michael Jarry-Shore is the lead author on a recently published study that examined the extent to which four novice teachers noticed students’ mathematical strategies in the moment, identifying instances when teachers had attended to specific details in students’ strategies and made precise claims about understandings reflected in the strategies. 

Aug 28, 2023

Alumni Distinguished Graduate Professor, Department Head Joy Gaston Gayles Encourages New NC State Students to Take Lessons from Wolves in Convocation Speech

Joy Gaston Gayles, Alumni Distinguished Graduate Professor and head of the Department of Educational Leadership, Policy, and Human Development in the NC State College of Education, welcomed a new class of students to NC State during her speech at the university’s New Student Convocation on Aug. 20.