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  • Join the LYNX UP challenge and double the impact!

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    With one month left in the LYNX UP Challenge the Colorado Opportunity Scholarship Initiative (COSI) will match your gift! When you support a scholarship fund, COSI will match your gift dollar-for-dollar. Join the LYNX UP Challenge today and double your impact to help our students succeed. During the LYNX UP Challenge last year, the number of faculty and staff donors more than tripled over…

  • Joseph Silva – Final Defense

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    Apr 12 @ 9 am LSC 600 Evaluating Restorative Practices in Education: An Elementary School Case Study on the Effects of Restorative Practice Interventions and Support on Student Discipline Referrals The purpose of this qualitative embedded bright spot case study was to investigate the Restorative Practices strategies being implemented and to uncover at what level…

  • Recap: Advice on Research Productivity – Mar. 20th

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    Advice on Research Productivity: Developing and Advancing Writing Strategies On March 20th School Psychology’s Dr. Bryn Harris presented her advice on how to be productive in one’s research. Click below for the presentation slides: Research Productivity Strategies 2019 SEHD

  • SEHD Alum drafts Post article on the Varsity Blues Scandal

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    What do Colorado House Majority Leader Alec Garnett, House Minority Leader Patrick Neville, Senate President Pro Tempore Lois Court, Denver Mayor Michael Hancock, Chairwoman of the Colorado Democratic Party Morgan Carroll, Colorado State Treasurer Dave Young, Singer Isaac Slade of The Fray, Tuba/Bass Virtuoso Jeanie Schroder of Devotchka, and I all have in common? We…

  • Margarita Bianco Named One of Diverse Top 35 Women in Higher Education

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    Bianco’s interest in special and gift ed education was sparked by early experiences caring for, supporting and teaching young people with additional needs. She is the founder and executive director of Pathways2Teaching, an innovative pre-collegiate program designed to encourage high school students of color to enter the teacher workforce as a way to disrupt educational…

  • Maria Perea – Final Defense

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    Apr 10 @ 9 AM LSC 710 Barriers for first generation Hispanic college students There are many barriers for Hispanic students trying to make the transition from high school to higher education. Research has shown that parents and family, socioeconomic status, college readiness, peers and friends, location, motivation and transitioning programs are some of the…

  • Eleanor Burns – Final Defense

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    Apr 16th @ 12:30 LSC 603 Facts in Advanced Academic Programming that Positively Impact College Readiness in High School Graduates When it comes to college readiness, high schools in the United States are failing many students, especially students of color, and students of lower-socioeconomic status (SES). This is evident in the number of students who…

  • Nativity Miller – Final Defense

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    Apr 11 @ 9:30 LSC 1148 Investigating the CDE ELD Implementation Rubric and Needs Assessment of ELL Professional Development Standards for Principals and Teachers in the Weld RE8 School District This quality improvement study sought to identify the perceived implementation status on the Colorado Department of Education’s ELD program rubric. Additionally, identifying how the Weld…

  • Khang Xiong – Final Defense

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    Apr 1st @ 1:30 LSC 710 The Disappearing Hmong Language: The Effects of English on Hmong Children’s Heritage Language and Their Relationship with Their Parents The purpose of this study is to gain insights into the experiences of Hmong parents and their children regarding the American educational system. It seeks to make heard the voices…

  • Rebecca Kantor Quoted in The Denver Post re: Full Day Kindergarten

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    Ask nearly any teacher, elementary school principal or researcher and they will tell you full-day kindergarten changes academic outcomes for students. “The thing we want to establish is that it works,” said Rebecca Kantor, dean of the School of Education & Human Development at the University of Colorado Denver. “We know that from multiple studies…