Category: In the Media

Empowering My Students, Empowering Myself Learn how this Denver teacher is challenging social constructs and the educational status quo with hard work, passion and empathy. Read the full article on TEACH Colorado

Ed Cannon and his husband are featured in a Visit Denver Ad called “Base Camp Denver: Mountains to Murals,” which highlights how close the mountains are to the city.

The Major Shifts in Education with Scott McLeod This week, we spoke with Scott McLeod, who is a Professor of Educational Leadership at the University of Colorado Denver. Scott McLeod, J.D., Ph.D., is widely recognized as one of the nation’s leading experts on P-12 school leadership, deeper learning, technology, and innovation. He is the Founding…

In anticipation of his opening keynote at the OEB Conference in Berlin this December, Sean Michael Morris—senior instructor in Learning Design and Technology—has published a short article reflecting on resilience and hope. “Resilience is not something one has,” Morris writes. “Resilience is something one does. And doing it once changes behavior ongoingly. That person who…

Denver’s Chicano Movement & the Espinoza Gang—Then and Now Associate Professor Manuel Espinoza, PhD, teaches in CU Denver’s School of Education & Human Development, focusing on educational dignity. He founded the Right to Learn Undergraduate Research Collective in 2007, which researches the historical and legal origins of educational rights. Born and raised in Denver, Espinoza discussed how the city was central to the Chicano Movement—and how his own family history…

A Sobremesa in Honor of Hispanic Heritage Month In Spanish, sobremesa is the time spent engaging with friends and family after a meal. Recently, CU Denver invited three students and a faculty member to join one another on the patio of Los Molinos at the Ninth Street Historic Park to eat and share their stories with one another. Watch…

Local media outlet 9News recently featured Wendy Gutierrez , an alum of the ASPIRE to Teach program and current SEHD master’s student. Gutierrez, a middle school social studies teacher at STRIVE Prep-Sunnyside, has revamped her curriculum to center LGBTQ themes in history. She started the project while she was in ASPIRE to Teach and focused on…

Education Innovation: “No Turning Back” Say Experts September 23 – “At this year’s OEB Global in Berlin, speakers from all over the world will share their experience. They are going to be showing how global education and training have been changed forever. They’ll be sharing new ways of learning and training, including setting out a…

The Place-Based BA Program: Meeting Early Educators Where They Are CU Denver’s place-based bachelor’s degree pilot is working to break down many of the key barriers that make it difficult for early educators to earn a degree. CU Denver is partnering with three local early care and education (ECE) programs—Clayton Early Learning, Sewall Child Development Center, and…