Category: In the Media

The pandemic and social justice protests over the last 18 months were clarion calls that principals desperately need Social and Emotional Learning (SEL), too. Not just to support students and teachers, but for their own well-being and survival. “Knowledge and training in SEL competencies will help principals become better leaders, improve relationships schoolwide, and create…

Clinical Assistant Professor Melody Brown, PhD, knows firsthand the importance of intersectionality. This makes her an asset to the School of Education & Human Development, where she teaches in the MA in couple and family therapy (CFT) program. Brown, a licensed marriage and family therapist, uses herself as an example to illustrate what intersectionality means. “I talk…

CU Denver Professor Powers Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Work in Education Through AI Technology Geeta Verma and her new platform, LivedX, recently featured in Forbes Next 1000 List CU Denver STEM Education Professor Geeta Verma has been empowering women and minorities in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields through her National Science Foundation grant and other research activities. Verma has…

Grant program overhaul, grow your own programs working to recruit teachers of color August 19 – Margarita Bianco, a CU Denver associate professor, discusses her new program, Pathways2Teaching, which focuses on ways to create a culturally diverse teacher workforce in school districts through education opportunities.

How a rural community college is addressing a teacher shortage About five years ago, leaders at Otero College, formerly known as Otero Junior College knew something needed to be done about a growing teacher shortage across the country. “We have districts who are having to hire educators quickly, they’re having to take online programs,” Rana…

College Kids Are Heading Back To Campus Anxious, Depressed And Burnt Out Students are not coping well. According to a recent survey from Ohio State University’s Wellness Officer, college kids are relying more heavily on unhealthy means of coping. To remedy this, Ohio State has created a “Five to Thrive” wellness strategy for students. Meanwhile, another recent study conducted…

CU Denver will spearhead group to reform early childhood teacher preparation The University of Colorado Denver is launching a statewide effort to make it easier for new and existing early childhood teachers to earn college degrees. The university won a $2.3 million grant from a funders group called the Early Educator Investment Collaborative to bring together a coalition of…

How ‘Grow-Your-Own’ Programs Are Helping Recruit Teachers of Color Joselyne Garcia-Moreno always loved and excelled at math. But attending an all English-speaking high school could have squelched this passion for Garcia-Morena, who grew up in a Spanish-speaking household and spent most of her formative years attending school in Mexico. “I was really nervous. I could…

‘The Workforce Behind The Workforce’: Confronting Colorado’s Critical Child Care Staffing Shortage Early childhood teachers must meet the demands of children whose first language isn’t English, who may have trauma and those who come with a whole range of cognitive and emotional needs. Rebecca Kantor, dean of the University of Colorado Denver’s School of Education…