Category: In the Media
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Denver teachers become the students
An agreement between the Denver Classroom Teachers Association and Denver Public Schools made it possible for these educators to afford higher education, and subsequently, higher salaries. “It didn’t make sense for me to get my master’s before. I wouldn’t get paid to get my master’s. I would get debt if I got my master’s,” said…
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Dean Kantor interviewed on Denver7 (ABC) about the need for more teachers in rural areas
DENVER – On this week’s Politics Unplugged, CU Denver School of Education Dean Rebecca Kantor discusses the efforts to recruit and hire more teachers – particularly in rural parts of Colorado. [Check out the full story here!]
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Chalkbeat Colorado features CU Denver’s inaugural teacher ed cohort from Otero Junior College
Rural Colorado faces a teacher shortage. University of Colorado Denver has plans to help. By making high-quality educator preparation programs available in rural communities and recruiting candidates from those communities, administrators hope they can make a real dent in the teacher shortage. Students who come in with an associate degree can earn a University of…
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Prize-winning publication calls for new paradigm of language education policy
Sofía Chaparro, assistant professor in University of Colorado Denver’s Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Education program, was awarded the 2019 TIRF James E. Alatis Prize for Research on Language Planning and Policy in Educational Contexts from The International Research Foundation for English Language Education (TIRF) during the 2019 TESOL International Convention in March. Chaparro and co-author…
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Carlos Hipolito-Delgado interviewed by KUNC Radio
2019 – 0506 | KUNC Public Radio More counselors help students plan for future with state grant Hire Me Series: More Counselors Help Students Plan For Future, Thanks To State Grant School counselors are the utility players at a school, said Carlos Hipolito-Delgado, an associate professor of counselor education at the University of Colorado Denver.…
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Rachel Stein and her student Leslie Shelton author article in the American Psychological Association’s Psych Learning Curve publication
Most enter a career in school psychology to work with youth and families in school settings; address complex challenges; and support student learning and mental and behavioral health. Many school psychologists would agree, however, that the benefits of a career in school psychology extend beyond their reasons for initially becoming a school psychologist. [Check out the article…
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CU President Finalist Mark Kennedy Gets Chilly Reception From Faculty Council
The mood was tense from the minute Kennedy walked into CU’s Faculty Council meeting. The questions about his support for the liberal arts, fundraising, DACA students, his strategic initiatives and how he engages with faculty were pointed. Joanne Addison, chair of the University of Colorado Faculty Council, wasn’t shy about steering the longtime businessman and former…
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Franci Crepeau-Hobson interviewed by Colorado Public Radio about school lockdown drills
Crepeau-Hobson said it’s important to not make false promises and be honest, even if the chances of being involved in a school shooting are miniscule. Tell your kid, “Drills are scary, but they will help keep you safe in case something bad ever happens,” instead of, “This will never happen to you anyway, so don’t…
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Effects of a Paired Literacy Program on Emerging Bilingual Children’s Biliteracy Outcomes in Third Grade
Lucinda Soltero-Gonzalez’s article “Effects of a Paired Literacy Program on Emerging Bilingual Children’s Biliteracy Outcomes in Third Grade” is on the Most Read List in the Journal of Literacy Research. Congratulations Lucinda! [Check out the full article on Journal of Literacy Research]
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Rebecca Kantor Quoted in The Denver Post re: Full Day Kindergarten
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…