Category: In the Media
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Pathways2Teaching mentioned in Boulder Daily Camera article
BVSD promises renewed push to hire teachers of color The last strategy is to increase the number of teachers of color applying to teach in the district, including encouraging Boulder Valley students of color to go into teaching. Gradoz said the district wants to enhance its current grow-your-own teacher programs for high school students. In…
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School Psychology Assessment Services Featured in CU Denver News
About 10 years ago, CU Denver’s School Psychology program, in partnership with the CU Denver Student and Community Counseling Center, developed the Psychological Testing & Assessment service to address a vital need in the community for a fraction of the cost. Each semester, under the supervision of a licensed psychologist, a handful of advanced doctoral…
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Gov. Polis visits OJC elementary ed program
Gov. Jared Polis visited La Junta Primary School last week to learn more about the elementary education program offered through a collaboration between the University of Colorado-Denver and Otero Junior College. [Check out the full article on La Junta Tribune]
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Margarita Bianco featured in Education Week
Wanted: Teachers as diverse as their students The Pionero Scholars program at Lipscomb University in Tennessee helps prepare Latino and immigrant students in metropolitan Nashville for careers in education. “It’s those young people who don’t see themselves reflected in the curriculum, who don’t see themselves reflected in the educator workforce or school leadership,” said Margarita…
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Our EdD program’s higher education concentration is featured in Diverse Issues in Higher Education
CU Denver Leadership Focuses on Training Diverse Leaders Officials at CU Denver say that they have been intentional about boosting their underrepresented student populations. With Engelke’s support, they have focused their attention on creating new academic programs centered on access, equity and social justice. Last year, Dr. Linda Bowman spearheaded the launch of a new…
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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.…