Category: In the Media
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Lisa Forbes featured in CU Connections, CU Faculty Voices
CU Faculty Voices: Deliberately focusing on authenticity New approach brings growth in ability to teach Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of commentaries by CU faculty, presented by the Faculty Council Communications Committee and CU Connections. Learn more here and submit your own column pitch. In my first year as a faculty member, I was…
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Dr. Sofía Chaparro Selected as 2019 TIRF Alatis Prize Recipient
We are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2019 TIRF James E. Alatis Prize for Research on Language Planning and Policy in Educational Contexts. Dr. Nelson Flores, Associate Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, and Dr. Sofía Chaparro, Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado Denver, have been named as the winners of TIRF’s 2019…
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Scott McLeod quoted in EdSurge
Replacing VHS tapes with YouTube clips is probably not the ideal version of moving a classroom into the 21st century. While that type of digital substitution may tick the boxes of education technology frameworks like SAMR, it doesn’t always provide an opportunity for deep thinking and real-world learning. So how do teachers actually create meaningful work…
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Candice Montoya, Head Start educator and SEHD’s 2018 Outstanding Graduate of the Year, featured in CU Denver TODAY
Grad teaching preschoolers in poverty Candice Montoya is SEHD’s 2018 Outstanding Graduate of the Year Knowledge changed everything for Candice Montoya, who was named the School of Education & Human Development’s 2018 Outstanding Graduate of the Year. Montoya started college to meet a job requirement, and she graduated this month with a degree in early childhood…
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Rebecca Kantor quoted in Chalkbeat Colorado
Reggio-Emilia inspired teaching coming to at least two preschools in Denver “Denver has been a bold city around early childhood,” said Rebecca Kantor, dean of the school of education and human development at the University of Colorado Denver, a partner in the work at Z Place. And adopting the Reggio approach is a “continuation of…
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Farah Ibrahim featured in CU Denver TODAY
The culture of counseling Education school prepares future counselors to address diverse clients Deeply exploring counseling clients’ worldviews, cultural identities, privilege and oppression plays a key role in helping them heal. Every day, culturally diverse counseling clients walk into clinics, schools and private practices throughout the world to share their deepest concerns, hopes and dreams. Each…
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Kristie Kauerz quoted in Education Dive
Pre-K-3 leadership academy fosters early learning hubs There are several new education professional development opportunities that focus specifically on increasing principals’ understanding of recommended early-childhood practices. “The field-wide move toward focusing on birth through age 8 has prompted more intentional discussion of what is the ‘through-8’ side,” Kristie Kauerz, director of the National P-3 Center…
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Carlos Hipolito-Delgado featured on NBC News
Latinx college students are struggling with self-hate, counselors can help, CU Denver scholar finds Carlos Hipolito-Delgado, PhD, urges college counselors to acknowledge Latinx students’ experiences with discrimination and help them navigate their feelings without internalizing guilt, or worse, start hating themselves. “My hope is for the student to realize that racism is not the student’s…
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Carlos Hipolito-Delgado’s research on Denver7 and Colorado Public Radio
Denver7: Politics Unplugged CU Denver professor says caravan images can lead to internalized racism Carlos Hipolito-Delgado, an associate professor counseling at the University of Colorado Denver, recently worked on a study looking at how repeated exposure to racism predicts internalized racism – or self-hatred – in Latino undergraduate students. Dr. Hipolito-Delgado talks about his study…
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School Psychology APA Accreditation Featured in CU Denver TODAY
School psychology program rises to the top Students benefit from new accreditation and 100-percent job placement rate In late September, the School of Education & Human Development (SEHD) celebrated an important milestone. Its doctor of psychology (PsyD) school psychology program earned accreditation on contingency from the American Psychological Association (APA) – which is no small feat. It is one…