Category: In the Media
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SEHD graduates Tali Burger (PsyD + credential in Neurosequential Model in Education), Melissa Muniz (MA in Counseling), and Paige Thompson (BA in EDHD – T-PREP program), featured in CU Denver News
“U.S. Ambassador. Architect. Educator. Lawyer. These are just a few examples of the career aspirations for the more than 2,200 students that will graduate from CU Denver this semester. Graduation marks a major milestone in their academic journey, but is just one moment in a lifetime of accomplishments that have led them to pursue, and…
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Ed.D. Student, Nicole Cromartie, Featured in The New York Times
Nicole Cromartie, Ed.D. student studying within the early childhood education concentration, and Director of Learning and Engagement at the Clyfford Still Musuem was featured in a New York Times article focused on museums welcoming children. Nicole is one of the nation’s leading family and youth programs educators and has been selected for a pre- and post-doctoral fellowship at the Getty…
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Ester de Jong Featured in New America Webinar
Feb. 22, 2024 | New America On a webinar hosted by this national education think tank, participants discussed a movement of laws and policies broadly referred in education policy circles to as “Science of Reading” legislation, influenced by the need for solutions to declining reading proficiency scores. On this webinar, CU Denver professor of cultural and…
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Lisa Forbes Interviewed by NBC News
Feb. 2, 2024 | NBC News After surviving a pandemic, inflation and environmental crises, many adults, particularly Gen Zers and millennials, appear to be leaning into a nostalgic form of escapism: play. The desire for adult play goes beyond just toys, with the returned to activities, such as sports or crafts, that encourage this sense of fun. Lisa Forbes,…
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SEHD’s Graduate Online Education No. 1 in Colorado and Rocky Mountain Region According to U.S. News & World Report
“The 2024 U.S. News & World Report has again ranked online bachelor’s and graduate programs at the University of Colorado Denver (CU Denver) among the best in the nation. CU Denver’s online graduate programs in education and criminal justice are long-standing leaders in their fields and consistently rank in this annual list. For the first time, the university’s cumulative…
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Q&A: School Tech Integration Advocate Focuses On Mastery-Based Learning
Nearly 20 years after founding a graduate program to grow tech-savvy K–12 leaders, Scott McLeod says there is still a long way to go. As a professor of educational leadership at the University of Colorado Denver and an EdTech IT influencer, Scott McLeod spends his days preparing educators to join a rare breed of K–12 principals and superintendents.…
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SEHD’s Pathways2Teaching Program Featured in The Denver Post
Jan. 8, 2024 | Denver Post Homeless teens from Urban Peak youth shelter got a first look at their exhibit “Unheard Resilience” at MCA Denver, which runs through Feb. 18. Simmy Kifletsion, who moved to Denver from Strasburg in August, lives at the shelter at 2100 Stout St., where she and other teens are taking courses…
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Amber Vanzant, Recent LEO Principal Licensure Graduate, Featured in NASSP
Roundtable: Why Teachers Aspire to be Principals “While schools grapple with teacher shortages across the country, let’s remember to celebrate those educators who not only plan to stay in the profession but who also want to pursue careers in school leadership. To learn more about teachers who aspire to become principals, Principal Leadership contacted Drew…
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Lisa Forbes, clinical assistant professor in Counseling in SEHD, featured in Inside Higher Education
Dec. 13, 2023 | Inside Higher Ed CU Denver professor, Lisa Forbes, was fed up with expectations that professors should take a rigid approach to teaching. She co-founded Professors at Play with David Thomas, which connects faculty interested in playful pedagogy. Thomas is the executive director for online programs in the University of Denver’s Office of Graduate…
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Scott McLeod Featured in EdTech Magazine
Four percent of all public school teaching positions were vacant, and 26 percent of districts had multiple teaching vacancies, according to National Center for Education Statistics data. With teacher vacancies on the rise, schools are turning to remote teaching to incentivize teachers to work in districts that struggle to fill jobs with in-person candidates. “This idea that every…