Category: In the Media
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Dr. Phil Strain and Rosamarie Allen Quoted in Chalkbeat
Phil Strain, professor and director of the PELE Center, and Rosemarie Allen (SEHD doc student) were quoted in a Chalkbeat Colorado article about racial and gender bias in preschool classrooms. The recent federal grant that involves Pyramid Plus is also featured. Congratulations! Read the full article here: http://www.chalkbeat.org/posts/co/2016/10/05/racial-bias-among-preschool-teachers-is-a-problem-study-says-heres-what-colorado-experts-think-should-be-done/#.V_Zt6GM4XCa
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CU Denver/DPS NxtGEN partnership featured in EdScoop for innovations in video-coaching
Video-based training is helping to transform teacher performance in Denver New platform supports efforts to improve practices of beginning teachers Click here to read the article on EdScoop.com.
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9NEWS VIDEO: Dr. Carlos Hipolito-Delgado | Hispanic Heritage: Families from Mexico
Carlos Hipolito-Delgado interviewed during a more casual group conversation on 9News. He spoke about what it means to be bilingual. Hispanic Heritage: Families from Mexico “The research is clear, kids who grow up speaking multiple languages develop cognitive flexibility that others don’t have.” The video can be viewed at this link: http://www.9news.com/news/local/hispanic-heritage-month/hispanic-heritage-families-from-mexico-/327852636
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IN THE MEDIA: Zero Correlation Between Evaluations and Learning
A number of studies suggest that student evaluations of teaching are unreliable due to various kinds of biases against instructors. (Here’s one addressing gender.) Yet conventional wisdom remains that students learn best from highly rated instructors; tenure cases have even hinged on it. What if the data backing up conventional wisdom were off? A new…
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Ideology Not Evidence: What We (Don’t) Know about Independent Teacher Preparation Programs
BOULDER, CO (September 8, 2016) – Advocacy groups and self-proclaimed social entrepreneurs are working aggressively to deregulate the preparation of teachers and to expand independent, alternative routes into teaching. The policy push is so powerful that it raises a real possibility that the nation may dismantle its university system of teacher education and replace much…
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DR. MARGARITA BIANCO | Interview with XQ Super School Project
To view this video on the XQ Super School Project website, click here.
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DR. MARGARITA BIANCO | Interview with XQ Super School Project
To view this video on the XQ Super School Project website, click here.
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Counseling professor awarded Fulbright Scholar grant
Shruti Poulsen to teach multi-cultural counseling in Turkey Shruti Poulsen, a professor and researcher at the University of Colorado Denver, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant to teach family and marriage counseling at Özyeğin University in Istanbul, Turkey over the 2016-2017 academic year. The prestigious grant is awarded to fewer than three percent of…
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ARTICLE: Train Teachers Like Doctors
America is facing a wave of teacher shortages that threatens our ability to deliver on the promise of quality education. Baby boomer retirements and high rates of teacher turnover, coupled with steep drops in enrollment in teacher-preparation programs, have contributed to this growing crisis. Some states, like California, now have shortages in nearly every subject…
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Dr. Margarita Bianco | FEATURED in NPR Interview
A Diverse Teaching Force? This Search Firm Can Help, But It’ll Cost You “We need the cultural brokers,” Bianco says. “It’s not just the color of your skin. You need people that understand the culture of the community to be effective.” To read this article, follow this link.