Category: In the Media
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Five candidates will be on the ballot for Aurora’s school board election this November including CU Denver SEHD doctoral student
Sept 6, 2023 | Colorado Chalkbeat Only one of the five candidates is an incumbent, Vickie Reinhard. Two other board members, Stephanie Mason and Nichelle Ortiz, are not running for reelection. That means, the seven-member board will have a minimum of two new members after the Nov. 7 election. With three open seats, the election…
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Margarita Bianco and Barbara Seidl’s Leadership in Dual Enrollment Program Offerings in High Schools Results in New Programs, Including @ Douglas County School District’s New Legacy Center
DCSD’s Legacy Campus opens in partnership with local higher ed Aug 7, 2023 | Arapahoe News Douglas County School District’s Legacy Campus is a collaborative campus uniting high school and higher education for a unique approach to teaching workforce readiness. Arapahoe Community College partnered with DCSD to offer concurrent enrollment programs for high school students, as…
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Sofia Chaparro, Faculty Member in the Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Education Program, Interviewed by El Sol Habla
In this episode of El Sol Habla, hosts Vanessa Porras and Raleigh Burleigh discuss issues of language justice with Sofía Chaparro, assistant professor of culturally and linguistically diverse education at University of Colorado Denver. Click here to listen
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Franci Crepeau-Hobson, Professor in the School Psychology Program, Interviewed by CBS Colorado Regarding De-escalation Rooms
“As we learn more about a seclusion room at Denver’s McAuliffe International School, a state representative plans to sponsor a bill to ban them.” Click here to read/watch More whistleblowers come forward with allegations regarding “de-escalation,” “seclusion” rooms in Denver schools on the CBS news site “17-year-old Sedik Mote says it is surprising to hear…
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SEHD’s Partnership with Northeastern Junior College Featured in Colorado Community College System News
“A year and a half into his role as president of Northeastern Junior College, Mike White knows there are challenges to overcome but he is very optimistic about the future of the college.” Click here to read the full article on the CCCS News site
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CU Denver Alumna Named Colorado’s Next Education Commissioner
CU Denver alumna Susana Cordova (MA, ’00), former superintendent of Denver Public Schools and deputy superintendent for Dallas Independent School District, is Colorado’s new education commissioner. She holds a MEd in Educational, Instructional and Curriculum Supervision from the School of Education & Human Development (SEHD). Read the full story in the SEHD Newsroom
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Nancy Leech Selected for Best Scientists in Social Sciences and Humanities Ranking by Research.com
Congratulations to Nancy Leech, professor in the Research and Evaluation Methods, who is included in Research.com’s 2023 ranking of Best Scientists in Social Sciences and Humanities. She is ranked second within CU Denver and the Anschutz Medical Campus, 926 in the U.S. and 1861 in the world. Click here to view Research.com’s 2023 Ranking of Best Scientists…
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EdD Student, Cara Godbe, Selected to Join Task Force for a Bill to Study K-12 Accountability System
“Two bills before the Colorado legislature would spur changes to the system Colorado uses to measure school quality and improve performance. Both bills are in response to an audit of the school accountability system, despite that review finding the system to be ‘reasonable and appropriate.’” Cara Godbe, one of our EdD students, has been selected…
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Franci Crepeau-Hobson Featured on PBS News Hour
May 30, 2023 | PBS News Hour Franci Crepeau-Hobson, PhD, of the School of Education and Human Development on PBS News Hour on youth suicide prevention and intervention, crisis response and intervention, school violence prevention. Click here to watch
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Ester De Jong Featured in Language Magazine
May 22, 2023 | Language Magazine Ester J. de Jong, professor and program leader in the Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Education program at the University of Colorado Denver, cowrote an article for Language Magazine about insights into literacy for multilingual learners. Click here to continue reading