Category: In the Media
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SEHD Graduate Programs Earn High U.S. News & World Report Rankings Again
“CU Denver’s graduate education program now ranks among the top five in Colorado and the Rocky Mountain Region and is among the top 100 programs nationally, according to today’s U.S. News & World Report’s best master’s 2023 rankings release.” Click here to continue reading
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ECE Teaching Program for Retirees, Taught by SEHD Faculty, Featured in the Colorado Sun
The Early Childhood Service Corps, taught by the University of Colorado, Denver, provides training to adults looking to go into a second career after retirement. Graduates receive an early childhood teacher certification. Click here to read the article on The Colorado Sun website
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SEHD’s Teacher Ranger Teacher Program Featured in National Park Service News
April 4, 2023 – The TRT program is a dynamic professional development opportunity for K-12 teachers to spend the summer acquiring new skills in experiential learning through a program provided by a partnership between the National Park Service (NPS) and the University of Colorado Denver. The participants spend between four and six weeks in an NPS…
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Franci Crepeau-Hobson Quoted in The Sentinel
April 6, 2023 – It’s unclear how common that arrangement is. APS declined to state if any district students have safety plans requiring students to be patted down, while CCSD said it did not have any. Franci Crepeau-Hobson, a professor in the University of Colorado Denver’sschool of education whose research focuses on school violence and youth suicide…
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Marvin Lynn Featured in Capital B
April 6, 2023 – Marvin Lynn, a former elementary school teacher in Chicago Public Schools and New York City Public Schools and currently the dean of the School of Education and Human Development at the University of Colorado Denver, explained that culturally responsive instruction has a very positive impact on the learning of students of color —…
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Cristina Gillanders Interviewed by Chalkbeat Colorado
April 5, 2023 – More studies are necessary to identify the best strategies to teach multilingual preschool students, researchers say, but some things are clear. “Being bilingual is not enough,” said Cristina Gillanders, associate professor in early childhood education at the University of Colorado Denver. “You have to have the preparation to teach these children. You have to…
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Human Development and Family Relations Program Ranked #36 in Nation by Best Accredited Colleges
CU Denver has reviewed the methodology for the Best Accredited Colleges rankings that include SEHD’s HDFR program. We are proud to report that the #36 in the nation ranking for HDFR may be shared and promoted. Congrats to the HDFR team! Click here to learn more: #36 Best Bachelor’s Degrees in Human Development & Family…
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Franci Crepeau-Hobson Quoted in Chalkbeat Colorado in Article about School Resource Officers
March 23, 2023 – The research on the impacts of school resource officers is limited, said Franci Crepeau-Hobson, PhD, a University of Colorado Denver professor who studies violence prevention, in part because there is such range in the roles and training of officers stationed in schools that it’s hard to draw comparisons or conclusions. Click here to continue…
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Franci Crepeau-Hobson Featured in Longmont Times-Call about School Violence Prevention and Shooting at DPS’s East High School
March 22, 2023 – Daily pat-downs are rare, said Matthew McClain with the Colorado School Counselor Association, and Franci Crepeau-Hobson, a University of Colorado Denver professor specializing in school violence prevention. “Clearly they were concerned,” said Crepeau-Hobson. “I can’t imagine they’d do that if there wasn’t a history of the kid carrying a weapon for whatever reason.” Click here to…
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Margarita Bianco Featured on NPR News
March 22, 2023 – “It’s the kids that need the most that are getting the least,” says Margarita Bianco, who studies teacher recruitment at the University of Colorado Denver. “And it’s perpetuating an already horrific problem in terms of an opportunity gap between kids of color and their white, more affluent peers.” Click here to continue reading…