Month: June 2016








VIDEO: New Canaan High School Class of 2016 Graduates

June 17, 2016

After graduating, magna cum laude, with a bachelor’s degree in both History and Political Science from the University of Connecticut, Robert Stevenson felt driven to become a teacher. So he went and got his master’s degree in Curriculum and Instruction, also from UConn. And the teaching profession has taken him not just across the state of Connecticut but halfway across the globe to the country of Cyprus, where he taught history, social studies and computers at the American International School.


Special Education Professor Advocates for Steps to Combat Replication Crisis in Research

June 16, 2016

Replication of scientific findings has been a cornerstone of validating research for generations, yet it happens so infrequently that many have claimed science is in a replication crisis. A University of Kansas special education professor has co-authored — with the Neag School’s Michael Coyne — a study on replication, its effects on the field and students, and suggests a more dynamic approach to research could help address the paucity of replication.