Changes in schools needed to face down fake news epidemic. Internet literacy needs to be priority, says Neag School professor Don Leu.

The seventh- and eighth-grade years can be tough times of adjustment for students transitioning from elementary school and preparing for high school. And for the past 10 years, Smith Middle School principal Donna Schilke has been there to help students navigate those difficult years.

This web seminar focused on key strategies for creating makerspaces, with insights from administrators at the Toms River Regional Schools in New Jersey and the Wallingford Public Schools in Connecticut, two districts with innovative, cutting-edge makerspace programs.

New Haven Register (The Neag School co-partnered with the Connecticut School Finance Project to help determine a special education funding model)

Connecticut Mirror (Neag School’s Michael Coyne is quoted on the positive impact of early intervention for reading)

Education Week  (Neag School’s Donald Leu comments on media literacy and recent trend of fake news)

President Obama in January announced a new $4 billion national initiative, CS For All, to improve offerings of computer science classes in K-12 schools across the country.

The Berkshire Eagle (Neag School’s Michael Coyne led a research team to conduct workshops as part of a literacy research project)

Working alongside fellow UConn faculty and administrators, Neag School assistant professor Blanca Rincón will serve as co-principal investigator and researcher on a new five-year, $3.5 million National Science Foundation (NSF) grant dedicated to expanding diversity in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields.

Congratulations to our Neag School alumni, faculty, staff, and students on their continued accomplishments inside and outside the classroom.