The Neag School of Education is proud to announce that a Connecticut student, Aleema Kelly from CREC Montessori Magnet School in Hartford, Conn., is the national winner of the Library of Congress’ “Letters About Literature” contest for Level I, grades 4-6. The Neag School was the 2016 Connecticut sponsor for the Letters About Literature (LAL) writing contest for students in grades 4-12.

Arkansas Online (Professor Shaun Dougherty is quoted on Arkansas’ career education system)

The Chronicle of Higher Education (Professor Shaun Dougherty is quoted about his study)

We-Ha.com (Two Neag alums are appointed leadership roles at the schools)

Education Week (Professor Michael Young is interviewed about digital learning)

UConn Today (Professor Shaun Dougherty is interviewed about enrollment trends in Connecticut)

James C. Kaufman, a psychologist at the University of Connecticut who has devoted much of his career to the subject of creativity, says: “I think the most important thing is that mental illness does not make you more creative.”

WILS 1320 (Professor Preston Green is interviewed about charter schools)

The 74 (Neag School’s three-way partnership with the teachers’  union and Bridgeport, CommPACT, is mentioned)

Orlando Valentin, Jr., of Meriden, a student at the University of Connecticut, has become the third Meriden resident to be honored by the Alma Exley Scholarship Program, which promotes greater diversity in the teaching profession.