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.

Despite widespread pushback, including a letter from two members of the United States Commission on Civil Rights, the University of Connecticut will be opening the doors of a learning community for African American freshman and sophomore males.

Norris Elementary and Langford schools have doubled the number of students meeting grade-level literacy goals, according to Reps. Jason Rojas and Jeff Currey.

The Queen Rania Teacher Academy (QRTA) launched its Advanced Leadership Diploma Programme for school principals. The programme is implemented in partnership with the Ministry of Education, the University of Jordan and the University of Connecticut, according to a QRTA statement.

Editor’s Note: In honor of Teacher Appreciation Week, we invite you to show your appreciation for educators and leaders like those featured below by offering your support for Neag School student scholarships that will help to fund those who aspire to serve in the field of education. To learn more about additional scholarships and giving opportunities […]

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

More than two-thirds of research at UConn takes place within UConn’s School of Medicine, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and School of Engineering. By department, psychiatry within the School of Medicine and educational psychology within the Neag School of Education are among the high performers.

A pilot reading initiative led by two UConn professors is showing dramatic results four years after its implementation, much to the delight of lawmakers and advocates who have struggled for years to close Connecticut’s significant reading achievement gap.