The following piece originally appeared on the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE)’s Ed Prep Matters blog, authored by Neag School Professor and Director of Research Sandra Chafouleas.
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.
Middletown Press (Neag School’s Alan Marcus was interviewed for this story on the importance of teaching ethics)
Inside IES Research (Neag School’s Michael Coyne was mentioned as a contributor for this special issue)
The Daily Campus (Neag School’s Gladis Kersaint and Tamika La Salle participated on the panel)
CT Post (Neag School’s Morgaen Donaldson was interviewed about education policy regarding the incoming administration)
Providence Journal (Neag School’s Preston Green is interviewed on the recent ballot measure in Mass.)
While the word “literacy” alone generally refers to reading and writing skills, when you tack on the word “digital” before it, the term encompasses much, much more.
The year 2016 officially marks a 10-year milestone in the history of UConn’s Center for Behavioral Education and Research (CBER) — a Center based at the Neag School that has, over the course of merely a decade, secured millions of dollars in federal and state grants and contracts; conducted hundreds of innovative research projects; and enriched the lives of many thousands of educators and students around the world.