The Daily Campus (Neag School’s Richard Gonzales was interviewed about the Wallace Foundation initiative)

WNPR (Neag School’s Richard Gonzales was interviewed about the Wallace Foundation grant given to the Neag School to strengthen its principal preparation program)

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

EdWeek (The Neag School was mentioned in article about the Wallace Foundation grant)

The Wallace Foundation (The Neag School to participate with initiative to improve how aspiring principals are trained, and then share the results)

Business Insider (Neag School’s Preston Green is interviewed in this article relating charter schools to the subprime-mortgage crisis)

The Wallace Foundation has selected the University of Connecticut to participate in a national $47 million initiative to develop models over the next four years for improving university principal preparation programs and to examine state policy to see if it could be strengthened to encourage higher-quality training statewide. An independent study will capture lessons from the participating universities and their partners, to be shared with policymakers and practitioners across the country.

This past summer, the Neag School of Education welcomed Professor Gladis Kersaint as dean. Dean Kersaint most recently served as professor of mathematics and associate dean of academic affairs and research for the College of Education at the University of South Florida. Here, she sits down to share insight into her background as well as her vision for the Neag School going forward.

The Grayson School (Research by Neag School faculty members, Del Siegle and Betsy McCoach, were mentioned in this article)

Todd Campbell discusses some of the ways that he prepared to apply for large research grants and shares some best practices and strategies for managing them.