Since 2015, UConn has experienced a remarkable increase in the number of major National Science Foundation (NSF) awards bestowed upon early-career faculty members. The awards range from about $425,000 to over $1.3 million for Ido Davidesco, the first faculty member from the Neag School of Education to earn CAREER funding. The School of Engineering leads with seven faculty members awarded, followed by two for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and one for Neag.

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The Board of Education last week appointed Troy C. Hopkins, who serves as principal and assistant superintendent of Ashford School, as its next superintendent. His appointment is effective July 1.

The Region 8 Board of Education Wednesday announced that longtime South Windsor educator Colin McNamara has been appointed its next superintendent of schools.

The argument for special schools for “gifted” kids is supported by the ­definition of “giftedness” proposed by people like researcher Dr. Joseph ­Renzulli, director of the University of Connecticut’s National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented.

When schools were shut during COVID-19, teachers dealt with a lack of student engagement during online instruction, said Michael Young, an associate professor at the University of Connecticut’s Neag School of Education who has expertise in cognition, instruction and learning technology.

Marquis Johnson earned a master’s degree in curriculum and instruction from UConn, and went on to combine his two loves as an eighth grade science teacher, first in Hartford and now as instructional coach at Windsor’s Sage Park Middle School.

Preston Green, an educational policy professor at the University of Connecticut, says there is ongoing legal debate about whether charter schools are public or private institutions.

“Courts have had a very difficult time over the years making these distinctions whether charter schools are public or private because the laws may be different depending on the issue,” Green says.

Most board searches start off by trying to find someone who’s already had superintendent experience. But those preferences are not well matched to the current market, said Robert Villanova, a professor and the director of the executive leadership program at the University of Connecticut’s Neag School of Education.