Category: Students


Read stories, issue briefs, op-eds, and more by or about Neag School current students.

Three New Graduate Certificates Offer Innovative Ways to Prepare Educators

September 22, 2014

Click onto the recently expanded Neag Online Programs home page, and proof of the Neag School of Education’s commitment to finding new and innovative ways to prepare the next generation of educators and leaders is clear. The Neag School has doubled the number of online graduate programs it offers to include 12-credit graduate certificates in School Law and Gifted Education and Talent Development, as well as a 12-credit graduate certificate in Leadership and Diversity Management in Sport.


Challenging Others to Support Excellence

September 22, 2014

Linda and David Glickstein believe so strongly in the value of UConn’s Mentor Connection enrichment program for talented high schoolers, they established a challenge grant to encourage others to help support it. The Glicksteins will match dollar for dollar any pledge up to $1,000 per donor for a total of $15,000. Their goal is to […]



Have a College Degree? Become a Teacher in One Year

September 3, 2014

The Neag School of Education is hosting open house sessions for the One-Year Teacher Certification Program Do you have the dream of applying your college degree to improving education for students? Do you know of anyone who would be a great teacher? If you’ve ever thought about becoming a teacher – or know of someone […]



UConn Launching New Online Graduate Certificate in School Law

August 8, 2014

UConn’s Neag School of Education is launching an online graduate certificate in School Law, beginning in the spring of 2015. The 12-credit program is designed to help educators, administrators, policy makers and parents gain the expertise needed to cut through confusing “legalese” and better understand the legal dimensions of K-12 education.


Is This Really How We Should Test Reading Development in Kids?

August 8, 2014

Connecticut has passed legislation that includes new requirements for diagnostic screening tools for reading in kindergarten through the third grade. Word on the street is that the new requirements align well with one assessment in particular: DIBELS, or Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills, an early literacy assessment used in over 15,000 schools nationwide, including many in Connecticut. Why is this a problem?