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UI partners with US Patent and Trademark Office to expand STEM training for high school teachers

Friday, October 21, 2016
The University of Iowa has partnered with a federal agency to conduct a series of workshops across the country aimed at helping secondary school STEM teachers introduce innovation and entrepreneurship concepts into their teaching.

Plakans, Johnson discuss need for ELL teachers

Wednesday, October 19, 2016
Associate professors with the University of Iowa College of Education David Cassels Johnson and Lia Plakans recently earned $2.2 million in grant funding from the US Department of Education for their Advocacy, Capacity, and Collaboration for English Learners in Iowa initiative (ACCEL). This is to help teachers in training and those in practice to teach English language learner students in more impactful ways. Listen as they discuss Iowa's level of need for teachers who teach in multiple languages in this Iowa Public Radio piece.
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Reed honored for work on behalf of students with learning disabilities

Monday, October 17, 2016
This year, the Learning Disabilities Association of Iowa (LDA-IA) is recognizing University of Iowa College of Education Associate Professor Deborah K. Reed as a leading advocate in the state.
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Noyce Scholarship recipients making their STEM teaching dreams reality

Wednesday, October 12, 2016
The first round of Noyce Scholars will help with the shortage of science teachers through a collaborative effort between the UI College of Education and UI College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
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UI, Iowa Children’s Museum to spark interest in STEM

Monday, October 10, 2016
The University of Iowa has partnered with the Iowa Children’s Museum to produce a new hands-on exhibit that will use an interactive skate park concept to teach physics principles.

UI’s Joyce Tsai weighs in on artist Laszlo Moholy-Nagy

Monday, October 10, 2016
Joyce Tsai is a Moholy scholar who organized a 2015 exhibition of his paintings. She thinks his reputation as "a guy who just phones it in, quite literally," as a theorist is being put to rest by shows such as hers and by a big new retrospective.
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$2.2 million grant to help ELL students flourish through teacher development

Tuesday, October 4, 2016
Teachers in training and those in practice will soon be able to teach English language learner students in more impactful ways thanks to a new $2.2 million grant project.
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First cohort of Dean’s Scholars join college

Tuesday, September 27, 2016
Diverse reasons draw some of the "best and the brightest" students to the field of education as Dean's Scholars.
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Student Spotlight: Jeremy Williams

Thursday, September 1, 2016
Jeremy Williams, a doctoral student in the Higher Education and Student Affairs program, helps other veterans succeed. Jeremy Williams Veterans Resource Specialist I-SERVE, Iowa Support, Education and Resources for Veterans and Enlisted program Jeremy Williams, of Anoka, Minnesota, is an Army veteran and doctoral student in the Higher Education and Student Affairs program with the University of...

UI alumna shares high expectations for classroom

Thursday, August 25, 2016
Haley Kaplan, a first-year teacher and 2016 UI College of Education graduate in elementary education, had a perfectly organized classroom to welcome her fourth graders to Jefferson Elementary School in Bettendorf, encouraging them to do their best and be school leaders.