Guess what day it is…? “Where Do You Work?” Wednesday! This week meet alumna Bridget Owen (BA ’00 Music, Iowa Teaching Licensure Program). Owen is currently in her 15th year of teaching music at Tipton Elementary and Middle School in Tipton, Iowa. Prior to working at Tipton, she taught at Anamosa Elementary and Monticello Middle School for four years. “I love getting to work with kids every day...

Warren Merkel joined the University of Iowa College of Education this fall as a Visiting Assistant Professor in Language, Literacy and Culture.

Guess what day it is…? “Where Do You Work?” Wednesday! This week meet alumnus Tyler Pauley (BA ’12 Elementary Education).

The UI College of Education Day hosted day at the University of Iowa at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines. The College of Education would like to thank everyone who stopped by, learned more about Hawkeye Teachers, and shared their wonderful alumni stories. Special thanks to all of our outstanding Hawkeye Teacher volunteers.

Up to half of college students in recent published studies say they either are not getting enough to eat or are worried about it.

Annie Savage, alumna and Liberty High School orchestra teacher, doubles as a traveling bluegrass musician.

As part of a $2.2 million grant from Advocacy, Capacity, and Collaboration for English Learners (ACCEL) in Iowa, the UI College of Education hosted a two day professional development session on July 24-26 to help increase the effectiveness of English-learner instruction in Iowa while also helping teachers become advocates for dual-language learning.

Some of the nation’s most talented high school–aged artists came to the University of Iowa campus as part of the inaugural Summer Art Residency (SAR), spearheaded by the Belin-Blank Center in the UI College of Education.

Happy “Where Do You Work?” Wednesday! This week meet alumna Kate Koenig (BA ’06 Elementary Education), who is the elementary school principal at Rabat American School in Rabat, Morocco.

Parental involvement facilitates collegiate success for their offspring. This is the conclusion of an analysis done as part of a white paper written by Kayla Reed-Fitzke, assistant professor in Couple and Family Therapy.

Many private schools are dropping AP courses, but Iowa schools are adding more to help students prepare for success across the state of Iowa. Expanding AP access to students is solidified each year in a ranking of Iowa public and private schools by the University of Iowa Belin-Blank Center in the UI College of Education. Read the Des Moines Register story here.

Happy “Where Do You Work?” Wednesday! This week meet alumna Heather Buckley (BA ’03 Elementary Education, ’12 Principal Licensure).

Alumna and Noyce Scholar, Magdaly Santos, is committed to teaching science in high-need areas. 

Happy “Where Do You Work?” Wednesday! This week meet alumna Lisa Stevenson (BA ’95 Elementary Education, MA ’04 Educational Administration, Ph.D. ’14).

Mary Cohen, head of music education, seeks to transform society's attitudes about prisoners through a choir and songwriting workshop at Oakdale, the Iowa Medical and Classification Center.

Happy “Where Do You Work?” Wednesday! This week meet alumnus Andrew Branan (BA ’03 History,’04 Certification in Social Studies, MA ’15 Social Studies Education).

Happy “Where Do You Work?” Wednesday! This week meet alumna Jennifer Redenius (’12 Elementary Education).

With funding from the National Science Foundation, educators at the University of Iowa are revising the science curriculum and recruiting and training teachers to better educate Iowa students in the sciences. “It’s teaching in a way that attaches an Iowa child to real-world relevance,” says Ted Neal, clinical associate professor in the UI College of Education, who’s helping to lead the curricular...

STEM meets skateboarding in a brand new, game-based exhibit funded by a nearly $1.3 million National Science Foundation grant. The Iowa Children's Museum partnered with the University of Iowa College of Education and the University of Washington to develop "Notion of Motion: Science of Skateboarding."

For the tenth consecutive year, George Washington High School in Cedar Rapids is the top Advanced Placement school in Iowa, according to the Iowa AP Index.