Ted Neal, Clinical Associate Professor of Science Education in the Department of Teaching and Learning, mentors externs Alicia (Schiller) Haynes and Amanda Schiller.

Cynthia Knight (BA '86) is the founder and director of Iowa NET High Academy. “I create hope for students who have none,” says Knight.

The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation recently announced a two-year, $200,000 commitment to the Belin-Blank Center. The center is part of the University of Iowa College of Education. The center will use the grant to expand its Stem Excellence and Leadership (SEAL) program, which offers rigorous math and science enrichment classes before and after school, to students in grades 8 and 9 in 10 rural Iowa...

Charlie Becker leads by example. Becker (BA Political Science; Secondary Education Certification ’76), of Dubuque, Iowa, has done this both in the classroom and as executive director of Camp Courageous in Monticello, Iowa.

Alison Failor had the opportunity to student teach at Birkdale North School in New Zealand.

Cindi and Tony Williams, Oregon parents of newly-admitted UI REACH student Joshua Williams, recount their experience finding the program in this column in The Seattle Times.

Representatives from the University of Iowa Foundation, along with ACT Scholar DaVida Anderson, present an engraved wooden box to ACT representatives. The box was made from a tree that was damaged during a large-scale flood in recent years. Pictured, from left to right: Jeremy Mims, associate director of development, College of Education; Cally Murray, director of development, College of Education...

Chris Ogren, associate professor of the history of education in the Schools, Culture and Society program, spoke with Iowa Public Radio Talk of Iowa host Charity Nebbe about the history of education in the U.S. and how schools prepare children for college, careers, and engaged citizenship.

Recent UI REACH alumnus Tanner Salinas talks about what it's like working at Wrigley Field in this Chicago Tribune article. Read the full article in the Chicago Tribune.

Chris Orabutt, a College of Education student from Lake Zurich, Ill., is studying to teach high school economics and U.S. history.

Each year, the College of Education honors its top students with scholarships. These awards celebrate outstanding student achievement in areas such as academic performance, research, student leadership, community service and citizenship, and contributions to all areas of education.

A University of Iowa study involving Nicholas Bowman, Director of the Center for Research on Undergraduate Education, shows that college admission officers are more likely to accept low-income students if they have a better understanding of the high schools those students attend.

For the ninth consecutive year, George Washington High School in Cedar Rapids is the top Advanced Placement school in Iowa, according to the Iowa AP Index. The index, developed in 2005 by the University of Iowa College of Education's Connie Belin & Jacqueline N. Blank International Center for Gifted Education and Talent Development, assesses Advanced Placement (AP) participation among accredited...

Middle school can be an important turning point for students. Samantha Kaplan wants to help guide them toward enjoying learning as much as she did as a student. Kaplan, of Naperville, Illinois, is an elementary education and psychology double-major at the University of Iowa who spoke at the Spring 2017 Teacher Education Convocation. Also on her plate are endorsements for middle school science and...

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See where the UI College of Education stands in the latest National Council on Teacher Quality ratings for undergraduate programs that prepare secondary education teachers.

More than 80 University of Iowa College of Education faculty, graduate students, alumni, and friends attended the AERA/NCME reception.

Courtney Fredrickson, of Forest City, Iowa, has wanted to be a teacher since she was in the sixth grade. After earning an Albert and Martha Ruffalo First Generation Education Scholarship, which is given to first-generation UI College of Education students, Fredrickson’s confidence in her future as a teacher has skyrocketed. “It feels like I get to make a new path for my family,” says Fredrickson...

Hawkeye student athlete and basketball star Nicholas Baer shares how philanthropy has impacted his life and the lives of all UI students during an inspirational talk.

Whether traveling to India or Italy or coming to Iowa from afar, College of Education students gain global knowledge that enriches their ability to teach, conduct research, and engage in a more closely-connected world.