Tim Moses, chief psychometrician at the College Board, has been named the board's first Robert L. Brennan chair of psychometric research. 

Ted Neal, Clinical Associate Professor of Science Education in the Department of Teaching and Learning, leads pre-service teachers on an experiential learning expedition in the Crested Butte, Colorado area.

The Perry Research Scholars Institute, a two-week summer camp program for eighth-, ninth-, and 10th-graders organized by the College of Education’s Belin-Blank Center, introduces high school students to a variety of academic research so they can explore their interests and plan for the future.

The Belin-Blank Center will continue to strengthen STEM-positive environments for rural Iowa 6th- to 8th-graders through the STEM Excellence and Leadership program.

Lauren Darby (MAT '15) is a Fulbright scholar who taught English to 5th- through 12th-graders in Wolfsburg, Germany. Her valued role as a "citizen ambassador" is explored in this article from The Daily Iowan. Read the full article in The Daily Iowan.

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.