The Education Department and the Urban Education Lab launched their school partnership with William P. Nixon School (CPS) at the school's STEM Family Night last week.

13 months + 3 rounds of revisions from submission to publication + incredible feedback from so many to refine the work= How Feedback from Mentor Teachers Sustained Student Teachers through Their First Year of Teaching, now in Action in Teacher Education. tandfonline.com/eprint/BP35VXR…

There is so much to learn from mentors & student teachers! “Empowering” Instead of “Crushing an Idea”: One Student Teacher/Mentor Teacher Pair’s Story of Learning and Growing is now available online. Happy to email you a copy or they are available here: tandfonline.com/eprint/QU8SNQE…

PK-12 TEACHERS: Would you be willing to participate in new research about the messages you are receiving re. teaching about the election/politics? Check out the infographic below & then take this short, confidential (10-15 min) survey: rb.gy/nkbfp8 Please share widely!

PK-12 and COLLEGE EDUCATORS: Join us for a free virtual dialogue: Teaching on Days After: Post-Election Pedagogy for Equity and Justice. Learn more on the flyer below and then register here: tinyurl.com/TeachingPostEl…

New books have arrived! Excited to showcase these voices in elementary literacy methods this spring.

I read “I Am Every Good Thing” to start my student teaching residency course tonight and the discussion that ensued was incredible. I firmly believe no one is too old for children’s literature or read alouds!

Excited to receive an U.S. National Science Foundation Noyce grant to better prepare equity-minded STEM educators North Central College. Read more here: nsf.gov/awardsearch/sh…

My newest paper, Learning about Social Justice through Literature Circles, has just been published in Action in Teacher Education. Free eprints through this link: tandfonline.com/eprint/8VNTTTE…

A collaboration among four professors at #NorthCentralCollege resulted in grant funding from the U.S. National Science Foundation to help prepare equity-minded #STEM teachers in high-need schools. Learn more in the latest issue of the #NorthCentralMag: bit.ly/3f0IsS3

Meet our North Central College clinical students. We are excited to continue this CPS-NCC partnership. It's great to see future educators working with Smyser teachers and students. THE BEST WORK IN CPS!

"Learning about Social Justice through Literature Circles" is out in Action in Teacher Education. Reach out for a copy or use the link below for access: tandfonline.com/eprint/8VNTTTE…

It’s almost here! Join us tomorrow for our next salon of the semester! Drs. Susan Kempinger, Alicia Okpareke, Lindsay Wexler, and Chandreyee Mitra will be discussing the importance of diversity in STEM education.

Teaching is one of the hardest jobs in this country – and one of the most important. It’s not enough to give teachers praise. We ought to give them a raise.

Spartan Strong 💚🤍

The Department of Education at North Central College (Naperville, IL) is searching for a tenure-track Assistant/Associate professor in Education. The position begins August 1. Apply now! northcentralcollege.peopleadmin.com/postings/12060

"Opportunities Lost: First-Year Teachers’ Perceptions of Evaluation and How It Influences Their Instruction" is now available online. This article has been through many iterations, rejections, and has finally found its home! tandfonline.com/eprint/P9QMXTI…

A $1.45 million grant will help North Central College build the state’s teacher pipeline. dailyherald.com/20240618/news/…

North Central has been awarded a five-year, $1.45 million grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation through the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program. The grant will fund the College’s Commitment to Recruit, Educate & Assist Teachers in Equity (CREATE) project. Learn more: bit.ly/4eraC5q.