Curriculum & Instruction

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Neag School, El Instituto Host Book Talk on ‘The Latinization of Indigenous Students’

Faculty member Rebecca Campbell-Montalvo’s new book explores how schools interpret and handle demographic data, potentially disregarding Indigenous identity and affecting access to resources

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Around the Block: Evaluating School Schedules

Hannah Cooke, Neag School doctoral candidate in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, prepared the following rapid research brief with the Center for Education Policy Analysis, Research, and Evaluation (CEPARE). This research brief compares traditional and block schedules in schools and evaluates their impact on student achievement and other outcomes

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Neag School’s Office of Teacher Education Hosts Partnership Summit

The revitalized event welcomed school district representatives to Storrs and enhanced collaboration to benefit future teachers and Connecticut's classrooms

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Neag School Office of Teacher Education Launches Microgrants to Benefit Future Teachers

A new initiative created by Director of Teacher Education Alyssa Hadley Dunn is designed to give grants of up to $150 to fund unique classroom experiences for teacher education students.

Gov. Ned Lamont, Kiana Foster-Mauro, and Education Commissioner Charlene M. Russell-Tucker

Neag School Alumna Kiana Foster-Mauro is Connecticut’s 2024 Teacher of the Year

Foster-Mauro ’20 (ED), ’21 MA will be recognized at a ceremony in Hartford in November, and is preparing an application for National Teacher of the Year

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Neag School’s Annual Scholarship Celebration Spotlights Students and Donors

The event on Oct. 6 commemorated students’ academic achievements and the generosity of donors who have financially enabled those students to continue pursuing higher education.

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Neag School Creates Mentoring Program for Teacher Education Students

The initiative pairs master’s degree and junior-year students in the Integrated Bachelor’s/Master’s program, with the aim of retaining more future educators

Rachael Gabriel

10 Questions With Rachael Gabriel About Her Book on Disciplinary Literacy

A professor of literacy education and director of the Neag School’s Reading and Language Arts Center, Gabriel recently published “Doing Disciplinary Literacy” through Teachers College Press.

Keyokah Mars-Garrick

Keyokah Mars-Garrick ’22 MA: From the Basketball Court to the Classroom

Keyokah Mars-Garrick ’22 MA, a special education teacher at Wheeler High School in North Stonington, Connecticut, originally attended Wheeler High as a student-athlete. Mars-Garrick returned to the school in 2020 as a substitute teacher while researching her next career move and fell in love with teaching and special education students.

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Neag School Welcomes New Faculty, Celebrates New Program Director

Risa Isard and Zachary Collier join the Neag School as assistant professors, while Tracy Sinclair has been named director of the Teacher Certification Program for College Graduates