Neag Community Engagement

A female Asian American college student sits in front of a group of elementary school students, holding up a picture book and reading it.

Husky Reads Brings the Joy of Reading and Healthy Lifestyles to Connecticut Preschoolers

The UConn Husky Nutrition & Sport initiative connects UConn students with hundreds of young children across the state each year

Student teacher works with elementary students at a school table.

When School Transitions Bring Big Feelings: Caregiver Tips

Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor Sandra Chafouleas shares insights on coping with big feelings about school transitions

Alexandra Freidus

10 Questions With Alexandra Freidus on School Diversity and Educational Inequity

The educational leadership expert recently published a new book that explores the importance of school diversity and the path to educational justice in New York City

The Gentry Building, home of the Neag School of Education, at UConn Storrs.

Neag School Alumni Board Names Recipients of its 2025 Scholarship

Graduate students Emmanuel Dwamena, Caroline Shadman, and Claudia Ventura are recipients of the fund, which was created as a way to invest in future generations of Neag School students

Conference attendees listen to presenters during Teaching and Learning with Technology conference.

AI in K-12 Education: Partners in Progress, Not Replacements

As artificial intelligence continues to transform industries worldwide, educators and researchers with the Neag School of Education are exploring how it may reshape teaching and learning

Female educator works with young students on the floor in a classroom.

The Costs and Benefits of Year-Round Schooling

Researchers with the Neag School’s Center for Education Policy Analysis, Research, and Evaluation prepared the following research brief regarding year-round schooling

Three high school students - two female, one male - stand next to Dean Jason G. Irizarry in front of a light blue vertical banner that reads "UConn Neag School of Education." Each of the three students holds a small wood and metal award plaque.

Neag School of Education Hosts “Why Teach, Why Now” Contest for Early College Experience Students

High school students submitted short essays or videos explaining why they want to become urban educators

A Black college student squats down while holding an edge of a large parachute over their head outside in a field. Elementary school children also hold the parachute or run underneath it.

A Vibrant Partnership: UConn Husky Nutrition & Sport and Hartford Public Schools Support Healthy Eating and Physical Activity for Over 20 Years

The UConn campus-community partnership hosts more than 600 educational sessions a year at Fred D. Wish Museum School

Morris Sarna and Judy Sarna

Gift Brings UConn’s Immersive Holocaust and Bias Awareness Program to High School Students

The gift from Judy Sarna and her late husband, Morris, is the largest gift from a single, private donor that the Neag School of Education has received in the past 25 years

The Husky Nutrition Team.

Neag School Receives $42K During UConn Gives 2025

Thanks to the generosity of donors, the Neag School won two leaderboard challenges during this year’s 36-hour giving campaign