Neag School of Education

Feel Your Best Self puppets Nico, CJ, and Mena

Feel Your Best Self Wins Telly Award for the Second Straight Year

The educational online toolkit that helps children cope with big emotions won a silver award in the Education and Training – Online category

Wallace Symposium attendees

UConn’s Renzulli Center Hosts Wallace Research Symposium on Talent Development

The national symposium came to Storrs for the first time, bringing together experts on gifted education and talent development

A family gathers in Rome Ballroom at UConn.

25 Years as Neag: Neag School Celebrates 25th Anniversary of the Naming of the School

The School and the UConn Foundation gathered friends, donors, faculty, staff, students, and Neag family members on May 15 to celebrate the legacy and impact of Ray and Carole Neag's transformative gift.

Professional African American women speaks on the phone while holding basketball.

To Celebrate the Women’s Sports Moment, Look to the Movement

Recent research provides insights into the experiences of the workers who’ve dedicated themselves to growing women’s sport and the steps leaders can take to continue the progress of the movement

Students in an elementary school classroom raise their hands to be called on.

Helping Teachers Recognize Gifted Learners and Elevate Classroom Conversation

‘Project Focus’ brings more learners into gifted programs — and more strategies from gifted education into general classrooms

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UConn Partnership with East Hartford Public Schools Celebrates First Year

UConn WSCC team marks productive year of improving health and well-being of school children with CDC visit

George Schott

Alumnus George Schott: A Journey from Corporate Success to Classroom Impact

George Schott ’21 MA, a successful financial services executive, found himself nearing the end of a long career and decided to follow his passion of nurturing young minds by becoming a teacher

Tamashi Hettiarachchi and her class.

Neag School Alumna Recognized as a Knowles Teaching Fellow

Tamashi Hettiarachchi joins a national network of math and science teachers who are collaborative, innovative leaders improving education for all students  

Charles B. Gentry Building

Neag School Honors Faculty, Staff, and Students With 2024 Annual Awards

The Dean’s Office solicited nominations earlier in the spring for the Neag School’s annual awards recognizing research, teaching, and service.

Morgaen Donaldson, Saran Stewart, and Dean Jason Irizarry.

Neag School Associate Professor Saran Stewart Wins Teaching Award

Stewart has been named the 2024 Dr. Perry A. Zirkel Distinguished Teaching Award recipient