Neag School of Education
My First-Hand Account of Covering the Maccabiah in Israel
As an undergraduate student at UConn, Noam Watt reported from Gampel Pavilion, Rentschler Field, Elliot Ballpark, and numerous road venues, including Clemson University. He added a new location to his reporting journey this summer: Israel. Watt spent July covering the United States Delegation in the 21st Maccabiah. The Maccabiah, frequently referred to as the Jewish Olympics, is the 3rd largest sporting event in the world.
New Multidisciplinary Data Science Master’s Starts this Fall
Meeting the growing demand for data scientists to tackle the most complex problems in society
E-STEAM Ahead: CT High Schoolers to Become ‘Eco-Digital’ Storytellers Through Interdisciplinary Grant
An interdisciplinary group of UConn researchers is leading an effort to empower high school students to become "Eco-Digital" storytellers in their communities.
Neag School-Led Connecticut Partnership for Literacy Success Continues Mission to Teach All Children to Read
Michael Coyne, professor of educational psychology and chair of the Neag School’s Department of Educational Psychology, has served as a principal investigator since the original launch of the literacy research project in 2012
Test-Optional Applications Pilot Shows Promise, Has Been Renewed for Three More Years
UConn is seeing increases in enrollment among students from first-generation, low-income, and underrepresented populations
UConn Hosts Inaugural Frontiers in Playful Learning Conference
After a year of careful planning, the Neag School of Education’s Two Summers Educational Technology program and the UConn School of Fine Art’s Digital Media and Design (DMD) program co-hosted the inaugural Frontiers in Playful Learning conference from June 1 – 3, 2022.
“Catching Up” in Secondary Math Education: Areas to Focus Your Efforts
Kenya Overton and Andrew Kuck, Neag School of Education doctoral students in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, prepared the following rapid research brief on secondary math education with the Center for Education Policy Analysis, Research, and Evaluation (CEPARE).
School Mental Health Resources Are Critical to Ensuring Safe School Environments
Even before the pandemic schools were struggling to provide enough mental health support to students, and the problem has only gotten worse
Understanding Segregation and School Choice
Programs that worsen marginalization and stratification present a challenge for policymakers
Faculty Emeritus George Sugai One of a Coalition of National Researchers That Has Released a Violence Prevention Plan
The recent mass shootings across the country—and there have been 214 mass shootings in the first five months of 2022—are another painful reminder of failed efforts to stop the kind of gun violence that occurred at Sandy Hook Elementary School nearly ten years ago. An interdisciplinary group of scholars who have studied school safety and violence prevention for decades, including Professor Emerita George Sugai of the Neag School of Education, are calling for immediate government action to initiate scientifically-informed actions to reduce gun violence.