Neag School of Education

Generous, Compassionate, Forward-Thinking, Skilled: Colleagues Pay Tribute to Thomas C. DeFranco

After five years as dean of the Neag School of Education, Thomas C. DeFranco, Ph.D., has returned to life as a full-time mathematics professor in both the Neag School and the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences.

New Leadership to Implement Neag School’s Ambitious Academic Vision

After leading UConn’s Strategic Planning Efforts, Richard L. Schwab has returned to the Neag School of Education as dean to lead the implementation of the school’s Academic Plan with two new associate deans, Casey Cobb and Sandra Chafouleas.

First-Grade Teacher Uses Neag School’s Learning Technology Program to Earn 6th Year Diploma, Excite Her Classroom

Students in Mary Almeida’s first-grade class at Hazardville Memorial School in Enfield use iPads to practice spelling, create digital stories, submit subtraction quizzes and follow QR code-driven scavenger hunts. They also locate and use live texts and, through an app called ClassDojo, Almeida provides parents with real-time updates on their child’s behavior. While some may […]

For Talented High Schoolers, Summer Fun Includes an Academic Challenge

The Mentor Connection program offers a wide variety of academic challenges to serious young scholars.

Grant Provides Summer Mentoring Opportunities for Promising High School Students

Five Fairfield County high school students interested in pursuing science and technology careers will have the opportunity to attend the UConn Mentor Connection program this summer, thanks to a $20,000 grant from the Fairfield County Community Foundation.

Meeting Common Core Standards for Math

UConn faculty are helping Connecticut teachers adapt to new requirements for teaching math under the Common Core standards.

Male math teacher. (iStock image)

UConn Joins National Program to Recruit Minority Male Teachers

UConn is one of 10 universities selected to participate in an initiative to increase the diversity of the nation’s teachers.

Neag School Offers Online Graduate Certificate in Leadership and Diversity Management in Sport

The Neag School of Education is offering an Online Graduate Certificate for professionals working in sports organizations and intercollegiate or interscholastic athletic administration, who can take their career to the next level with this innovative new program.

Neag Professor Shares Her Transformative Fulbright Experience in Iceland

Neag Associate Professor of Adult Learning Robin S. Grenier took not just her expertise and enthusiasm to Iceland, but her husband and young daughter. The three moved to Reykjavik, Iceland, for a semester as part of her receiving a Fulbright Award to teach and conduct research at the newly established Museums Studies Program at the […]

Neag School Named Host of Educational Administration Quarterly

For the next five years, the Neag School will provide the editorial team and serve as host institution for the Educational Administration Quarterly (EAQ) journal—an honor that recognizes UConn’s strengths as a leader in education.