Neag School of Education
Achievement Gap Exists in Online Reading Skills
A UConn study found a significant achievement gap in online reading comprehension between students in higher and lower-income schools.
Challenging Others to Support Excellence
Linda and David Glickstein believe so strongly in the value of UConn’s Mentor Connection enrichment program for talented high schoolers, they established a challenge grant to encourage others to help support it. The Glicksteins will match dollar for dollar any pledge up to $1,000 per donor for a total of $15,000. Their goal is to […]
Three New Graduate Certificates Offer Innovative Ways to Prepare Educators
Click onto the recently expanded Neag Online Programs home page, and proof of the Neag School of Education’s commitment to finding new and innovative ways to prepare the next generation of educators and leaders is clear. The Neag School has doubled the number of online graduate programs it offers to include 12-credit graduate certificates in School Law and Gifted Education and Talent Development, as well as a 12-credit graduate certificate in Leadership and Diversity Management in Sport.
Neag School of Education to Host 15th Anniversary Celebration
A celebration marking the 15th anniversary of the naming of the Neag School of Education will take place during UConn’s “Huskies Forever Weekend” at the Storrs campus. Also known as “Alumni Weekend,” Friday, Oct. 24, and Saturday, Oct. 25, will feature an honors ceremony, keynote speaker, panel presentations and a luncheon to commemorate the Neag School and its accomplishments.
New Faculty Members Join the Neag School
The Neag School of Education recently welcomed new faculty members through its continued effort to elevate the academic and research focus and help transform education.
Neag School Launches Dean’s Doctoral Scholar Program, Four Years of Full Funding Available
In response to UConn’s university-wide academic plan, the Neag School of Education has established a competitive Dean’s Doctoral Scholar program that will provide fully-funded scholarships to outstanding doctoral students joining Neag in the Fall 2015 semester
Neag Faculty Breaking New Ground with Support of IES Grants
This year, the U.S. Department of Education’s prominent Institute of Education Sciences (IES) awarded just 48 research grants to United States scholars. Neag School of Education faculty members received three of them.
Best-selling Author Wally Lamb Heads to the Big Screen
Behind the scenes with UConn alum Wally Lamb, whose novel Wishin' and Hopin' has been made into a recently released feature-length film.
Public Dollars, Private Rules: The Charter School Calculus
A UConn researcher says charter schools’ legal strategies should be a concern for policymakers and taxpayers.
Neag Graduate Students Bring Student Affairs Expertise to Scotland
“The Glasgow Five” is not the name of a new European rock band or infamous team of criminals, but the nickname adopted by the five Neag students who recently spent three weeks in Scotland studying how the University of Glasgow could best use social media to recruit, prepare and support international students.