Neag School of Education
A Sparkling New School for Hartford’s Gifted Students
The Renzulli Academy, launched by UConn together with Hartford Schools, is the first stand-alone, urban-based academy for gifted students in the nation.
UConn Research on Educational Outcomes Earns Federal Support
Two education professors have been awarded a total of more than $6 million to continue their research into improving educational outcomes for students.
Opening a Door Leads to Giving Back for One Alumnus
John Greene (MA ’67, Ph.D. ’70), a master’s student at UConn in the 1960s, was also teaching high school math at the time. One day he was walking down a hall on campus, where he saw the sign “Project Essay Grade” and he knocked on the door. Entering that door would change his course of […]
Second Edition Helps in Teaching Science to All Learners
Students are not all on the same playing field in the classroom. They come from different backgrounds, learn differently and therefore, especially when learning science, need teachers who support them through effective instructional approaches with culture as a starting point. This approach is the foundation of the second edition of Teaching Science to Every Child by Dr. […]
CAPSS/Neag Early Career Superintendent Institute an Invaluable Resource for Individual, School District Growth
New Connecticut Regional School District 14 Superintendent Jody Goeler credits the Advanced Leadership Development Institute for Early Career Superintendents at the Neag School of Education with giving him not just the tools, support and opportunities needed to better manage the practical, day-to-day aspects of his job, but also to tackle the unavoidable sticky—and inevitably unexpected—situations. “When you’re […]
No Clear Winner Yet in “Race to the Top”
Establishing “Innovation Funds” for community partnerships that enhance learning, creating professional development programs more aligned with federal education expectations, and establishing new frameworks for teacher evaluations are among the ways states awarded Race to the Top (RTT) grants have begun to used their share of the $4 billion given by the federal government in 2011 […]
To Improve Your Writing, Talk
The University Writing Center in the English Department helps students have a really good conversation about their work.
Great Professors: Michael Lynch
Philosophy professor Michael Lynch engages his students in discussion of thought-provoking questions that confront all people as human beings.
School of Education to Launch College Readiness Program in Bridgeport
A grant from the Balfour Foundation will support a college readiness initiative in two Bridgeport schools that will be run by the Neag School's CommPACT Schools Program.
Boldly Going into Middle School Science
Keith Sevigny, lover of science, got liftoff last summer for a team of 8th-grade students at Annie Fisher STEM Magnet School in Hartford. The boys landed their tiny science project on whether seeds will germinate in microgravity on the final mission of NASA’s Space Shuttle program in July. But the launching pad for Sevigny was Neag‘s […]