Neag School of Education
Neag School of Education’s Professor to Examine Teacher Evaluation in New Haven
Morgaen Donaldson, an assistant professor of educational leadership at UConn’s Neag School of Education, has been awarded a Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship from the National Academy of Education (NAEd) to study how incorporating student academic achievement in teachers’ performance evaluations affects teachers’ motivation and work behaviors. Donaldson will focus her research and data gathering on New Haven’s large and […]
Suzanne Saunders Taylor: A Leader and Advocate for Women
Forty years ago, Suzanne Taylor was one of the key players in getting the Commission on the Status of Women launched in Connecticut. Just a few years prior, in the summer of 1970, she completed a Ph.D. at UConn and at the same time became divorced and responsible for two children, ages 10 and 12. […]
Neag School of Education Unleashes Leadership with New Hires
In 2012, UConn announced plans to embark on an ambitious, multi-year hiring initiative. Seeking to strategically expand its faculty in key research and teaching areas, UConn is hiring 500 tenure-track faculty members over the next four years. The Neag School of Education is proud to be part of this effort, adding 17 new faculty members. […]
$3.5 Million Grant Allows UConn’s ‘GlobalEd2’ Program to Reach More Classrooms
The international social studies simulation helps improve middle schoolers' science and global literacy skills.
Teacher Education Expert Suzanne Wilson Joins UConn Faculty
Wilson, a nationally renowned scholar, joins the University from Michigan State.
UConn Experience Still a Part of WesternU President’s Daily Life
It’s been more than 50 years since Philip Pumerantz, Ph.D., has sat in a University of Connecticut classroom, yet he applies the lessons he learned there every day. Specifically, he said he strives to “listen, care and advise” the way long-time former UConn Education Professor William Gruhn, Ph.D., did when Pumerantz was a student there […]
Neag Students Take a Refreshing and Eye-Opening Break to Jamaica
This past spring break the UConn Office of Fraternity & Sorority Life took their first alternative spring break to help out two different schools in Jamaica. Alexandria Cipolla and Shelby Flynn were among two of the ten UConn students involved in the trip, and both are Neag School of Education students. Flynn, a special education […]
NFL Players Association Helps UConn’s Korey Stringer Institute Beat the Heat
With warm weather settling in, most of us start thinking of beaches and cookouts, but the arrival of summer has more serious implications for the National Football League Players Association. Mindful of the danger of heat for its members, the NFLPA sponsored a fundraising dinner for the Korey Stringer Institute at the University of Connecticut, […]
REALL Makes Real Learning Possible For ELLs
It didn’t take long for New Britain fifth-grade teacher Kim Rosa Gionfriddo to realize the strategies she learned as a Neag School of Education REALL fellow to better teach students with limited English proficiency could benefit native English-speaking students, too. “It’s a simple thing, but just by being more explicit and taking time to define […]
Implementing High Quality Online Education at the Neag School
Jae-Eun Joo hopes to position UConn's Neag School of Education at the center of an online content and resources superhighway.