Neag School of Education
The Renzulli Academy for High Performing/Low Income Students in Hartford Receives Grant for Summer Enrichment Program
With a $250,000 grant from the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, the Renzulli Academy in Hartford will establish a robust summer enrichment program for its high potential/low income students. Fourth-graders perform an experiment with the help of their teacher Freddie DeJesus at the Renzulli Gifted and Talented Academy in Hartford, Conn., in 2011. (Photo Credit: Peter […]
Neag and History Professors Collaborate on “Teaching History with Museums” Book
Museums provide students with opportunities and resources not available in the classroom. Through the physical participation of seeing, feeling, touching and overall experiencing the past, field trips to these sites and their corresponding lesson plans are crucial for successful learning in youth. UConn’s Alan Marcus, Ph.D., associate professor of curriculum and instruction in the Neag […]
UConn’s Neag School Ranked Among the Nation’s Best Schools of Education
The U.S. News & World Report released its rankings of Graduate Schools and the Neag School of Education continues to achieve top-ranking status as it rose in rankings to #32 in the nation. This ranking puts the Neag School as the #1 public graduate school of education in the Northeast and #22 among all public graduate schools of education […]
Teaching: A Family Tradition
An alumna of the Neag School of Education, award-winning teacher Rachel Buck comes from a family of educators.
A Teacher at Heart
Fulbright Scholar Wendy Glenn spent nearly a year in Norwegian schools, challenging assumptions about life in America. Now she's back in American classrooms.
Provost Dr. Peter Nichols to Join Neag School Faculty
Peter J. Nichols, Ph.D., UConn’s provost and executive vice president for Academic Affairs, has served in major academic leadership roles for the past 20 years. He is the University’s chief academic officer and is responsible for all academic programs, including the regional campuses, School of Law and schools of Medicine and Dental Medicine. Reporting to […]
Great Professors: David B. Miller
Rap videos, The Family Guy, internationally-known podcasts – it's all in a day's work for psychology professor David Miller.
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 […]