Neag School of Education
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 […]
New Members Elected for the Neag Alumni Society Board of Governors
The following eight individuals were elected to the Neag Alumni Society Board of Governors at the annual meeting in November at the Alumni Center. Pictured top row (L-R): Kate Heintz Lund, Rebecca Stearns and Margaret Clifton. Bottom row (L-R): Jeremy Vigneault, Christine Emmons, John Gedney and Anthony Distasio. Not pictured: Desi Nesmith. Margaret Clifton (M.A. Curriculum […]
Neag School Welcomes New Faculty Members
The following are recently hired Neag faculty members. Congratulations and a warm welcome from the Neag School of Education. Joseph Abramo Joseph Abramo, Ed. D., is a clinical assistant professor of music education in the Neag School of Education where he teaches courses in instrumental methods and supervises student teachers. In February he was the recipient […]
Neag School’s “Reading Recovery Certification Program” Wins $1.7 Million Dollar Grant
There is a very simple reason why, for nearly 20 years, Neag professor of curriculum and instruction Dr. Mary Anne Doyle has been a passionate advocate for and the driving force behind UConn’s participation in Reading Recovery, a program aimed at dramatically improving the reading skills of at-risk first-graders. “It just works phenomenally well,” says Doyle. […]
Neag Student Learns First-hand About Service to the Community
During the spring semester of her freshman year, Neag School of Education student Sarah Harris enrolled in an interdisciplinary “service-learning” honors seminar focused on migrant workers in the state of Connecticut. The course, which examined the challenges faced by migrant workers and immigrants in the state, provided Harris and her classmates opportunities to listen to experts in […]
Dr. Jason Stephens Publishes Book on “Creating a Culture of Academic Integrity”
Recent cheating scandals in schools across the U.S. have generated alarming national headlines. Connecticut’s own Waterbury Hopeville School is under investigation for suspected educational misconduct during this year’s state mastery test. Dr. Jason Stephens, an associate professor in the Neag School of Education‘s Department of Educational Psychology, addressed academic integrity issues like these reported cases and […]