{"id":31087,"date":"2011-03-17T08:14:55","date_gmt":"2011-03-17T12:14:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=31087"},"modified":"2011-05-31T11:42:53","modified_gmt":"2011-05-31T15:42:53","slug":"uconn-alums-a-major-factor-in-connecticut-school-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2011\/03\/uconn-alums-a-major-factor-in-connecticut-school-system\/","title":{"rendered":"UConn Alums a Major Factor in Connecticut School System"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/mapforenglish_lg.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-30723 alignright img-responsive lazyload\" title=\"A map showing Neag School of Education alums in Connecticut school districts.\" data-src=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/mapforenglish_lg.jpg\" alt=\"&lt;p&gt;A map showing Neag School of Education alums in Connecticut school districts.&lt;\/p&gt;\" width=\"323\" height=\"266\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/mapforenglish_lg.jpg 605w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/mapforenglish_lg-300x247.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 323px) 100vw, 323px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 323px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 323\/266;\" \/><\/a>Alumni of the UConn\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.education.uconn.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Neag School of Education<\/a> are a major factor in the education system statewide. There are currently more than 3,000 Neag alumni working in Connecticut schools as teachers and administrators; and during the 2009-10 school year, 165 of the 166 school districts in the state employed Neag alumni.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.education.uconn.edu\/directory\/details.cfm?id=281\" target=\"_blank\">Mary Yakimowski<\/a>, Neag\u2019s assessment director, and graduate students have been analyzing the employment patterns of the School\u2019s graduates, over the period 1986 to 2008. The demographics tracked annually include where Neag graduates are working; a break down by gender and race\/ethnicity; and which districts employ the most graduates from each field or concentration. The statistics show that only one Connecticut school district, Derby, did not employ a Neag graduate in 2009-2010.<\/p>\n<p>Yakimowski and her team of graduate students collaborated with the University Libraries\u2019 <a href=\"http:\/\/magic.lib.uconn.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mapping and Geographic Information Center<\/a>, learning how to display the information visually. Using special mapping software, they were able to generate maps illustrating how many alumni are employed during the school year by district.<\/p>\n<p>Says Yakimowski, \u201cHopefully what we have learned \u2013 where our graduates are working \u2013 will be a stepping stone to assessing the impact Neag graduates have on their students.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>John Harris is a graduate student in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2009-10, 165 of the state&#8217;s 166 school systems employed Neag School graduates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_series":0,"wds_primary_attribution":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[43],"class_list":["post-31087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-23 11:55:46","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31087"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31087\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36204,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31087\/revisions\/36204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31087"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=31087"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=31087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}