In the latest edition of Research Briefly, we sit down with Jennifer Ruef, PhD, who shares information about her NSF CAREER award on de-tracking mathematics in middle school.
COE alumna, Amanda Brown, MS, CCC-SLP, was named one of Early-Career Trailblazers in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). Amanda graduated from the CDS program in 2021.
Whether in schools, healthcare, or in the home, UO's Prevention Science Institute (PSI) helps individuals and communities enact lasting behavioral change to prevent some of the most important problems we face in society. Beth Stormshak, PSI’s director and Philip H. Knight chair and professor gives expert commentary.
UO’s research enterprise grew in fiscal year 2023-24 across all disciplines with $178 million in new awards. 35% of federal funding came from the Department of Education, and faculty in the College of Education received high-impact awards including $24.5 million in funding renewals.
The University of Oregon College of Education is pleased to welcome seven new tenure-track faculty members this year: Sarah Kate Bearman, Sofia Benson-Goldberg, Maithreyi Gopalan, Cindy Huang, Ashley Linden-Carmichael, Kristin Perry, and Amanda Tachine.
Co-Directors of the Sapsik'wałá Teacher Education Program Leilani Sabzalian, PhD, and Michelle Jacob, PhD, released an article in the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian magazine on the importance of Indigenous educators in schools.
Early adolescence, roughly ages 10 to 13, is a unique time in development where young people experience rapid social, cognitive, and emotional changes. In a new research brief authored by Lorry Lokey Chair in Education Leslie Leve, the National Scientific Council on Adolescence (NSCA) provides research-based recommendations for educators to promote positive mental health in their classrooms.
Researchers will test the Early Learning Matters Curriculum’s efficacy in a multistate, five-year project led by Sara Schmitt, Bricker-Squires Faculty Chair in Early Intervention and an associate professor in the College of Education at the University of Oregon.
A new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report indicates that Black girls face more discipline and more severe punishments in public schools than girls from other racial backgrounds. Dylan Bragg, Software Developer/Senior Research Assistant and Sean Austin, Research Associate from ECS worked collaboratively with the GAO to provide the data and consult on analysis and interpretation.
