An ASU program that is transforming math instruction in a Southwest Valley school district earned Honorable Mention recognition at Westmarc’s Nov. 5 Best of the West awards dinner.
Sue Larson, a faculty member in the College of Teacher Education and Leadership, has been working with teachers and students in the Liberty Elementary School District to improve the [...]
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ASU’s College of Teacher Education and Leadership (CTEL) has landed another plumb, this time earning a $33.8-million grant from the United States Department of Education to expand and improve its innovative, nationally recognized Professional Development School (PDS) program.
The new PDS NEXT program will positively impact 15 urban and rural partner school districts in Arizona. Simultaneously, the grant [...]
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If you know an ASU student who exemplified the service-to-others legacy of civil rights giant Martin Luther King, Jr., you have until October 7 to submit a nomination for such a student.
“The ASU MLK Student Servant-Leadership Award has become one of the most highly-prized awards, because it highlights and underscores the deep commitment and action [...]
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Frank Serafini, an associate professor in the College of Teacher Education and Leadership (CTEL) at the West campus, has produced a series of four “Looking Closely” books for young readers.
Combining his passion for teaching and nature photography, the series includes an award-winning “look,” “Looking Closely at the Shore.”
The books are clever, the idea novel, and [...]
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Lessons learned at ASU and a recent scholarship award from the Adelante! U.S. Education Leadership Fund have third-year collegian José Ramirez that much closer to his dream — working side by side with his father in a tile and granite installation venture.
Ramirez, on track to graduate from the West campus with a bachelor’s degree in accounting [...]
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ASU’s College of Teacher Education and Leadership, which offers degree programs on all four campuses, is in the news again for four awards won by faculty at the recent Summer Conference of the Arizona School Administrators (ASA) held last week in Tucson.
Congrats to Beverly Hurley (faculty associate and superintendent of the Buckeye Unified School District), [...]
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Darnell Morehand-Olufade, a 1999 graduate (B.A., history) of the New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences who came to the West campus as a student worker the year before, has been honored as a 2009 TRiO Achiever by the Western Association of Educational Opportunity Personnel (WESTOP).
The prestigious award recognizes former TRiO students who have completed [...]
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