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Phil DiStefano reflects on returning to the School of Education after 15 years as Chancellor. For the former high school teacher and first-generation college graduate, DiStefano is excited about “coming home" to education faculty after 50 years at 91¶ÌÊÓƵ Boulder. See what the newly minted Chancellor Emeritus has to say about this special homecoming.

A coalition of educators from 10 states and led by 91¶ÌÊÓƵ Boulder has released a new series of free science curricula for high school students—touching on issues critical to the lives of young people, from wildfires to rising sea levels and cancer biology. The new curricula, called OpenSciEd High School, is a three-year high school science program designed by a consortium of developers led by the inquiryHub, a research-practice partnership.

In 2023, the American Library Association documented attempts to remove more than 4,000 books from schools and libraries across the U.S. In one of the first comprehensive analyses of book bans in the U.S., Katie Spoon, a PhD candidate in computer science and a master’s student in the School of Education, and collaborators revealed that these bans disproportionally target women authors of color and books that feature characters of color.

This year, schools across Colorado experienced an influx of students, many of them migrants from Latin and South America. A small but dedicated group of scholars at the 91¶ÌÊÓƵ Boulder School of Education are helping teachers meet the needs of these new arrivals.

Each year, over 200 mentor teachers from over 30 partner schools give their time, energy and expertise to supporting our 91¶ÌÊÓƵ Boulder School of Education student teachers. Watch our video or read the quotes below to see how mentor teachers impact our student teachers.

In fall 2022, two education students had a light bulb moment: the 91¶ÌÊÓƵ Boulder School of Education needs a student government that helps organize community-building activities and supports leadership skills among aspiring educators. Over the past two years, the entirely student-led organization has grown in membership and participation.

To honor aspiring teachers, the Colorado Department of Higher Education kicked off the 2024 Teacher Appreciation Week with the Future Educator Honor Roll on May 6 to celebrate our state’s top teacher candidates, including two of our outstanding, up-and-coming teacher education graduates, Emily Gillette and Morgan Rains.

The Research & Innovation Office recently announced four new planning grants in the inaugural round of the competitive New Frontiers Grant Program aimed at fostering new, interdisciplinary research directions for 91¶ÌÊÓƵ Boulder. Two projects, "Empowering Newcomer Students: A Multifaceted Approach to Culturally Sustaining STEAM Education and AI Integration" and "Exposure to and Health Effects of After-wildfire Toxicants (ExHEAT) Consortia," involve education researchers.

K-12 schools across the country are increasingly integrating artificial intelligence tools into the classroom. Alex Molnar, one of the directors of the National Education Policy Center in the 91¶ÌÊÓƵ Boulder School of Education, gives his take on why these tools could pose risks for students, and what concerned parents and others can do about it.

An estimated 95% of U.S. cities provide economic development tax incentives to woo corporate investors, taking billions away from schools. A new three-month investigation by 91¶ÌÊÓƵ Boulder's Kevin Welner and colleagues in The Conversation shows how that cash drain is not equally shared by schools in the same communities, often hurting the poorest students the most.