°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û2023¿ª½±¼Ç¼ Playback Ensemble rehearses for upcoming workshops in Paonia.

In the hands of these actors, theater builds bridges

Jan. 3, 2020

The °ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û2023¿ª½±¼Ç¼ Playback Ensemble is helping communities navigate divisive topics through a form of improvisational theater, and heads to Paonia this month.

Presenter gives Ed Talk on stage

Latest Ed Talks videos, stories explore vulnerabilities, re-humanization in education

Dec. 19, 2019

At this fall series hosted by the School of Education, we learned about leaning into the discomfort of learning, re-humanizing education and more. Check out the updated video gallery.

Kayleigh Esswein

New 1-year master’s plus teacher licensure model appeals as an equity-forward, immersive program

Dec. 19, 2019

From her first course in education, Kayleigh Esswein was hooked. She always knew she wanted to teach and viewed teaching as a means for addressing educational inequities. Esswein is part of an inaugural cohort of master's students.

Environmental design students Marie Obermeier and Dean Behary

Colombian neighbors guide design project that leaves students tired but inspired

Dec. 13, 2019

Environmental design students returned from a hands-on planning studio last summer in Colombia with a broadened perspective of life in a marginalized community. Two students share their life-changing experience.

Students explore field sites

CU herbarium plants the seed for climate change research

Oct. 30, 2019

The herbarium, a treasure trove of more than 550,000 plant specimens, is leading a plant digitization project among 39 institutions and community outreach on Navajo land with implications in local climate research.

kids create book in the Literacy and Media Lab

Colorado kids use digital tools to make old stories new again

Oct. 11, 2019

A new partnership between °ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û2023¿ª½±¼Ç¼ and a local school district is helping kids to tell stories using digital tools—and they’re having fun re-imagining old fairy tales in the process.

The RV Polarstern in Arctic ice, viewed from a helicopter

Students, teachers: Drift along with an epic Arctic climate expedition

Oct. 3, 2019

K-12 students around the world can now be a part of one of the largest Arctic climate research expeditions ever conducted. The new Arctic education newsletter directs teachers to real-time updates from the RV Polarstern, expedition-related activities and engaging videos.

Child playing with an alphabet puzzle

Full-day pre-K beats half-day, first-of-its-kind study shows

Sept. 30, 2019

Doubling the time that kids spend in prekindergarten classes could have big benefits for their learning, a new study shows.

Students at computers

Anyone can look up school data with new online tool

Sept. 23, 2019

For the first time ever, a new online resource will give anyone the opportunity to search through data on the academic performance of school kids across the country.

Classroom

Modern education: How trust and bullying are becoming two of K-12’s biggest challenges

Sept. 17, 2019

This week's episode of the Brainwaves podcast will take a look at a system most of us have been through, but which we don't know everything about: public K-12 education.

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