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University and local schools start new summer academy for teachers
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Teachers in several Champaign and Urbana public schools will have a new opportunity for professional development starting this summer, as a result of a partnership between local school districts and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The Chancellor’s Summer Academy, to be held from July 25 to Aug. 5, will provide 40 […]
Middle school teachers to take part in science program at Illinois
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Advancements in science education will bloom on the prairie as middle school teachers from mostly rural Illinois school districts converge at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign on June 13 to participate in the two-week Prairie Flowers Program. Prairie Flowers – with funding from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and support from […]
Teachers, administrators urging middle schoolers to turn off TV for a week
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Students at Urbana Middle School are being encouraged to turn off their televisions for one week at the end of April. They’re also learning how to be wiser about what they watch, with help from teachers, administrators and the College of Communications at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The middle school’s […]
Research questions belief that private schools are better than publics
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Students do better in private schools, according to common wisdom – and some well-regarded data now more than two decades old. But a recent study of standardized math scores in more than 1,300 public and private schools says the opposite may be true, according to Sarah and Christopher Lubienski, education professors at […]
Research questions belief that private schools are better than publics
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Students do better in private schools, according to common wisdom – and some well-regarded data now more than two decades old. But a recent study of standardized math scores in more than 1,300 public and private schools says the opposite may be true, according to Sarah and Christopher Lubienski, education professors at […]
Online master’s degree gives teachers the tools to think globally
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – All education is global. At least that’s the perspective of a new online master’s degree program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The new “Global Studies in Education” program, near the end of its first semester, aims to give educators resources and skills for teaching in an age of “global interconnectivity,” […]
Schools visiting U. of I. to recruit teachers on annual placement day
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Schools in Brooklyn, Denver and Los Angeles, as well as Green Bay, Wis.; Green Cove Springs, Fla., and Palm Springs, Calif., will be among those looking for new teachers on Thursday (March 3) at the annual Teacher Placement Day at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Even the Andre Agassi College Preparatory […]
What’s left unsaid about sexuality and schools can be harmful, author says
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Sexuality is not an easy topic for discussion as it relates to schools, but what is left unsaid can cause a lot of harm, says Cris Mayo, a professor of education at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the author of a new book. Discussions about issues of sex and sexuality, […]
Physically fit children appear to do better in classroom, researchers say
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The health benefits of exercise – across the lifespan – have been well documented. More recently, scientists have begun to demonstrate that exercise also may improve cognitive functioning in older adults. But what about children? Are physically fit kids better suited to compete not only on the ball field, but in the […]
Illinois part of new center bringing engineering into high schools
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – High school students in technology education courses will start thinking more like engineers if a new $10 million National Science Foundation grant, involving the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, has the desired effect. The U. of I., through its College of Education, will receive about $1 million of a five-year grant, starting […]
Science more creative and less ‘true’ than many believe, educator says
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Science is not just evidence, but intuition. It is not just procedures, but creativity. Its conclusions are not set in stone, but ever-changing and open to question as part of a dynamic social enterprise. Yet the predominant view in schools and among the general public is that science is completely rational, objective, […]
Chicago schools CEO among guests at teacher placement day
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Representatives from more than 120 school districts will be at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign on Thursday (April 8) for the annual Teacher Placement Day. The recruiting event will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in various rooms at the Illini Union, 1401 W. Green St., Urbana, with activity concentrated […]