School Dress Codes Should Be a Thing of the Past—Here’s Why (Parents.com | Aug. 13, 2024) School dress codes are an ongoing topic of contention between students and school leaders. On one hand, students want freedom of expression and identity, and on the other hand, schools expect a level of modesty and conformity. Earlier this year, a […]
Tim Walz helps Democrats make the ‘prairie populist’ case for public schools (Chalkbeat | Aug. 9, 2024) The photos have emerged as perhaps the most iconic image of Tim Walz. The Minnesota governor and longtime high school teacher had just signed into law a bill making school breakfast and lunch free to nearly all children […]
Heading down into the basement of Steele Hall, you’ll find students coming and going from Room 001. Some are gathered in a lounge area, one likely controlling the aux on a TV, while others are in DJ or DIY recording booths or working on computers equipped with digital audio workstations. It’s the SENSES Project, a […]
(Inside Higher Ed | July 20, 2024) The number of students enrolled in higher education who have a disability has grown over the years, but they still face barriers in completing a certificate or credential. A May report from the US Government Accountability Office found only 21 percent of students with disabilities graduate from college, compared to 38 percent of students […]
Building a diverse teacher workforce is a top priority for Syracuse University’s School of Education—and students such as Kamille Montgomery ’24, G’25. A member of the school’s Baldanza Fellows program, which recruits and retains underrepresented teachers, she understands the importance of students seeing themselves in their classroom role models. “I want my students to know […]
In the Reflections series, the School of Education asks alumni to look back on their distinguished and fascinating lives and careers. As a young person, Donna Walton had dreams of international stardom. But as she writes on her website, “[A]ll it took was one diagnosis at the age of 18 to turn her life upside […]
Riley-Tillman Named WSU Provost and Executive Vice President T. Chris Riley-Tillman G’96, G’99 has joined Washington State University as Provost and Executive Vice President. Before joining WSU, Riley-Tillman was Dean of the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Missouri, where he served as Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs and Institutional Effectiveness; […]
A special curriculum theme on neurodivergence resonated with students at Dr. Weeks Elementary School in the Syracuse City School District (SCSD), supporting the school’s goal to raise awareness about autism and other forms of neurodivergence and to promote acceptance about those who learn differently. Caley Kutz G’12, the 15:1 self-contained fifth-grade special education teacher, along […]
Emily Wood, a student in Syracuse University School of Education’s School Counseling master’s degree program, has been awarded a 2024 New York State School Counseling Association (NYSSCA) Graduate Student Scholarship. “This award recognizes all the good work Emily has been doing with students in the Syracuse City School District,” says Melissa Luke, Dean’s Professor of […]
A team of Counseling and Counselor Education graduate students from Syracuse University’s School of Education have received a select award from the Association for Assessment and Research in Counseling (AARC). The 2024 Multicultural Assessment and Research in Counseling award goes to Kahyen Shin, Eunji Park, Sarah Litt, and Xihe Tian. This annual grant honors AARC […]
Fermentation is something Syracuse University School of Education Professor Michael Gill thinks deeply about. The process is the subject of his latest research and has inspired a recent project to explore family and cultural connections to recipes handed down through the generations and across nations. The project—Fermenting Stories: Exploring Ancestry, Embodiment, and Place—kicked off in […]
Before pursuing a master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from the School of Education, Saraswati Dhakal G’24 served as a transplant coordinator and operation theatre nurse at the Human Organ Transplant Centre in Bhaktapur, Nepal. In that role, Dhakal coordinated the center’s renal transplant services, delivering care and treatment to patients, while providing counseling […]
Cailey Underhill G’13 was in her fifth year of teaching high school English in rural Northern New York when the coronavirus pandemic hit. Sitting in lockdown at her dining room table, she googled “How to save the planet.” That search led her to a new career as an environmental advocate who, in her words, still […]
When Dean Kelly Chandler-Olcott learned about the special dress Rory Livingston ’24 wore to the Syracuse University School of Education Convocation on May 11, she wanted to know more about it. Making the dress was a handful—but not in a bad way. Livingston, an Inclusive Elementary and Special Education program graduate, sent Chandler-Olcott some photos […]
Are You Ready To Use AI In Your Teaching? (Forbes | June 17, 2024) College faculty are uncertain about the use of AI. Most talk related to AI among non-science faculty pertains to how students might be using it to cheat rather than how they can use it to streamline their own work or how […]
Two doctoral students in Syracuse University School of Education’s Counseling and Counselor Education program have been recognized by the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES). First year doctoral student Xihe Tian and second year student Eunji Park are among 20 ACES graduate student members receiving a 2024 Graduate Student Award Grant from the ACES […]