Rexy Vachereau graduated summa cum laude in 2019 with a B.S. in Inclusive Early Childhood Special Education, with a minor in Political Science and in 2020 took a master’s degree in Literacy Education (Birth to Grade 12). As an undergraduate, Vachereau was a peer mentor for InclusiveU program; a Direct Support Professional for the Kelberman […]
The ink was barely dry on her master’s degree diploma when Emily Liu G’22 began prepping her new classroom at Bernice M. Wright School, an early childhood education program on the Syracuse University campus. Having graduated only a couple of weeks earlier, in August 2022, with a master’s in early childhood special education, Liu is […]
Julia White, School of Education Associate Professor and Director of the Atrocity Studies and the Practices of Social Justice minor program, has been awarded a Syracuse University Libraries’ Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) Faculty Fellows grant for the 2023-2024 academic year. Also receiving an award is LaVerne Gray, Assistant Professor in the School of Information […]
As reported by LocalSyr.com (Sept. 26, 2022), East-Syracuse Minor, Solvay, Corcoran, and Henninger high schools in the Syracuse area experienced a spate of racial threats of violence across September 25 and 26. School of Education alumna and member of The Study Council, Donna DeSiato G’04, Superintendent of East Syracuse-Minoa Central School District, spoke to LocalSyr.com […]
The Breedlove Readers, a teen book club run by Courtney Mauldin, Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership, is getting ready to welcome its fourth cohort of middle and high school Black girls who are fans of young adult fiction. The deadline to sign up for the Fall 2022 series is Sept. 29, 2022. The club meets […]
Roxi Nurse McNabb was a point guard for the Syracuse Orange women’s basketball team, a Most Valuable Player, 1997 Athlete of the Year, and a three-time Big East Academic All-Star. She still ranks among Syracuse’s all-time top 10 in career steals (fourth) and assists (fifth). Nurse McNabb holds a B.S. in Physical Education from the […]
As limits to women’s reproductive rights swirl in the national news, one researcher at Syracuse University is engaged in a groundbreaking nationwide study on the reproductive health experiences of Deaf and hard of hearing women. Corrine Occhino, assistant professor in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) with […]
The Ronald E. McNair Post Baccalaureate Achievement Program—part of the School of Education’s Center for Academic Achievement and Student Development—has been awarded $1.4 million in US Department of Education funding for the 2022-2027 academic and fiscal years. The McNair Scholars Program at Syracuse University, as it is known, prepares high-achieving undergraduate students for graduate […]
An Onondaga County high school is cracking down on cell phones. Will it last? (syracuse.com | Sept. 7, 2022) Cam Aitchison, who will be a sophomore at Liverpool High School this fall, said he’s always kept his cell phone in his pants pocket while in class. Starting Thursday, new school rules mean that in the […]
(Creative Spirit | Sept. 8, 2022) Education is a fundamental right, not a privilege, and no one should be left behind, especially not the millions of young adults with disabilities, including intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). Students with disabilities who have received equal opportunities and an inclusive, accommodated education will be better equipped for fair-wage […]
Pandemic learning loss recovery will require addressing all student needs, not just academics (WAER | Sept. 6, 2022) A recent federal study reports that math and reading scores for 9-year-olds took a big hit during the pandemic. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, reading scores saw their highest decrease in 30 years, and math scores had […]
Mike Haynie, vice chancellor for strategic initiatives and innovation and executive director of the D’Aniello Institute for Veterans and Military Families, and retired U.S. Army Colonel Ron Novack, executive director of the Office of Veteran and Military Affairs, attended the annual graduation ceremony of 15 students in Fort Bliss, Texas. The students took part in […]
(The Daily Orange | Sept. 2, 2022) Syracuse University’s Baldanza Fund for Excellence in Education Policy in Practice sends diverse teaching candidates from the university to local school districts to help underrepresented students learn and grow. The fund, which SU alumni Marcia and Ben Baldanza proposed in 2020 with a $300,000 grant, started with two […]
Two award-winning school leaders and SOE alumnae reflect on educational challenges and how they are meeting them with rigor, care, and joy “Teachers are stretched now more than ever,” explained Professor George Theoharis in a June 4, 2022, AP news story in the wake of the Uvalde, TX, school shooting tragedy. “We’re sort of left […]
Julia M. White, Associate Professor and Director of the Atrocity Studies and the Practices of Social Justice minor, has been awarded a $1.14 million US Department of Education grant with the primary aim of recruiting, preparing, and retaining fully certified, diverse special education teachers and school counselors to work with students with disabilities with high-intensity […]
Meg Wilkie ’24 has a passion for running and a big dream: to run a marathon in all 50 states. Since she started racing in 2012, she has completed 28 full marathons in 15 states. This fall, she will tackle the Chicago Marathon, adding Illinois as her 16th state, and she’s slated to run in […]
Dawn R. Johnson, Associate Professor in the Syracuse University School of Education’s higher education programs, has joined the Journal of Higher Education as an associate editor for a three-year term. An expert in campus climate issues—particularly for students of color in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) programs—Johnson joins colleagues from the universities of Georgia, […]
The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted so many aspects of our lives, and it may be some time before the full impacts are known. That’s especially true for students and teachers, who were forced to confront a new way of learning amid lockdowns across the country. In response, the federal government is investing billions of dollars in education […]