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  • Zan-Zendegi-Azadi: A Play on Contagious Courage in Iran

    This performance and Q&A, December 3 at 6 p.m., aims to shed light on the current woman-centered revolutionary movement in Iran and the contagious courage of women and men whose voices against oppression need to be heard worldwide

  • Zamani-Gallaher first person of color to receive CSCC Senior Scholar honor

    Professor Eboni Zamani-Gallaher of the Department of Education Policy, Organization & Leadership was recognized April 10 with the Senior Scholar Award, given by the Council for the Study of Community Colleges (CSCC). She is the first person of color to receive the honor.

  • Youth Literature Festival Presents: Barnes & Noble Bookfair

    The Youth Literature Festival presents the Barnes and Noble Bookfair! 

  • Youth Literature Festival Booth: "Everyone Can Be Part of the Story: Accessing the Literacy Tree" - (Adapted Activities and Resources for Children With and Without Disabilities, Parents, & Professions)

    Please plan to attend the Youth Literature Festival on October 22.  You are welcome to visit the booth created by Dr. Cheryl Light Shriner of the  Department of Special Education and several college students.  They will offer adapted story materials, props, and a hands-on interactive activity area for children with and without disabilities and a resource table for educators and parents.  Teachers, parents, and children are all encouraged to come and try out the materials and activities.  This booth area provides college students the opportunity to expand their skills in adapting literature and literacy materials for a wide range of abilities that children have and also the opportunity to interact with children, parents, and professionals.  Children enjoy the activities. Parents and teachers have mentioned in the past that the resources provided give them new ideas and materials that can be implemented in their homes or classrooms immediately.

  • Your Required Minimum Distribution (RMD) Can Fund Programs in the College of Education

    You can make a tax-free distribution from your IRA directly to the University of Illinois Foundation and support scholarships, fellowships, or programming in the College of Education.

  • You're Invited: 2023 Campus-Community Compact to Accelerate Social Justice Convening

    The campus' Office of Public Engagement cordially invites the College of Education community to participate in the Campus-Community Compact to Accelerate Social Justice (Compact) Convening on Wednesday, June 21 from 2 to 7:30 p.m.

  • Dr. Yoon Pak

    Yoon Pak, EPOL Department Head, Appointed to ISBE State Assessment Review Committee

    Yoon Pak, professor and department head of Education Policy, Organization and Leadership, has been appointed to the Illinois State Board of Education's State Assessment Review Committee.

  • YLF Community Day Celebration: Fun for the entire family

    As part of the 2016 Youth Literature Festival, Champaign-Urbana residents and everyone from the surrounding area are invited to celebrate youth literature at the Oct. 22 Community Day Celebration.

  • YESPlus Retreat: Discover meditation, breath, and the mind

    YESplus (Your Enlightened Side) is a retreat focused on energizing and calming both body and mind. Participants learn a variety of powerful breathing and meditation techniques including scientifically validated SKY Meditation. The retreat provides tools to free the mind of stress, worry & anxiety and improves focus & productivity. It is being offered FREE to all UIUC students, faculty and staff.

    To apply and for more information please visit goo.gl/MctdQ4

  • Work With the Education Justice Project

    The Education Justice Project is accepting applications until Monday, October 3, 2022 from graduate students, faculty, staff, and community members interested in working in its college-in-prison program at Danville Correctional Center for Spring 2023. 

     

  • Women's Resource Center Summer Walk-In Hours

    This summer, the Women's Resource Center is offering walk-in confidential advising services on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m

  • Wireless Network Update Coming in June in Education Buildings

    On the week of June 6, Technology Services will be replacing, one by one, each wireless access point (AP) in the Education Building and at Col Wolfe.

    Please expect to see Technology Services technicians in these locations.

    Impact is expected to be nominal, but a brief outage of each AP will occur as it is replaced. 

  • Winter break Library hours

    The Library will have significantly reduced hours during winter break. All libraries on campus will be closed December 23-January 2.

    The Social Sciences, Health, and Education Library (SSHEL) will be open regular Fall semester hours through the end of finals, closing on Friday December 16 at 6:00pm. We will be closed December 23 through January 2.  On December 19-22, January 3-6, and January 9-12, SSHEL will be open 8:30am-5pm.  On Friday, January 13, the Library opens at 1pm.  The Library is closed on weekends during winter break. Spring semester hours resume on Tuesday, January 17. 

    If you need Library materials or services for your research or studies, please plan ahead.

    For a complete list of library hours during winter break, see: http://www.library.illinois.edu/#hoursloc

    Enjoy the winter break!

  • Winston Thompson: Lecture & Discussion

    Winston Thompson   LECTURE AND DISCUSSION  

    Monday, May 8

    LECTURE (9:30-11 AM, 192 Education) "Reconsidering the Concept of Educational Justice: Asking New Questions of Race,Politics, & More"

    BROWNBAG DISCUSSION (12:15-1:15 PM, 333 Education) "Expanding the reach of academic programs through online learning and social media"

    Winston C. Thompson is a Fellow in Residence at Harvard University's Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics and Assistant Professor (Education, Philosophy) at the University of New Hampshire. Professor Thompson's scholarship explores the ethical and political dimensions of educational policy and practice, including higher education access, affirmative action, and multiculturalism. His work on the nature of justice and the role of education in a pluralistic, democratic society has appeared in Educational Theory, Philosophy of Education, Teachers College Record, The Journal of Philosophy of Education, Educational Philosophy and Theory, and Studies in Philosophy and Education. He is working on a monograph entitled "Justice in the Balance: Revitalizing Politics and Education." He has also written on social media and is the creator of PIPEline (http://www.pipeline.fm/), a short-form interview podcast on contemporary research in philosophy of education.

  • Winners of 15th annual MLK contest announced

    Victor Perez, coordinator of operations at the Center for Education in Small Urban Communities, said this year’s MLK Creative Expressions Competition drew 109 entries from children in area K-12 schools, with the majority of submissions being essays and poems.

  • Win a trip to present your research in Hong Kong

    The Graduate Student Conference is partnering with the University of Hong Kong to present the second annual Graduate Student Conference Exchange Program.

  • Asif Wilson

    Wilson Honored by Critical Race Studies in Education Association

    Asif Wilson, assistant professor, Curriculum & Instruction, was given the Early Career Scholar award from CRSEA at their annual conference in Chicago on October 26.

  • William T. Grant Foundation Virtual Discussion: From Understanding Inequality to Reducing Inequality

    How does a discipline move from investigating a problem to investigating responses? U of I Foundation Relations invites faculty to attend "From Understanding Inequality to Reducing Inequality," a virtual forum co-sponsored by the William T. Grant Foundation on the potential of research to help build and strengthen efforts to address inequality and delineate pathways through which research may lead to large-scale social change.

  • Crystal Williams

    Williams Wins Award from Division for Early Childhood

    Crystal Williams, a doctoral student in Special Education, was awarded the J. David Sexton Doctoral Student award.

  • What Would Have to Happen for All 28 State Prisons to Offer Academic College-level Programming?

    The News-Gazette asked seven local advocates, including Rebecca Ginsburg, professor of EPOL and director of the Education Justice Project, to offer solutions for criminal justice system reform.

  • We RISE: New Series Explores the History and Current State of Abolition

    We RISE: From recent uprisings to long-standing social justice movements, the concept of abolition and its application to various components of society is a pressing topic in 2020. This October series, free and open to all, aims to explore the history and progression of abolitionist efforts, the interconnectedness of abolition work across communities, and opportunities to civically engage in this arena further.

  • Welcoming a New Academic Adviser: Michelle Ellis

    The College of Education is excited to introduce Michelle Ellis, a new academic adviser in the Student Academic Affairs Office. 

  • Welcome to the College of Education Announcements Blog!

    This blog is open to all College of Education students, faculty, and staff. Post all your announcements here, and each week you'll get an email of all the recent announcements. In addition, if you have an event to publicize, you can post it to the online College Calendar

  • We CU Summer Volunteer Opportunities for Education Students

    The We CU Community Engaged Scholars Program, a service-matching program connecting students to community partners, is looking for more student volunteers. If you want to help community members, need to fulfill required service hours, or want to gain skills and build your resume, this may be the perfect opportunity for you! Most of these projects take just a few hours per week.

  • We CU Summer Program: Info Session on June 2

    Make a positive impact in the community, build your resume, and fulfill your passion for helping others this summer with the We CU Community Engaged Scholars program.

  • We CU

    We CU Program Accepting Students for Fall 2020

    We CU empowers students to make a positive impact in the community while building their resume/CV and enriching their university experience. We CU honors students for their community-based work and provides them with training, connection to like-minded peers, access to service opportunities with partner organizations, and support from We CU program leaders.

  • We CU Community Engaged Scholars Summer Program | Apply ASAP

    College of Education students are encouraged to learn more about and apply to the new We CU Community Engaged Scholars program. This cohort of volunteers will be addressing Champaign-Urbana community needs during the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • We CU Community-Engaged Scholars Fall Info Session

    We CU offers undergraduate and graduate students training, support, service opportunities with community partners, a chance to connect with like-minded peers and university recognition for service.

  • Webinar/Seminar: Dr. Kristen Buras – Charter Schools, Race, and Urban Space Where the Market Meets Grassroots Resistance (Tue, April 7th, 1pm (PDT)/3pm (CDT))

    Dear colleagues and friends,

     

    You are cordially invited to join the upcoming webinar/seminar on the Marketization and Privatization in Education seminar series. The next session, with Dr. Kristen Buras (bio below), is on Charter Schools, Race, and Urban Space Where the Market Meets Grassroots Resistance (abstract below).

     

    This seminar will take place at 1pm (PDT)/ 3pm (CDT) on April 7th (Tue), 2015. There are two possible methods of joining the seminar.

     

    (1) If you are attending in person in Urbana-Champaign, please come to #22 in College of Education, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

     

    (2) If you are joining the webinar, please go to http://bluejeans.com/ and click “Join meeting” as a participant and enter Meeting ID: 305154344   Please join us 10 minutes prior to the meeting time so that we can ensure everyone’s audio and video work properly.

     

    For webinar participants, please (1) mute your microphone, (2) turn off your video feed, and (3) do not share screen. If you would like to ask questions or need technical assistance, please use the 'CHAT' typing function.

     

    **To give us a better idea of how many attendees/participants we may have, please RSVP by filling out the form:

    https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1EIbEi3bA5HuAkVhMLdVAZQ5qOn7EWSP9RjKM3-ZfY8g/viewform?c=0&w=1&usp=mail_form_link

     

    For questions or other assistance, please send a message to Ee-Seul Yoon (eeseul@gmail.com) or Dwayne Cover (dcover@alumni.ubc.ca).

     

    Hope you can join us.

     

    Regards,

    Ee-Seul Yoon and Christopher Lubienski​ at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

    Dwayne Cover at the University of British Columbia

     

     

    Abstract

    Charter schools have been promoted as an equitable and innovative solution to the problems plaguing urban schools. Advocates claim that charter schools benefit working-class students of color by offering them access to a “portfolio” of school choices. In Charter Schools, Race, and Urban Space, Kristen Buras presents a very different account. Her case study of New Orleans—where veteran teachers were fired en masse and the nation’s first all-charter school district was developed—shows that such reform is less about the needs of racially oppressed communities and more about the production of an urban space economy in which white entrepreneurs capitalize on black children and neighborhoods. In this revealing book, Buras draws on critical theories of race, political economy, and space, as well as a decade of research on the ground to expose the criminal dispossession of black teachers and students who have contributed to New Orleans’ culture and history. Mapping federal, state, and local policy networks, she shows the city’s landscape has been reshaped by a strategic venture to privatize public education. She likewise chronicles grassroots efforts to defend historic schools and neighborhoods against this assault, revealing a commitment to equity and place and articulating a vision of change that is sure to inspire heated debate among communities nationwide.

    Bio

    Kristen Buras was a Wisconsin-Spencer Fellow and received her doctorate from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is an Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Policy Studies at Georgia State University in Atlanta. She is the author of Charter Schools, Race, and Urban Space: Where the Market Meets Grassroots Resistance, which chronicles the past decade of education reform in New Orleans. Additionally, she is coauthor of Pedagogy, Policy, and the Privatized City: Stories of Dispossession and Defiance from New Orleans, which was recognized for its outstanding contribution by the Curriculum Studies Division of the American Educational Research Association (AERA). Read more at http://education.gsu.edu/profile/kristen-buras/

    * If you are interested in buying her book, please email me: eeseul@gmail.com.  

  • Webinar: Funding for Engaged Research | William T. Grant and Alfred P. Sloan Foundations

    Register for this virtual panel discussion happening on October 19.

  • Webinar: Centering Equity: Using CLNA to Recalibrate Career & Technical Education Programs

    A recent OCCRL webinar features panelists who have successfully implemented equity into the comprehensive local-needs assessment (CLNA) process. The session is designed to assist and provide resources for those who are new to CLNA, as well as for those who have been engaged with CLNA but are not getting the results they want.

  • Cynthia Watson

    Watson Named Director of School Improvment at Champaign Unit 4

    Cynthia Watson, LAS '11 Secondary Education, was named to the position after spending her career teaching in Indianapolis and Chicago Public Schools. She has experience working with Teach for America, and the Golden Apple Foundation.

  • WATCH: 20th Annual MLK, Jr. Creative Expressions Competition

    Watch the 20th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Creative Expressions Competition video and see creative works from local students in honor of the civil rights leader.

  • WATCH | 2019 Research Live! Video | Mary Lyons, Graduate Student in Curriculum & Instruction

    Mary Lyons, Curriculum & Instruction graduate student, recently won 3rd place in the Graduate College's 2019 Research Live! competition. Watch her three minute talk here.

  • Wanted: Student Volunteers for Community Day Celebration

    The College of Education at Illinois is seeking student volunteers for the Oct. 22 Community Day Celebration, which caps off the 2016 Youth Literature Festival.

  • Gloriana Gonzalez

    Vote for C&I Professor's Video in NSF STEM Diversity & Inclusion Challenge!

    Dr. Gloriana Gonzalez is part of a research team whose entry, Developing technological pedagogical content knowledge of pre-service math teachers by enhancement of a methods course using instrumental orchestration and lesson study strategies has made it to Round Three and the People’s Choice Voting Round of the STEM Diversity and Inclusion Video Exhibition Challenge.

  • Vote by April 30 | EPSY Grad Student a Semi-finalist in Image of Research Competition

    Educational Psychology's Ananya Tiwari's photo, titled, 'Learning in Low Resource Settings: the Importance of Socio Emotional Skills for Rural Indian Girls' is a semifinalist in the 2020 Graduate Image of Research Competition.

  • Volunteers needed to help build Homecoming float

    The College of Education is looking for volunteers to pair with University Primary Students to help build the Homecoming float.

  • Volunteers Needed for 2019 Youth Literature Festival | Community Day Celebration, March 30

    GREAT opportunity for individuals and student groups (RSOs) to volunteer this spring!

    The Youth Literature Festival brings award-winning authors of youth literature to Champaign-Urbana area schools in a three-day event that culminates with the free Community Day Celebration at the I Hotel, with author presentations, books signings, puppet shows, music, activities for kids, and more. It's FREE and open to the public.

    Sign up to volunteer!

    Contact Lekisha Hall at lhall@usd119.org with any questions.

  • Volunteer Opportunity: Vis-a-Vis Readers

    Vis-A-Vis Readers is a program that allows U of I students to volunteer in the Champaign-Urbana community by reading selected texts in a virtual classroom. Our goal is to promote literacy and engage students on a virtual platform. Email askvisavis@gmail.com if you're interested.

  • Volunteer opportunities with Urbana Neighborhood Connections Center

    The Urbana Neighborhood Connections Center has several volunteer opportunities available.

  • Volunteer Opportunities

    Are you interested in volunteering in the community? Circle K International is a global, student-led organization with opportunities for service for all interests and flexible times that can fit anyone’s schedule. Our University of Illinois chapter participates in a variety of service events from volunteering with children at local libraries and the Orpheum Museum to participating in wider community projects like iHelp and the CarX Crazy K. We also have upcoming leadership opportunities! If you are interested in serving with us, come to our next meeting Wednesday, February 10th at 7:00pm in 1060 Lincoln Hall. We can’t wait to see you there!

  • Visitors from Thailand

    Two groups of Thai doctoral students will visit CIRCE (College of Education) this spring, with focus partly on measurement and evaluation.   Ten from Silpakorn University will be here April 1-5 and ten from Srinakharinwirot Universtiy here April 11-May 5.  The visit will be coordinated by Charles Secolsky (csecolsky@gmail.com).

  • Vis-A-Vis tutoring registration nights

    Tuesday, Jan. 23; 6-8 p.m.
    Wednesday, Jan. 24; 6-8 p.m.

    University YMCA

    Vis-A-Vis is an organization that offers University of Illinois students tutoring opportunities in the local Champaign-Urbana elementary schools, middle schools, and high schools. We have placements in all subjects and all grade levels and are always looking for passionate volunteers to join our organization. For more information stop by our registration nights or email us at askvisavis@gmail.com.

  • Virtual Exchange for the Post-pandemic Era: DEI in a Virtual Global Context. A Global Symposium

    This Global Symposium is being curated by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, College of Education with the support of The Center for Global Studies (CGS) and the European Union Center (EUC). This symposium brings together leading scholars and thought leaders in virtual exchange from around the world to explore its future development. Our goal is to reconsider the role and responsibility of virtual exchange in a global context with experiences and insights from across different disciplines.  

    The event is scheduled in a hybrid format for May 5, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. CT. More information is available on this website: https://international.education.illinois.edu/events/global-education-symposium 

    Registration link: https://forms.illinois.edu/sec/88500606

  • Global Middle East Poster

    Virtual Book Launch: Global Middle East: Into the 21st Centuury

    Join us for a virtual book launch of Global Middle East: Into the 21st Century co-edited by EPOL professor Linda Herrera and sociology professor Asef Bayat (University of California Press). The event is noon to 1 p.m. CST on Friday, March 12. See the poster for more details. You can register here: https://illinois.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Uz1fzoLFRGS1u27gEB49dg

  • View University Primary School's 'Project Studies' exhibition

    University Primary School, the preK through fifth-grade lab school of the College of Education, invites campus and community members to walk through its "Project Studies" exhibition in the first- and third-floor lobby areas of the Education building (1310 S. Sixth St., Champaign) on Feb. 2-7. Documentation and representation of fall-semester inquiry studies will be on display.  

  • View the July Issue of OCCRL Network News

    The Office of Community College Research and Leadership's July Network News email is chock full of news, research data, and expert input—all relevent to community colleges in Illinois and beyond. Check it out.

  • Victor Ruiz-Divas, EPOL Doctoral Student, to Present at Inner Voices Social Theatre: Reimagining Masculinity

    INNER VOICES Social Issues Theatre invites students, faculty, and staff to attend a special night of reimagining masculinity.

    The event will feature an open mic, conversation, and a performance of the piece ‘Lost Illusions’ by Victor A. Ruiz-Divas, EPOL doctoral student.

  • VariABILITY 2017: A call for interested students

    VariABILITY 2017 is a two-day event that aims to bring together students from different backgrounds to collaborate and understand some ongoing challenges that people with disabilities experience. Our goal is to take a proactive approach to disability awareness and advocacy through human-centered design. This is a great chance to become part of a community conversation on inclusion. We are looking for Illinois students from all academic disciplines and backgrounds who are passionate about this area, or just want to learn more!

    For more information, visit our FB page: https://www.facebook.com/VariABILITY-2017-255958794856110/?fref=hovercard

    Register here to attend the event: https://illinois.edu/fb/sec/1108043.

    Location: BIF Atrium

    Date: Friday, March 31 2017 6-8 PM - Saturday April 1 2017 10AM-5PM (Food and snacks will be provided on both days)

    Contact us for more questions at variabilityuiuc@gmail.com!​ Looking forward to seeing you there!