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KU announces promotion and tenure for 149 faculty and researchers
2024 KU seniors honor high school teachers with Wolfe Teaching Excellence Awards
LAWRENCE — Three outstanding high school teachers will be recognized with the Wolfe Teaching Excellence Award this spring. ...
School of Education & Human Sciences to honor 2024 Distinguished Alumni Award recipients
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas School of Education and Human Sciences will honor two of its alumni with one of its top awards this spring. Matt Enyart and Scot Pollard will be recognized with the 2024 Distinguished Alumni Award on Friday, May 10 at the school’s spring convocation ceremony...
Junior Teresa Wright nominated for Beinecke Scholarship Program
KU education programs rank among nation’s best in 2024-25 U.S. News & World Report rankings
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas School of Education & Human Sciences is ranked among the top twenty Best Education Schools overall and No. 11 among public universities – by far the highest ranked graduate programs in the state of Kansas – in the 2024-25 edition of U.S. News &...
Civil rights scholar Sherrilyn Ifill to speak at KU
KU leading project to bring coaching to teachers of math and science in special education
KU, Haskell students to present research projects at 24th annual symposium
Global Scholars to present research April 11
Join the Institute for Policy & Social Research for doctoral research fellow presentations
2024 Gene A. Budig Lecture will explore ‘Designing the Future of Learning’
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas School of Education & Human Sciences welcomes James D. Basham, professor in the Department of Special Education, as the 2023 Budig Teaching Professorship in Special Education award recipient and featured lecturer for 2024. ...
Study finds clear instruction, parental support predict students' sense of school belonging
Distinguished professor to share future of developing tiered systems to meet K-12 students’ multiple needs
KU graduate students to present research to legislators, public at state Capitol
New books examine how to foster meaningful interactions between students, faculty to bolster college success
KU Educational Leadership & Policy Studies announces new Higher Education Administration graduate certificate
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas Educational Leadership & Policy Studies Department, part of the School of Education & Human Sciences, has created a new program to introduce education professionals to academic scholarship on higher education. ...
Letting go of what doesn’t work in education (Opens in new window)
During the Cold War of the 1950s and 1960s, schoolchildren learned to protect themselves from a nuclear bomb attack by scrambling under their desk during “duck and cover” drills. The futility of the practice was apparent to everyone, including the children. Yet schools continued to hold the drills, even after...
Study finds students, designers have different perceptions of masculine, feminine traits of classrooms, influence on belonging
New book helps school leaders focus on what they can do without getting weighed down
US News & World Report highlights KU online education programs in 2024 rankings
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas School of Education & Human Sciences has two programs ranked among the nation’s best in the 2024 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Online Programs,” released Feb. 7. ...
KU School of Education & Human Sciences to host fireside chat with author and women’s health advocate Alejandra Campoverdi
Award-winning author Ellen Oh to visit Lawrence for LitFest
Experts in special education, social welfare and particle physics receive KU Research Achievement Awards
‘2024 Research & Teaching Festival’ conference to be hosted for educators
LAWRENCE — The School of Education & Human Sciences at the University of Kansas will host the 2024 Research & Teaching Festival on February 2 from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. CT in Joseph R. Pearson Hall (JRP) room 150. Sessions will focus on a wide variety of topics in...
Exercise Physiology doctoral student receives prestigious NSCA Foundation Scholarship (Opens in new window)
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO — The NSCA Foundation is honored to announce the recipients of its 2023 Scholarships. Over $77,000 and additional expenses will be awarded to these 45 exceptional students to support their pursuits of academic excellence and prospective careers in strength and conditioning. ...
AAI announces the Center for Reimagining Education
LAWRENCE — The Achievement & Assessment Institute (AAI) has announced the new Center for Reimagining Education (CRE), whose mission is to accelerate the pace of change in schools and districts. CRE will pursue its goals by leveraging technology and data and bringing together diverse teams of people to establish school-community...
District names principals for Lawrence High School, Lawrence Virtual School (Opens in new window)
Quentin Rials and Zach Harwood are being promoted from interim principals to the permanent positions at Lawrence High School and Lawrence Virtual School, respectively. ...
KU Sport Management to welcome Jon Welty Peachey as 2023 Mawson Scholar Speaker Series speaker
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas Sport Management program welcomes Dr. Jon Welty Peachey, Dean of Academic Affairs and Professor of Sport Management and Leadership at Gordon College (Wenham, MA), as the 2023 Mawson Scholar Speaker Series award recipient and featured speaker. ...