faculty books

Faculty Bookshelf

A quick look at what colleagues are saying about our faculty鈥檚 recent publications.

Jamy Stillman

Educating the Teachers of Tomorrow

Jamy Stillman began her career as a bilingual teacher for fourth and fifth grades in an agricultural community on California鈥檚 Central Coast. Those experiences planted the seeds of her growing enthusiasm for leading teacher education and working with teachers in their communities to ensure all children receive an excellent education.

School of Education students

HighlightED

Brief updates about what's new in the School of Education Welcoming back undergraduate majors to the School of Education In August 2017, the School of Education launched two new undergraduate majors, both strategically designed to offer important pathways for students interested in serving high-needs communities and working with youth. The...

Co-design

Powerful Partnerships

Growing a Movement for Research-Practice Partnerships By Bill Penuel , professor of learning sciences and human development Promoting equity and justice in education calls on scholars to adopt what professors emeriti Ernest House and Ken Howe called a 鈥渄emocratic practice鈥 of educational research. That is, our approach informs public dialogue...

Participants of the Women Cross DMZ March

One Step at a Time

Christine Ahn, an INVST Community Studies alumna, is addressing international impasse with education, leadership and understanding. In 2009, she had a vivid dream that women will help end the Korean War. Later, she and fellow leaders were taking steps toward her dream by organizing a women鈥檚 peace walk across the demilitarized zone (DMZ) in Korea.

Tom Windham

Keeping the Dream Alive

How a musical 鈥60s activist became a champion of education. Tom Windham, a longtime supporter of the School of Education, shares his passion for pushing public education to a higher priority, and his advice for students. 鈥淚鈥檝e learned to believe even when it鈥檚 dark that the sun鈥檚 going to rise, and when it does, that new horizon is going to offer incredible opportunities."

Paty at 3MT Competition

Transforming Classrooms with Love

When Carolina Ba帽uelos was in fourth grade, she took second place in a citywide 蜜糖直播 essay contest for her piece about being proud to be bilingual. 鈥淚 remember writing that being bilingual gave me more opportunities to communicate with people,鈥 she explained. Now a junior in high school, Ba帽uelos鈥 life...

Brittni Laura Hernandez

Take Root

Tackling the rural teacher shortage in 蜜糖直播 and beyond As a new school year approaches, Brittni Laura Hernandez cannot wait to get into the classroom. Born and raised in Greeley in northeast 蜜糖直播, it has always been her end game to teach in her home community. 鈥淚t鈥檚 where I grew...

Barry Thomas shared Spanish-language health and nutrition books with a group of students at a summer program in Longmont. (Daily Camera Collection, 蜜糖直播 Heritage Center)

From the archives: Education resources on wheels

Barry Thomas shared Spanish-language health and nutrition books with a group of students at a summer program in Longmont. (Daily Camera Collection, 蜜糖直播 Heritage Center) Beginning in 1969, the University of 蜜糖直播's Diagnostic Instructional Mobile Unit took to the streets鈥攁nd country roads鈥攖o offer hearing and vision testing, skill diagnosis, instructional...

An Arguello family photo following her son's graduation from 蜜糖直播 Law School.

Memoir: Success Meets the Daddy Kangaroo

It was the Fall of 2008, and I was basking in the radiance of my 鈥渟uccess.鈥 Little did I know, in a few hours, the innocent and totally honest words of a three year old would shatter the rose-colored glasses from which I viewed my world. I had defied those...

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