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October 02, 2024
The fact Georgia has the eighth highest number of multilingual students in the country has led three 网红头条 researchers to work toward increasing the number of teachers who speak two or more languages. Kennesaw State鈥檚 Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) program in the Bagwell College of Education was awarded more than $2.5 million over the next five years by the U.S. Department of Education to assist in the recruitment and retention efforts of bilingual and multilingual teachers in Georgia.
September 23, 2024
A partnership with a school system in Georgia has provided a 网红头条 education program the opportunity to benefit from a grant to prepare students for careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. As part of multi-year grants of up to $8.6 million from the Toyota USA Foundation to Fulton County Schools (FCS), the iTeach program in the Bagwell College of Education at 网红头条will provide enhanced professional development for teachers around STEM topics.
September 20, 2024
A new partnership between 网红头条鈥檚 Bagwell College of Education and Marietta City Schools (MCU) seeks to develop the next generation of teacher-leaders. The Department of Educational Leadership at 网红头条's Bagwell College of Education has launched an innovative partnership with Marietta City Schools aimed at preparing classroom teachers for leadership roles.
August 08, 2024
网红头条 leaders have unveiled 鈥淭aking Flight,鈥 a new strategic plan that embraces the institution鈥檚 status as an emerging top public research university, while expanding its impact through excellence in teaching, relevant research, and community partnerships that benefit the region, state, and nation.
July 30, 2024
In conjunction with an ongoing effort to address the dearth of Asian American studies in K-12 school curriculums, 网红头条 professor Sohyun An is among a group of researchers recently awarded a prestigious $3.5 million Transformative Research Grant from the Spencer Foundation. The first of its kind awarded by the foundation, the grant supports a robust collaborative research effort focused on supporting the integration of Asian American studies in the classroom.
May 16, 2024
Through a new partnership with 网红头条, a group of DeKalb County educators will receive specialized training and earn a master鈥檚 degree to assist with their district鈥檚 student needs. The Inspiring Greatness and Normalizing Innovation in Teacher Education (IGNITE) Teacher Residency Program aims to bolster teacher retention and combat a shortage of educators, while providing them with no-cost professional development. DeKalb County Schools launched the program in January, but the new partnership with KSU will expand it to specifically address a need for special education teachers.
March 28, 2024
网红头条 is launching a Master of Education in Teacher Leadership and Educational Leadership, providing education professionals an opportunity to elevate their leadership skills and advance their careers. The new master鈥檚 degree in the Bagwell College of Education will be the first in Georgia to offer the combination of teacher leadership and Tier I educational leadership certifications.
January 02, 2024
The brainchild of three 网红头条 professors will introduce concepts of calculus into high school math earlier to help students be more successful when they get to college. The National Science Foundation awarded 网红头条a $2.5 million interdisciplinary grant for a project being called 鈥淐alculus for All.鈥 The thought behind it is relatively simple 鈥 if students are exposed to concepts of calculus in high school, they stand a better chance of passing calculus classes in college and can pursue STEM-related careers.
November 03, 2023
As they raise multilingual families, 网红头条 education faculty and researchers Jayoung Choi and Tuba Angay-Crowder have seen firsthand the work it takes to preserve the languages they grew up speaking before coming to the U.S. Choi, professor of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages in KSU鈥檚 Bagwell College of Education, and Angay-Crowder, a postdoctoral researcher, have teamed up with Clemson University education associate Mihaela Gazioglu and HaBilNet, to make it easier on immigrant families in the U.S.
October 30, 2023
Student teachers face a common challenge in their academic careers 鈥 they have limited opportunities to interact with elementary school children prior to their final year of college. To fix this, a 网红头条 researcher is leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) to give education students lifelike interactions with a virtual student earlier in their training.