Shireen Al-Adeimi, assistant professor of language and literacy in the Michigan State University Department of Teacher Education, is a recipient of the 2024-2025 MSU Teacher Scholar Award. The honor, bestowed by the Office of Faculty and Academic Staff Development, is part of the university’s All-University Awards. Teacher Scholar Awards are given “to faculty who have… Read More »
Assistant Professor Jungmin Kwon is a recipient of a Racial Equity Research Grant from the Spencer Foundation for her project, “Youth as Storytellers and Educators: Asian Americans Remaking School Curriculum.” The study will empower Asian American youth to challenge stereotypes and reshape school curricula through oral history and digital storytelling. Asian Americans are the fastest-growing… Read More »
According to recent state assessments, only 25% of Michigan’s fourth-grade students have achieved reading proficiency. Despite the 2018 Read by Grade 3 law, which aimed to ensure students achieve basic literacy by third grade, challenges persist due to a variety of reasons. These challenges were further exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, with reading scores declining… Read More »
Michigan State University scholars Joanne Marciano and Beth Herbel-Eisenmann are recipients of the Distinguished Partnership Award for Community-Engaged Teaching for their leadership in The Youth Voices Project, an initiative that empowers middle and high school students through participatory research. Each year, Michigan State University’s Distinguished Partnership Awards recognize faculty and their community partners for outstanding,… Read More »
Associate Professor Sara Witmer is leading a study to better understand how students with disabilities use extended time accommodations during math tests. Funded by a $702,473 grant from the Institute of Education Sciences, Witmer will examine this widely used testing accommodation, and hopes to provide educators and policymakers with evidence-based recommendations to better support students.… Read More »
There is a long-documented problem of inequalities in mathematics education across the United States and in other countries around the world. Previous research suggests socio-economic status (SES) and race play a role — but to what extent and how? Research from Michigan State University scholars answers these questions. “This study yielded astoundingly interesting results,” said… Read More »
One in five U.S. adults — or about 23% of the U.S. adult population — live with mental illness, according to the National Institutes of Health. A new Michigan State University master’s program will educate and create future professionals who can support mental health needs, beginning in Fall 2025. The M.A. in Clinical Mental Health… Read More »
MSU Professor Lynn Paine co-edited “The World Yearbook of Education 2025,” published by Routledge. The volume, “The Teaching Profession in a Globalizing World: Governance, Career, Learning,” focuses on the teacher policies and governance of the teaching perspective within contemporary contexts of societal changes and globalization. It is the first volume in the series dedicated to… Read More »
Faculty, students and alums from the Michigan State University College of Education are represented in a special, double-issue of Information & Learning Sciences, available now. The October 2024 publication put a spotlight on social media’s increasing presence in today’s society and its role in “incidental and purposeful learning.” The co-editors and authors explore how social… Read More »
A nearly $1.7 million National Center for Education Research grant shared between Michigan State University and Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) will integrate culturally relevant teaching and advanced technology to enhance middle school science education in underserved school districts. Spartan scholars Kui Xie, Red Cedar Distinguished Professor, and Joseph Krajcik, Lappan-Phillips Professor, are co-principal investigators on… Read More »
