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 »
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 »
Patricia A. Edwards, an internationally recognized literacy scholar, was named an American Educational Research Association (AERA) Fellow in February 2024. The honor recognizes scholars for their “exceptional contributions to, and excellence in, education research,” said AERA in a news release. Edwards was one of three Michigan State University Spartans named to this year’s cohort. Dean… Read More »
Department of Teacher Education Assistant Professor Lucia Cárdenas Curiel and her colleague, University of Arizona Associate Professor Leah Durán, are recipients of the Literacy Research Association’s Arthur Applebee Award for Excellence in Research on Literacy. Their article, “A Historical Inquiry into Bilingual Reading Textbooks: Coloniality and Biliteracy at the Turn of the 20th Century” was… Read More »
Associate Professor Tanya S. Wright is the lead author of a new professional book that aims to improve literacy learning for children from birth through age 5. The book, “Literacy Learning for Infants, Toddlers, and Preschoolers: Key Practices for Educators,” is available now through the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). … Read More »
Michigan State University Spartans have been named among the scholars for the 2022 cohort of National Academy of Education/Spencer Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. The annual program supports early career scholars who are engaging in “critical areas of education research.” In addition to professional development and networking activities, the scholars will receive $70,000 in support to… Read More »
A new book by Assistant Professor Jungmin Kwon highlights how immigrant children and families today are transnational: flexibly crossing languages, cultures and countries and building and maintaining connections with their homes, homelands and more. “In the past, most discussions on immigrants were limited to their experiences within the U.S. People may assume that immigrants leave… Read More »
On the banks of the Red Cedar, there is a school that is known to all. And it was on the banks of the Red Cedar River that Nicole Nuckolls Carter, TCRT ’99 and M.A. ’01 (Curriculum & Instruction), found her calling at a college renowned for producing educators who are prepared to lead. Now,… Read More »
New research from Michigan State University shows that school districts intended to retain 229 students this school year out of more than 3,000 eligible based on low reading scores under Michigan’s Read by Grade Three law. Retained students represent 0.2% of all third-grade students in Michigan and account for 6.7% of those who were eligible… Read More »
New research reports from Michigan State University find that Michigan students’ learning gains were slower during the pandemic with more than 3,000 students identified as needing to repeat third grade due to low reading scores. The reports are from MSU’s Education Policy Innovation Collaborative, or EPIC, the strategic research partner of the Michigan Department of… Read More »
