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Nearly 70,000 American schoolchildren were physically disciplined in school settings in 2018, according to Michigan State University research. Moreover, the researchers found physical punishment ā which includes spanking, kicking, paddling and other physical acts ā is disproportionately applied to Black, Latinx, and Native American students and those with disabilities compared to their white counterparts.ā¦ Read More »
Associate Professor Terry Flennaugh was named the college’s associate dean for a newly named unit: Diversity, Inclusion and Community Partnerships (DICP) in fall 2023. He previously held the role in an interim capacity since 2022. Though the unit has a new name, the DICP team will continue to carry on the legacy of a unitā¦ Read More »
Michigan State University Professor Emeritus David Arsen received the Champion for Children Award from the Michigan Association of Superintendents and Administrators (MASA). The distinguished honor recognizes individuals who have made significant contributions to improving the quality of education within Michigan. It is not an annual award and is given at the MASA Board of Directors’ā¦ Read More »
Five Spartans from the College of Education have received honors for their distinguished teaching, research and leadership at Michigan State University. Four of these recognitions are part of the annual All-University Awards, celebrating faculty and graduate students. In addition, Department of Kinesiology Chair Alan L. Smith received the Simmons Chivukula Award for Academic Leadership fromā¦ Read More »
A new report on how K-12 students in Michigan have been educated during the pandemic has found a dramatic shift toward remote instruction in December. Of all school districts in Michigan, 32% switched from planning to offer some amount of in-person instruction to going fully remote only, which represents a 200% increase in the shareā¦ Read More »
Terah Venzant Chambers, an urban education and education policy scholar and a leader in local and national spaces, has been named the College of Education’s associate dean for equity and inclusion. “Equity and inclusion is the cornerstone of everything we do in the College of Education,” said Venzant Chambers, professor of K-12 educational administration. Inā¦ Read More »
Renowned Michigan State University scholar and Associate Dean Dorinda Carter Andrews will become the chairperson of the Department of Teacher Education on May 16, 2019. Carter Andrews will assume the leadership role from Professor Margaret Crocco, who is retiring after five years as chair. Carter Andrews is the first African American woman to lead theā¦ Read More »
Research led by Michigan State University helps reveal why getting to school can be particularly difficult for students in Detroit. As one of the nation’s largest markets for school choice, less than a quarter of the city’s students attend the school nearest to their home, according to the study. Further, one out of every fiveā¦ Read More »
Scholars from Michigan State University are receiving multiple honors for their careers and research at the annual American Educational Research Association (AERA) conference from April 13-17. Two Department of Teacher Education faculty members will be recognized by Division K (Teaching & Teacher Education). Associate Professor Emery Petchauer will be a co-recipient of two awards. Theā¦ Read More »
Black girls are disproportionately punished in American schools—an āoverlooked crisisā that is populating the school-to-prison pipeline at rising rates, two education scholars argue in a new paper. Dorinda Carter Andrews, associate professor at Michigan State University, and Dorothy Hines-Datiri, assistant professor at the University of Kansas and former doctoral student at MSU, cite various examplesā¦ Read More »
