Dan Clay’s new role as dean of the University of Iowa College of Education is more than an exciting job opportunity: It’s a homecoming of sorts. Clay, who began as dean on July 1, comes to the UI from the University of Missouri, where he was dean of the College of Education since 2010. He served as a tenure-track faculty member in the UI College of Education’s counseling psychology program from...

For the eighth consecutive year, George Washington High School in Cedar Rapids is the top Advanced Placement (AP) school in Iowa, according to the Iowa AP Index. The College of Education's Belin-Blank Center created the index to assess AP participation among accredited public and nonpublic schools in Iowa.

Susannah Wood has been elected as president-elect of North Central Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (NCACES).

UI education faculty using interactive technology to help K-12 teachers improve student behavior

The University of Iowa College of Education saw a record-breaking year for those receiving Fulbright grants, with the highly competitive program awarding 2016-2017 English Teaching Assistantships to Lauren Darby, Abigail Grilli, and Amanda Kloser.

Dr. Kimberly Datchuk (Art Education) presented a paper at The Fine Arts and Critics: Legitimizing the Status Quo and the Social Order conference at the University of Burgundy on April 29, 2016.

Associate Professor Mary Cohen (Teaching & Learning, Music Education) is this year's recipient of the “Big Wheel in the Arts” Award.

The College of Education hosted about 100 Cedar Rapids middle school students for the tenth annual African American Achievement Program.

College of Education faculty and alumni envision science standards for future global citizens.

There was a time in Ali Heath’s life when she believed that living independently and attending college were unattainable goals.

Nicholas Bowman, director of the Center for Research on Undergraduate Education (CRUE), is examining the reasons that students do not complete college and the importance of college success.

Nathan Fulcher is a self-identified “white guy from Iowa.” He grew up in a small town and went to a Catholic high school with only 100 students in the whole building. The world of Fulcher’s upbringing couldn’t be any further from that of Santa Monica High School on Los Angeles’ west side, where today he teaches language and literature. With roughly 3,100 students in all nine-12th grades, Fulcher...

In 2015, the School Administrators of Iowa recognized Julie Trepa, principal at Paul Norton Elementary in Bettendorf, as the Elementary Principal of the Year, no small feat in a state with more than 1,200 elementary schools. Trepa received her master’s degree in 1999 and her specialist in education degree in 2015, both in the Educational Leadership program at the UI College of Education. “The...

As one of the College of Education’s oldest alumni, Gracka Gerardi, who received her bachelor’s degree in Music Education in 1936, has seen quite a bit of change over the years, but consistent has been her profound love of music and joy of sharing it with others through her work as an educator. Gerardi says things were a little different when she was a student at the University of Iowa in the...

The College of Education Diversity Committee hosted its annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Research Symposium on Friday, February 19, 2016. The annual symposium includes a showcase of graduate and undergraduate research projects related to diversity.

Emily Guenther enrolled as a Master’s student in Schools, Culture, and Society because of her interest in studying education in context, noting that the SCS program has been very useful in putting her work in context of historical trends and conflicts.

This partnership with UAY is part of the Art Education Secondary Methods course. TEP Art Education students teach a 10-week workshop for students in grades 8-12. The workshop ends with a public art exhibit.

As part of the College of Education’s Distinguished Speakers Series, Margaret Buckton and Larry Sigel presented “Iowa Demographics and Education Funding, Then and Now” on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2015. 

On February 17, 2015,  Michael W. Apple presented "Are Dominant Educational Reforms Really Democratic?" as a part of the University of Iowa College of Education’s Distinguished Speaker Series.

Carla, a second-year SCS doctoral student, was awarded a 2015 Obermann Fellowship. For Carla, the fellowship is especially meaningful because as a Latina and first-generation college student, it will enhance her leadership skills to work in communities of need.