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Professors Maria Varelas, Danny Martin, and George Karabatsos, along with Assistant Professor Justine Kane of Wayne State University, were awarded $165,000 by the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research's Areas of Excellence Program for their study, Content Learning and Identity Construction (CLIC): Science and Mathematics Learning Among African American Students in Urban Elementary Schools. This work is a joint effort between mathematics education, science education, educational measurement and urban education, focusing on Black children’s science and mathematics education in ways that bring attention both to what and how students learn, and to how they position themselves, and others position them, as Black learners of mathematics and science in urban school settings.

Associate Professor Lisa Cushing and Clinical Professor Michelle Parker-Katz have been awarded a grant from the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs to prepare teachers in our advanced certification program (LBS2) to work with individuals with disabilities in the transition from school to life. Read the full press release here.