During a recent event at the University of Illinois Chicago, dozens of early childhood teachers and their families celebrated completing the UIC Early Childhood Education Alternative Licensure Program. The 41 teachers are part…
The University of Illinois Chicago is one of six institutions that will split an $8.8 million National Science Foundation grant to develop theories, research methods and tools to help expand and tailor the…
Mark your calendar! #GivingTuesday is November 29! Get ready to support the College of Education at UIC. Together, we can empower students and faculty, discover cures, connect communities, and demand justice. Together, we…
When Reon Gillespie, Alan Aburto and Ja’Waun Williams were handed the blue-and-red striped neckties that formally symbolized their entry into the University of Illinois Chicago’s Call Me MISTER initiative years ago, they knew…
The UIC Center for Urban Education Leadership has received a $250,000 grant to continue its efforts to assist the Chicago Public Schools’ five-year vision to strengthen its leadership pipeline. The two-year grant by…
Decoteau Irby, an associate professor in Educational Policy Studies (EDPS) in the College of Education, recently published two books that may seem dissimilar, but both find their roots in the same place: social…
The UIC College of Engineering and College of Education have received a $538,237 federal grant to continue a summer biomedical engineering program that has trained 27 Chicago Public School science teachers over the last…
Muhammad, who returned to UIC this fall as an associate professor after earning her PhD at UIC in 2013, was the recipient of the 2021 Outstanding Educator in English Language Arts Award from the National Council of Teachers of English.