Dr. Morales (C&I) is a co-principal investigator of a three-year, $445,000 Spencer Foundation grant focused on how centering the experiences and knowledge of pre-service teachers of color can improve teacher education programs.
Assistant professor of science education (Curriculum & Instruction) Daniel Morales-Doyle has been named a 2020 National Academy of Education (NAEd)/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellow.
Two education-related researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago have received nearly $1 million combined in grants from the Spencer Foundation in support of their work. One of the awards, granted through…
The UIC College of Education has received a $2.8 million gift from Marjorie Pelino to help expand the number of early childhood teachers in Chicago and surrounding areas.
Associate professor Greg Larnell is a co-PI for the project, which aims to prepare students to face what educational researchers call “climates of intimidation” within higher education and STEM.
Backed by a two-year, $250,000 grant, co-PIs Sarai Coba-Rodriguez (Educational Psychology) and Kate Zinsser (Psychology) will examine the impact on families whose children are expelled or forced out of early child care programs.
The University of Illinois at Chicago has received a $3.8 million, four-year grant from the U.S. Department of Education to further its work, along with several partners, supporting early childhood education and to…
Project STAGE is run out of UIC’s department of curriculum and instruction within the College of Education, and the School of Theatre & Music within the College of Architecture, Design and the Arts (CADA).
Janice Jackson has been involved in the Chicago Public Schools her entire life. She was a CPS student from Head Start, an early education program for low-income families, through 12th grade, then began…
