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Welcoming TexCEP’s New Director: Esther Calzada
November 16, 2022
Dr. Esther J. Calzada has been appointed as the center director for the Texas Center for Equity Promotion (TexCEP). Calzada is the Norma and Clay Leben Professor in Child and Family Behavioral Health and the associate dean for equity, inclusion and accessibility at the Steve Hicks School of Social…
College of Education Students and Dean Charles Martinez Reflect on What Awaits New Texas Teachers
August 25, 2022
By KUT Education Reporter Becky Fogel and Multimedia Producer Michael Minasi Charles Martinez asked himself: “What’s worse than a crisis?” The dean of the College of Education at UT Austin, Martinez says the teacher shortage that Texas and the U.S. are facing is a…
The College of Education at UT Austin Convenes a Learning Community to Examine the Significance of Curriculum Literacy in Texas
December 14, 2021
Do teachers in Texas have access to high quality instructional materials and are they prepared and supported on how to use them? This is the question the Texas Education Curriculum Literacy Learning Community will research and examine over the next year. Led by faculty members in the College…
Dean Charles R. Martinez, Jr. Interviewed About U.S. Teacher Shortage
August 04, 2021
Dean Charles R. Martinez, Jr. Charles R. Martinez, Jr., dean of the College of Education, was interviewed about the teacher shortage for a four-part podcast series Who wants to be a teacher? by APM Reports, the investigative division of American Public…
