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Miles de Manos / Thousands of Hands is Subject of a New NIH Grant for the College of Education
Dec. 04, 2020
Dean and faculty will leverage strengths of families and communities across Honduras to lead research on a community-based youth violence intervention.

Terrance L. Green Selected for the 2020 William T. Grant Scholars Program
May. 05, 2020
Terrance L. Green is one of just five recipients selected for the 2020 William T. Grant Scholars awards. Launched in 1982, the Scholars Program supports the professional development of promising researchers in the social, behavioral, and health sciences who have received their terminal degrees within the past seven years. Green…

College of Education Hosts Cultivating New Voices of Color 20th Anniversary Meeting
Feb. 28, 2020
For 20 years, Cultivating New Voices (CNV) has worked to build a strong community of cultural and linguistic thinkers from underrepresented minorities among teachers of English. “Community is everything. We are nothing without our community, and this is such a strong community,” says Tracey Flores, a former CNV scholar and…

There’s No Place Like Home
Jan. 31, 2020
Everyday interventions show promise for young children with autism.

Doctoral Student Wins 3-Minute Thesis Competition
Nov. 04, 2019
Daniel Thomas, a third-year doctoral student in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, is the winner of the 2020 Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition at UT Austin.

Learn about Educational Leadership and Policy’s Graduate-Student-Run Peer-Reviewed Journal, Texas Education Review
Oct. 11, 2019
TxEd is a web-based, open access peer-reviewed academic journal that does not require fees for authors to publish their work.

More Than Just a Walk Around the Block
Feb. 28, 2019
Curriculum and Instruction Clinical Associate Professor Haydée Rodriguez takes a group of pre-service bilingual/bicultural education students on community walks to help the students learn about their students' lives.

A Boisterous Classroom May be Better for Kids than You Think
Feb. 23, 2019
That’s what San Antonio Independent School District is betting on. And the bet is backed by research from the Department of Curriculum and Instruction.