For the 25th straight year, MSU was ranked #1 in the nation for elementary and secondary education. U.S. News & World Report released its annual graduate program rankings in March, which also recognized the college's programs incurriculum and instruction and rehabilitation counseling as the best in the U.S.
Renowned MSU scholar Dorinda Carter Andrews will become the chairperson of the Department of Teacher Education on May 16, 2019. She is the first African American woman to lead the department in its history.
Joseph Krajcik has been elected to the National Academy of Education, an honor reserved for the nation's most outstanding scholars in education. Krajcik, Lappan-Phillips Professor of Science Education and director of the CREATE for STEM Institute at MSU, was among 16 new members announced.
MATH MATTERS: MSU research finds Michigan high school students are taking—and passing—advanced mathematics courses, likely an effect of the state's graduation requirements.
Associate Professor Amita Chudgar will explore marginalized youth's experiences in secondary education around the globe through a nearly $1 million grant as a recipient of the 2018 Lyle Spencer Research Award.
NASPA HONORS: Two scholars from the Department of Educational Administration were honored at the NASPA conference in March.
Associate Professor Matthew Wawrzynski was the second in the college's history to be named a Pillar of the Profession, one of the highest honors from the organization.
What can we learn from 60 years of international tests? A new book from University Distinguished Professor William Schmidt recounts the history of international efforts to understand the role of schooling, curriculum and its relationship to student achievement.
SCHOOL FUNDING: Funding for Michigan's public schools has fallen more sharply than any other state over the past quarter century, research from MSU finds.
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