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School of Education & Human Sciences to honor 2024 Distinguished Alumni Award recipients
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas School of Education and Human Sciences will honor two of its alumni with one of its top awards this spring. Matt Enyart and Scot Pollard will be recognized with the 2024 Distinguished Alumni Award on Friday, May 10 at the school’s spring convocation ceremony at the Lied Center of Kansas.
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Study finds clear instruction, parental support predict students' sense of school belonging
LAWRENCE — A new study from the University of Kansas has analyzed the roles classroom interaction and parental support play in school connectedness, finding clearly communicated instruction in class and support from parents are closely linked with belonging.
Distinguished professor to share future of developing tiered systems to meet K-12 students’ multiple needs
LAWRENCE — A top scholar in special education, Kathleen Lynne Lane has co-written 14 books and published 242 journal articles and 56 book chapters on how to prevent and respond to learning, behavioral, and social and emotional well-being challenges.
KU graduate students to present research to legislators, public at state Capitol
LAWRENCE — Twelve University of Kansas graduate students from the Lawrence and KU Medical Center campuses will present their innovative research March 21 at the state Capitol.
New books examine how to foster meaningful interactions between students, faculty to bolster college success
LAWRENCE — Two new books co-written by a University of Kansas education researcher examine how to move beyond the conventional measures of student-faculty interactions to consider new ways of building meaningful relationships between educators and pupils.
KU Educational Leadership & Policy Studies announces new Higher Education Administration graduate certificate
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas Educational Leader
Letting go of what doesn’t work in education
During the Cold War of the 1950s and 1960s, schoolchildren learned to protect themselves from a nuclear bomb attack by scrambling under their desk during “duck and cover” drills. The futility of the practice was apparent to everyone, including the children.
Study finds students, designers have different perceptions of masculine, feminine traits of classrooms, influence on belonging
LAWRENCE — The way people interact with the built environment can influence whether they feel comfortable in a space or if they feel they belong among people who gather there. But the people who design learning spaces and those who use them might not feel the same about them.
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LAWRENCE — No one can do everything. Yet that is exactly what many school leaders feel like they must do.
US News & World Report highlights KU online education programs in 2024 rankings
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas School of Education & Human Sciences has two programs ranked among the nation’s best in the 2024 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Online Programs,” released Feb.