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College of Education News

The College of Education creates an intellectual environment that promotes quality instruction, significant research, and professional service. With four unique departments, graduates receive the necessary tools and experiences to make an impact on local, national, and global scales.

Current Education News

Stacy Shapin stands in an art gallery
People |

The College of Fine Arts advising director on the high value of arts degrees, quiet spaces, and being a late bloomer.

A portrait of Gwen Marchand.
Research |

The associate vice president for research shares how she’s redefining the research infrastructure at UNLV, one grant and project at a time. 

UNLV's first cohort of counselor education and supervision Ph.D. students
Campus News |

The Department of Counselor Education, School Psychology, and Human Services welcomes its first cohort of counselor education and supervision Ph.D. students.

UNLV professor Federick Ngo on campus while sitting on a bench with his right raised and his right foot on the bench
People |

UNLV Professor Federick Ngo earns high marks for his devotion to teaching and to breaking down barriers that hinder college access and student success.

Wearing a dark suit and sunglasses, UNLV Graduate College Alumnus of the Year Lonnie Wright poses on campus with a We Are UNLV sign in the background
People |

From scholarship athlete and three-time graduate to educator and tireless advocate, Lonnie Wright embodies the Rebel Spirit like no other.

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UNLV History |

Education professor honored for his lifetime of bringing equity to our schools through research, teaching, and advocacy.

Education In The News

KSNV-TV: News 3

The Las Vegas Aces have traded fan favorite Kelsey Plum to the Los Angeles Sparks as part of a three-team deal that also involves the Seattle Storm.

KLAS-TV: 8 News Now

Homework and extracurricular activities can be a balance for teachers and students in order to be productive, but how much is too much? Experts shared with 8 News Now how the wrong kind or amount of homework can backfire on teachers and students.

KLAS-TV: 8 News Now

When kids get home from school, a lot of parents help them with homework. It can be a grind, especially with all their extracurricular activities.

Las Vegas Sun

A national teachers union leader came to UNLV this week to learn more about how the university is answering the call to get more educators in classrooms through less-traditional routes.

KSNV-TV: News 3

Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, will visit the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, on Tuesday, January 7. She plans to observe the Nevada Forward program, a teacher apprenticeship initiative that serves as a national model for addressing the teacher shortage and diversifying the educator workforce.

Las Vegas Review Journal

If Lake Elementary School had looked only at the student’s math assessment in English, teachers would have worried about him. But when he took the same exam in Spanish, Principal Paola Elena Zepher said, he “blew it out of the water.”

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Recent Education Accomplishments

Megan R. Griffard and Jacob D. Skousen (both Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) published the book chapter "Leading Through Climate Disasters and Environmental Injustice: Past, Present, and Future" in the latest anthology in the series, Transforming Education through Critical Leadership, Policy, and Practice. In their…
Katrina Liu (Teaching and Learning) and Richard Miller (School of Music), together with their colleague Michael K. Thomas (Educational Psychology, University of Illinois, Chicago), published a new book, Preparing White Teachers for Anti-Racist Education: Critical Reflection and Generativity for Transformative Praxis. This research-based guide from…
Undergraduate Sport Leadership & Management Certificate students Jessica Sobel, Ryan Gilder, Gabriella Ghasserani, and Isabel Ritchie placed second in the Case Cup Competition at the Annual Commission of Sport Management Accreditation (COSMA) National Conference. Michelle Coyner (Intercollegiate & Professional Sport Management; Educational…
S. Kathleen Krach (Counselor Education, Psychology, and Human Services), along with faculty colleagues at three other universities, published the article, "Roles, Responsibilities, and Provided Supports for School Psychology Faculty," in the journal Contemporary School Psychology. This article addresses the shortage of faculty in school psychology…
Linc Johnson (Early Childhood, Multilingual and Special Education) presented his research, Activating the Globalization Scorecard – Measuring and Assessing Global Engagement, Consciousness and Citizenship in Education, at the Bangkok International Conference on Teaching, Education & Learning, 15-16 December 2024 in Bangkok, Thailand…
Assistant Professor Megan Griffard (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education), Ph.D., and doctoral student Monica Ceja-Rodriguez recently published the article, "Managing in a Storm of Chaos: The Ecology of School Principals’ Crisis Management," in Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis (EEPA). The article examines…