The Courageous Conversation® Global Foundation promotes interracial healing by creating safe spaces for authentic dialogues among people of all races. The foundation’s Courageous Equity Leadership Fellowship program trains college students to become leaders in engaging their communities in conversations that create change. Four School of Education students were chosen to be part of the cohort that includes students from colleges and universities from across the nation. The students recently shared their reflections of the program and their their efforts to promote racial healing on Drexel's University City campus.

The School of Education is in mourning following the passing of its beloved Dean, Penny L. Hammrich, PhD. Dr. Hammrich died on Thursday, August 11th, 2022. In her tenure at Drexel, Penny made an indelible impact on the School of Education and was admired and loved by her colleagues and students across the university.

In a continuous bid to elevate the faculty and student experience, the School of education is proud to announce a new partnership with Abu Dhabi University (ADU). 

I am most excited about our various projects in the Justice-oriented Youth (JoY) Education Lab. Getting to collaborate with incredible youth and community members as well as working with amazing SOE students, faculty, staff and other colleagues at Drexel on inspiring research and programs brings me great “joy”!

I am currently working with the Centre for Equity and Quality in Universal Education (CEQUE), a non-governmental organization (NGO) in India, that upskills public and private school teacher practices. To improve classroom practices, CEQUE coaches and mentors teachers to engage in reflective practice.

Working with colleagues Valerie Klein and Wesley Shumar at Drexel, as well as partners at 21st Century Partnership for STEM Education, and SoE alum Anthony Matranga at California State University – San Marcos, much of my attention this year will be on our NSF-funded ORCIDS project. The project brings together teachers, researchers and other math educators to focus on ways to engage more meaningfully with students online.

As a Research Professor and Co-Director of The Methods Lab, I am part of many exciting new projects this year! In addition to building interdisciplinary research teams and partnerships, the most current project is a collaborative project among Drexel University, Bowling Green State University, and Clarity Assessment Systems.

Dara Bright, a doctoral researcher from Drexel University’s School of Education, has been selected for one of 15 highly competitive annual fellowships with the Community for Advancing Discovery Research in Education (CADRE), a resource network for STEM education researchers supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF).

The Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP) granted accreditation to Drexel University School of Education educator preparation programs. Drexel is the only university in Philadelphia and the surrounding suburbs to be approved under the CAEP Accreditation Standards – rigorous, nationally recognized standards that were developed to ensure excellence in educator preparation programs.

To celebrate Teacher Appreciation Week, here are 10 great ways you can thank teachers.

Drexel University's partnership with the TEACH Pennsylvania Scholarship from the the Pennsylvania Child Care Association is helping teachers at childcare centers across the state earn teacher certification without having to take out loans and other debt to pay for their education.

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused dramatic changes in our everyday lives. Dr. Penny Hammrich, Dean and Distinguished University Professor has this special message with students.

Drexel University School of Education Assistant Professor Christopher Wright is a 2019 recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). This award is the highest honor bestowed by the United States Government to outstanding scientists and engineers who are beginning their independent research careers and who show exceptional promise for leadership in science and technology.

Global architecture and design firm Perkins Eastman and Drexel University, a Tier 1 Research university in Philadelphia, PA, are pleased to announce the Consortium for Design and Education Outcomes (CDEO), a joint research collaboration that will study the impact of environmental design on educational outcomes.

Jetting off to a foreign country to teach sounds like the dream of bright-eyed young college graduates and corporate America burnouts looking for a fresh start. But Nathalie Chica, MS in Global and International Education ’16, doesn’t quite fit these stereotypes. As a divorced mother working in education, Chica wasn’t looking to escape her day job or take a gap-year adventure; she was looking to further her career.

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Drexel School of Education Associate Dean of Research Dr. Dominic Gullo was quoted by WHYY  Newsworks regarding the signing of the Every Student Succeeds Act and new federal funding to expand Pre-K.

 Drexel’s DragonsTeach program was recently recognized among three schools in the nation who are meeting the need for future STEM teachers by providing students with the resources they need to educate our next generation of children.

The School of Education hosted a discussion on higher education reform on September 9, featuring Andrew Kelly as the speaker.

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a grant nearly $93,000 to the Math Forum for the project, “Online Collaboration to Understand Preservice Teachers' Developing Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching (MKT).”