NIU College of Education students selected for the May 2017 edition of Educate U.S. gathered last week in a Graham Hall classroom to learn more about their pending trip to the Houston Independent School District. Jennifer Johnson, the college’s director of teacher
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Ashley Grazutis realized in middle school that she wanted to become a teacher when she grew up. So did Saul Amaya – and for the same reason. Both now are students in the NIU College of Education, pursuing licensure in Middle-level Teaching
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If Nicole Morales ever dreamed of a job other than teaching, she doesn’t remember it. “The materials have always come really easily to me. I’ve always done well in school,” says Morales, a senior Early Childhood Education major from Rockford. “Even when
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by Angela M. Johansson, M.A. ’05 Originally appeared in Northern Now North Lawndale is one of the toughest neighborhoods on Chicago’s West Side. Its streets are plagued by poverty and gang violence. Each morning, workers in reflective orange vests are stationed at
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