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Best of both worlds: Educate U.S. takes virtual trip to Houston during pandemic

January 15, 2021 Mark McGowan CI, enewsletter, KNPE, SEED

COVID-19 could not cancel the NIU College of Education’s January 2021 edition of Educate U.S. with the Houston Independent School District. Even as the pandemic did prevent travel to Texas for the 14 teacher-licensure candidates chosen to participate in the real-world learning,

Houston, we have liftoff! Two COE alums reach stars with Texas teaching awards

April 5, 2020 Mark McGowan Alumni, CI, enewsletter, SEED

Jessica Dyra and Aimee Zepeda are proof of the power of positive role models. “I’ve always liked school, and as I grew up, I saw how much of an impact my teachers had on me,” says Dyra, who is from Crystal Lake.

Educate U.S. travelers celebrate another successful trip to Texas

June 6, 2017 Mark McGowan CI, enewsletter, SEED

One by one, the names of Farias Early Childhood Center students are called as the morning attendance is taken. When there is no response – no “Here!” or “¡Aquí!”– a child stationed at the front of the classroom carefully removes that classmate’s