When did you start thinking about higher education? First- and second-grade students at Lincoln Elementary School in Bellwood already picture themselves on college campuses, thanks to some assistance from students in the Open Doors project, part of the NIU College of Education’s
Read moreProject CUP research illustrates challenge of managing tough home lives of students
Jan Solano arrived at the home of virtual strangers to watch, like a fly on the wall, how they prepared themselves for the day. It was 6 a.m. The mother of the family knew that Solano, a junior Middle Level Teaching and
Read moreNew Educate Local program transports Special Ed majors to try literacy projects in alternative Chana Education Center
For years, Mary Gardner has required her LTCY 300 students to create theoretical “listening center” projects on paper. Gardner, an instructor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, expects these assignments to propose good nonfiction texts to read aloud to children. She
Read moreCoE’s Altus partnership blooms with El-Ed major Jamal Murphy
Jamal Murphy is not a typical NIU College of Education teacher-licensure candidate. Raised on the West Side of Chicago, Murphy encountered an eighth-grade teacher who told him he would drop out by his sophomore year. What? Not finish high school? “Once you
Read moreClinton Rosette seventh-graders ‘teach’ NIU Middle Level majors
Would you rather have hands for feet – or feet for hands? Would you rather have the hiccups for the rest of your life – or the feeling that you’re about to sneeze? Would you rather eat brownies for the rest of
Read moreNIU teacher candidates spend time in Chicago and Texas classrooms
Teacher candidates visit Altus Academy On April 28th a group of Elementary Education teacher candidates traveled to Altus Academy in Chicago. Altus Academy provides college preparatory education to 2nd-8th grade students from historical minority groups, low-income families, and first generation college graduate
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