As schools closed across the country for COVID-19, celebrities quickly found a new calling. Betty White, Michelle Obama, Josh Gad, Demi Lovato, Jimmy Fallon, Reese Witherspoon and countless other famous faces sat in front of cameras to engage in an online version
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The NIU College of Education’s first Idea Exchange stirred curiosity and enthusiasm for innovative and effective practices in teaching among the March 29 participants. Modeled on speed-dating – or speed-networking for professionals – the fast-paced event put faculty, instructors and graduate teaching
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
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