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Cato College of Education professor Ryan Miller has been named a 2021 Emerging Scholar by The American College Personnel Association (ACPA). The ACPA recognizes exemplary students, administrators, educators, and initiatives, during its annual convention. ACPA’s core values of education and development of the whole student and diversity, multicultural competence and human dignity. “It is humbling […]

Ya-yu Lo, professor of Special Education and graduate program director for the M.Ed. and MAT programs in the Department of Special Education and Child Development, is the 2021 recipient of the Harshini V. de Silva Graduate Mentor Award. She was honored at a special Zoom ceremony Thursday, Feb. 18. “Dr. Lo always went above and […]

BY: JENNIFER HOWE, UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS Ryan Haines ‘16, ‘20 and Sarah Tozer ‘19 were planning a destination wedding in St. Maarten for April 5, 2021. St. Maarten means a lot to the young couple. That is where they went on their first vacation together and it is where they said “I love you,” for the […]

In the 2021 rankings for Best Colleges from U.S. News & World Report, the Cato College of Education was ranked nationally for its online programs and among the top 10 for online special education programs. UNC Charlotte Distance Education has been recognized consistently by U.S. News & World Report during the past four years, with […]

Candace Chambers, a Ph.D. student in Curriculum and Instruction, is among the literacy leaders named to the International Literacy Association’s 2021 30 Under 30 list. The global list celebrates rising innovators, disruptors and visionaries in the literacy field. Chambers, who was recognized for her efforts within community-based literacy, has conducted college-readiness workshops for more than […]

UNC Charlotte professor Spencer Salas has been announced as a recipient of the English Language Specialist Program 30@30 Award by the United States Department of State in honor of the Specialist Program’s 30th Anniversary. The award recognizes Salas as one of a select group of thirty specialists who have made a lasting impact on the […]

For the second time in the last four years, a UNC Charlotte professor has earned one of the nation’s top honors in foreign language education. Kristin Davin, an associate professor in the Cato College of Education, has been named the recipient of the Anthony Papalia Award for Excellence in Teacher Education. The award is bestowed […]

Through the largest grant in the University’s history, a pair of researchers from the UNC Charlotte Cato College of Education are expanding their national effort to improve employment, education and community integration for students and youth with disabilities. With a five-year award of more than $20 million, the U.S. Department of Education is ramping up […]

UNC Charlotte continues its long-standing tradition of honoring exceptional teachers who have demonstrated excellence in motivating and mentoring students to achieve in the classroom, in the community and in future careers. Cato College of Education professor Heather Coffey is the winner of the Bank of America Award for Teaching Excellence. She was honored during a […]

The approaching PK-12 public school year will be unlike any other. Of concern to many students, parents, and those in the education field are dramatic shifts to online learning in an effort to help contain the COVID-19 pandemic. Much time and effort is being dedicated to helping teachers teach and learners learn in this environment. […]

As teachers across the region prepare for a different sort of school year, faculty and staff at Charlotte’s newest school are in the building at Niner University Elementary at Amay James (NUE), readying for its opening on Aug. 17. Staffed and operated by UNC Charlotte, NUE is the sixth school across the state to emerge […]

With the fall semester on the horizon, the Cato College of Education is proud to recognize its scholarship recipients for the upcoming academic year. Thanks to the support of our generous donors, the Cato College of Education has been able to award 119 scholarships totaling nearly $340,000. “My dream is to be a great elementary […]

by: Thomas Lott, Independent Tribune “We have a common goal. We’re working toward promoting equity at every level of P-12 public education and rather than operating in silos we want to work together.” -Dr. Joseph Allen, Diversity and Inclusion Specialist at Mooresville Graded School District In February, the RMK Equity in Education Summit was a […]

Dr. Tehia Starker-Glass and Dr.Erin Miller co-designed the courses for the Anti-Racism in Urban Education Graduate Certificate in 2014 to fill a gap in curriculum for the program. “The work of anti-racism has been critically important for centuries, and we wanted to build on the traditions of anti-racism knowledge and activism that has always defined […]

Alumnus Harvey Bagshaw ’92, an assistant principal at Stallings Elementary School, sings “I Don’t Know” about his school’s uncertainty under the pandemic. Watch the video

Dr. Tracey Benson, assistant professsor of educational leadership, spoke with Education Week Teacher to provide guidance to educators on talking about the death of George Floyd. READ MORE

Cato College of Education alumna Emily Wagoner is the 2019-2020 Cabarrus County Teacher of the Year. Wagoner, who earned a dual degree in special education and elementary education in 2014, was presented the award in a suprise ceremony in her front lawn. She is a third-grade teacher at R. Brown McAllister Elementary, and was the […]

by: Kadee Blakley, Charlotte Five Around this time last year, Riley Byrnes-Peterson had her hands full. A student at UNC Charlotte, she was studying Child and Family Development – a course of study about the development of children from birth to kindergarten. But it was the family development part that particularly spoke to Peterson. “We […]