Curriculum and Instruction Archives - Cato College of Education

‘Scholarship that Serves the Community’: Charlitta Hatch ’25 Ph.D. wins CMS school board seat with priorities driven by doctoral research

Posted on December 9, 2025

Categories: Student Spotlight Tags: Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, Curriculum and Instruction, Education, EduNiners, graduate programs, MDSK, PhD, School Board

Academics often love to say that their research drives real change in the world, but sometimes it’s hard to prove that it does. Charlitta Hatch, however, has some pretty concrete proof. Earlier this year, she ran for Charlotte-Mecklenburg School Board in District 1 and won, defeating several other candidates. She defended her dissertation in urban […]

‘Somebody Is Waiting for You’: Drs. Brittany ‘25 and Jaalil ‘24 Hart

Posted on May 8, 2025

Categories: Student Spotlight Tags: Bettie Butler, Chance Lewis, Curriculum and Instruction, Education, EduNiners, Erin Washburn, Literacy, MDSK, Ph.D., Urban Education

There are two kinds of academics in this world – those who prefer outside encouragement and those who need support from those in the trenches with them. Brittany and Jaalil Hart took the latter to what some may call the extreme in choosing to complete their doctoral degrees at the same time as husband and […]

Cato College soars in U.S. News and World Report 2025 rankings

Posted on January 28, 2025

Categories: General News Tags: Curriculum and Instruction, Education, EduNiners, graduate programs, K-12 Education, MDSK, Middle Grades, rankings, Secondary Education, Special education, Teaching, U.S. News and World Report

UNC Charlotte’s Cato College of Education has been recognized as one of the nation’s top 10 programs in online graduate education, tying for the No. 9 spot on U.S. News & World Report’s 2025 Best Online Master’s in Education rankings, released Jan. 21. This represents an increase of fourteen places from 2024 and marks the […]