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Shifting Dominant Narratives in Education to Create a World for Everyone
Dr. Esther Ohito, Assistant Professor of English Education/Literacy Education believes education is integral to defining and shaping the kind of world in which everyone feels like they have a place. Her research focuses on the gendered pedagogies of Black critical educators, the gendered geographies of Black girlhoods, and the poetics and aesthetics of Black knowledge and cultural production.
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Rutgers GSE Receives $1.28 Million to Expand Apprenticeships at Rural MSIs
The Rutgers Graduate School of Education (GSE) received a $1.28 million grant from the nonprofit Ascendium Education Philanthropy. The funded initiative, Building Registered Apprenticeship at Rural Minority-Serving Institutions, is a three-year project led by the Rutgers…
Rutgers GSE’s Christina Stephens Named 2026 NAEd/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellow
Christina Stephens, assistant research professor at the National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER), has received the 2026 NAEd/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship for her research, “Preschool Settings that Support Dual Language Learners: Investigating Classroom Experiences,…
Rutgers GSE Lecturer Selected for Google AI Educator Series
Natalie O’Neil joins a national network of educational leaders and tech innovators shaping the future of AI in teaching and learning. New Brunswick, NJ—The Rutgers Graduate School of Education is…
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Dissertation Defense Announcement Ph.D. in Education Program: Mariel O’Brien “Using Simulations and Log Data to Examine Students’ Exploratory Learning Processes of Lunar Phases and Eclipses: Implications for Learning the Sun-Earth-Moon System”
Science education has moved toward engaging students in the practices of science, including asking questions, developing and using models, planning and carrying out investigations, analyzing and interpreting data, and constructing explanations, as articulated in the NGSS (2013). The NGSS includes topics in astronomy, including some of the most universally observed yet misunderstood phenomena – lunar…
Learning Sciences Lunch and Learn with Dr. Ravit Golan Duncan
Connect with colleagues during this in-person presentation at the GSE (Room 124). Lunch will be provided! Can’t attend in person? Join us remotely via Zoom! Research in genetics education has shown that students and adults espouse problematic deterministic and essentialist views that contribute to racial bias. Thus far instructional antidotes have focused on countering these…
Book Launch: Dr. Kevin L. Clay’s “I Guess This Is Activism?”
BOOK LAUNCH: I GUESS THIS IS ACTIVISM? by Dr. Kevin L. Clay Youth, Political Education, and Free-Market Common Sense Event Details: Sept. 18, 2026 Reception- 5:30pm | Panel – 6:00pm Location: Rutgers Graduate School of Education 10 Seminary Place, Lecture Hall 124, New Brunswick, NJ About the Book In I Guess This Is Activism? Kevin L.…
Dissertation Proposal Announcement Ed.D. Program: Cesar Rainho “Do Teacher Evaluations Matter? A Quantitative Analysis of the Danielson Framework for Teaching and Student Achievement”
High-quality teachers have been shown to increase student success; however, teacher quality varies widely. Teacher evaluation systems are designed to monitor and promote teacher quality and provide meaningful measures of teacher performance. However, questions remain regarding the accuracy and validity of teacher evaluations and the extent to which evaluation ratings are associated with student achievement.…