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Author: Mark McGowan

NIU educator-licensure programs rated highly
in inaugural Illinois Educator Preparation Profiles

  • December 7, 2020
DeKalb, Ill. — A first-time report released Dec. 7 by the Illinois State Board of Education gives high marks to Northern Illinois University’s educator-licensure programs. The Illinois Educator Preparation Profiles…

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NIU receives $1.6 million grant to improve math content knowledge for PK-12 teachers from Rockford, Sauk Valley

Grant also funds development of online resources for transitional math

  • March 28, 2019
DeKalb, Ill. — Northern Illinois University has received a $1.6 million grant from the Illinois State Board of Education to provide professional development in math pedagogy to 160 teachers from…

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The future of teaching and learning

NIU to open center for cutting-edge research in educational technology

  • October 31, 2018
DeKalb, Ill. — Northern Illinois University is launching a new research center in 2019 to cultivate, support, harness and promote cutting-edge scholarship at the intersection of education and technology. As…

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Reed Scherer

New study suggests surprising wrinkle in history of West Antarctic Ice Sheet

At some point since last Ice Age, the WAIS was smaller than it is today

  • June 13, 2018
DeKALB, Ill. — Scientists  generally have believed that since the end of the last Ice Age, about 15,000 years ago, the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) has been getting smaller…

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‘Replace judgment with curiosity’

Educate Global travelers return to United States with eyes open to power of classroom diversity

  • December 4, 2017
After 14 hours in the air, there was obviously no need to tell Marcus Lewis that he wasn’t in DeKalb anymore. Yet his first steps off the plane into a…

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Breaking the Silence

Suicide ‘survivors,’ counselors discuss uncomfortable subject, stigma

  • October 17, 2017
For Adam Carter, the moment came some 15 years ago in the preschool classroom where he taught. Three-year-old Malcolm would not – or perhaps could not – sleep during the…

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A walk in the woods

NIU’s Project SLIDE couples lessons in biodiversity with preparation for teaching diverse learners

  • July 20, 2017
A chance to explore and learn in a natural, outdoor setting is uncommon for most fifth-graders at Golfview Elementary School in Carpentersville. But students and faculty from the NIU College…

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A passport to transformation

Educate Global provides ‘world of opportunity’ for NIU students flying to teach in China, Taiwan

  • June 26, 2017
Thirty-seven NIU College of Education students are traveling to teach in Asia this summer, a “business trip” guaranteed to enrich and shape their professional lives in amazing ways. Part of…

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Bailey Fisch (left), Special Education major, and Nycol Durham (right), Early Childhood Education major

Lone Star lessons

Educate U.S. travelers celebrate another successful trip to Texas

  • June 22, 2017
One by one, the names of Farias Early Childhood Center students are called as the morning attendance is taken. When there is no response – no “Here!” or “¡Aquí!”– a…

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Fighting back against injustice

K-12 teachers to explore equity at Social Justice Summer Camp

  • June 5, 2017
Question: Can K-12 teachers without a deep understanding of social justice concerns effectively engage and enlighten their students on those topics? Joseph Flynn, James Cohen and Mike Manderino would say…

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