Education & Outreach
Education researchers are increasingly seeing the COVID-19 pandemic as an opportunity to rethink how we teach kids in the United States, making school curricula more relevant to the lives of young people.
Stephanie Toliver was in college the first time she read a science fiction and fantasy novel featuring a Black woman as a protagonist. Today, she's working to make sure that the next generation of Black girls don't face the same obstacles.
¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ Boulder is collaborating with the Association of American Universities and others on a series raising awareness about the role of public research universities in times of significant global challenges. In ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ Boulder's clip, an environmental engineering team is working with schools to improve air filtration.
¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ Boulder doctoral student Julia Daniel studies community schools, a promising model of education that broadens access to learning opportunities and strengthens communities.
When local students began learning remotely because of COVID-19, graduate students in the Department of Theatre & Dance partnered with Boulder Valley School District to help keep kids with a range of learning needs moving and engaged.
In these unusual times, the School of Education is grateful for school partners, who are helping ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ Boulder student teachers navigate challenging times. We asked student teachers and their mentor teachers what their partnership has meant to them.
New science curriculum materials will spur students to ask and answer their own questions about topics like ocean acidification and antibiotic resistant bacteria.
With many K-12 schools switched to remote or hybrid learning settings due to the COVID-19 pandemic, ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ Teach partner schools and teachers have been particularly grateful to have support from ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ Boulder students.
When students in more than 20 Denver Public Schools return to classrooms for the spring semester, they’ll be coming back to cleaner indoor air, thanks in part to work being done by ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ Boulder environmental engineering researchers.
The Public Achievement program, which helps young people learn how to be leaders in their communities, is navigating uncertain times during the COVID-19 pandemic.