The University of Florida’s College of Education partners with education technology platform to enhance teacher training with AI-powered feedback, advancing UF’s mission as an AI University
Seyedahmad Rahimi, Anthony Botelho, and Avery Closser develop AI-powered learning app with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
From classroom floors to Galapagos sands, EduGators immersed themselves in a six-week journey exploring the education, families, and culture of Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands.
NSF-funded program supports U.S. veterans and their transition to civilian life by learning how to hack.
Kent Crippen, Ph.D., and Corinne Huggins-Manley, Ph.D., received the University of Florida Graduate School’s yearly Graduate Education Champion Award (GECA) for 2024 after being nominated by current UF graduate students.
Registered apprenticeship offers a proven training model that prioritizes hands-on experience. The Florida Department of Education oversees hundreds of apprenticeship programs, however, teachers have never had a registered apprenticeship pathway – until now.
Nigel Newbutt, Ph.D., discussed VR’s benefits for employability and life skills development in neurodiverse students, like those with autism, at consortium launch event.
The University of Florida has cultivated a tradition of transformation, producing practical solutions to society’s greatest challenges while leaving a legacy of innovation for future generations. Building upon previous achievements, the college continues to ascend the ranks, leaping two spots to No. 8 among public education colleges in the 2024-2025 Best Graduate Education Schools by U.S. News & World Report.
Professor Wei Li is the principal investigator of the NSF-funded project that aims to help researchers plan long-term studies in STEM education by making statistical advice, software and training materials available to educators and researchers.
Bestselling author and literacy champion, James Patterson, is writing the next chapter in his partnership with the University of Florida by expanding access to the James Patterson Literacy Challenge to schools across the state and beyond.
In recognition of its academic innovation, the UF Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education Program has been honored with the Rose Duhon-Sells Award.
Instruction and Curriculum graduate student Gabriella Haire was awarded with the Fanchon F. Funk Scholars Award at the Florida Association of Teacher Educators (FATE) annual conference for her educational technology research.
UF has once again demonstrated strength and leadership in teaching and learning as one of the nation’s Best Online Education Programs.
UF doctoral student Parker Van Hart received the 2023 Entrepreneurship Policy Fellowship from the Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management.
Driven by the goal of increasing the number of mathematics teachers nationwide, mathematics education faculty from across the SEC held their second annual in-person summit at the University of Florida College of Education.
UF’s record $1.25 billion in research spending is accelerating the groundbreaking research at the College of Education.
UF ranks No. 10 among public education colleges, according to the 2023-2024 Best Graduate Education Schools by U.S. News & World Report.
Joni Splett, associate professor of school psychology, was awarded $4.8 million from the U.S. Department of Education to expand school-based mental health (SBMH) services and provider retention in Alachua County.
EduGator Central is set to expand with Norman Courtyard Treehouse.
The College of Education at the University of Florida has appointed Erica D. McCray, Ph.D., as its first Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Community Engagement (ADFAD). Her selection follows an internal search to identify an innovative, engaged leader among the college faculty.
The College of Education at the University of Florida ranks No. 14 among public education colleges, according to the latest U.S. News & World Report annual survey of America’s Best Graduate Education Schools.
Pavlo “Pasha” Antonenko, an associate professor of educational technology and director of the NeurAL Lab, was recently awarded a $600,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to design gamified curriculum to teach computing hardware fundamentals.
Following a number of high-profile mass school shootings in recent years, including that in Parkland, FL, in 2018 and recently in Oxford, Michigan, policymakers and educators have increasingly sought ways to ensure schools are safe.
With the goal of recruiting more students to STEM and computer science careers, a cross-University team will partner with the Calvert Marine Museum in Maryland on a three-year, $1.3 million project funded by the National Science Foundation to teach Florida middle school teachers and students how to use artificial intelligence (AI) to identify fossil shark teeth.
The College of Education at the University of Florida has appointed Brian K. Marchman, Ph.D. as the next director of P.K. Yonge Developmental Research School. Lynda F. Hayes will remain on as the school’s director during the leadership transition.
Sarah Ann Painter (M.Ed.’12) was recognized as the 2022 Teacher of the year by the Florida Department of Education.
House Bill 3 establishes the New Worlds Reading Initiative, a statewide book delivery and family-engagement program, to be administered by the UF Lastinger Center for Learning.
UF faculty John Kranzler, Holly Lane and Walter Leite have been appointed to the esteemed Irving and Rose Fien Endowed Professorship.
Justin Ortagus, director of the Institute of Higher Education and assistant professor of Higher Education Administration & Policy, testified on July 29 before the U.S. House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Investment.
Three University of Florida faculty have been appointed to the esteemed B.O. Smith Professorship — Christopher Anthony, Hannah Bayne and Pasha “Pavlo” Antonenko.
Zhihui Fang, professor of Education, and Nicholas Gage, associate professor of Special Education, were listed among the top 2 percent of the most cited researchers within their respective fields.
Through a year unlike any other, we have endured as a recognized leaders in the field with expanding domain expertise. The college achieved a No. 13 ranking among public institutions from U.S. News & World Report and earned rankings in every applicable category among Specialty areas.
The Council for Exceptional Children Division for Research recognized two University of Florida College of Education faculty — Patricia Snyder and Nicholas Gage — as distinguished researchers.
The College of Education at the University of Florida is No. 1 in the nation according to the 2021 Best Online Programs rankings released by U.S. News and World Report. The college has been in the top one or two spots since 2016.
To meet this exponentially increasing demand Math Nation, a Lastinger Center innovation, accelerated the development and launch of the new On-Ramp to 6th Grade for teachers and students to use in Florida, Michigan, Mississippi and South Carolina.
Mary Brownell, professor of Special Education and director of the Collaboration for Effective Educator Development, Accountability and Reform (CEEDAR) Center, was named a University of Florida Distinguished Professor.
We are living in historic times in so many ways. Particular events in the past 30 days have etched a place in history that is sorrowful and crushing. As your dean and as a fellow human being, I want each of you to know that I stand in anguish with you and acknowledge the deep and seemingly unbearable pain that is being felt by people of color in the College of Education community and across our nation.
Preparing students in online literacy education and practice is becoming increasingly important as children grow up in an overwhelmingly digital world. Angela Kohnen, the most recent recipient of the B.O. Smith Professorship, hopes to create a comprehensive curriculum to ensure our students are prepared for their futures in an inevitably online world.
For more than 22 years, Professor Zhihui Fang has been impacting students at the University of Florida. With his recent endowment of the Irving and Rose Fien Professorship, he hopes to use his research to transform the way teachers approach reading and writing in content area subjects, a common struggle for many K-12 educators.
With a vision to empower faculty, staff and students to prioritize equitable outcomes for learners, families and communities, associate professor Erica McCray became director of the School of Special Education, School Psychology and Early Childhood Studies (SESPECS) in October 2019.
The University of Florida College of Education was recently given an A+ ranking from the National Council on Teacher Quality for our Unified Elementary ProTeach Program.
James M. Rujimora, currently enrolled in the M.Ed/Ed.S in Mental Health Counseling through the College of Education at UF, was recently awarded first place in the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Programs (CACREP) Leadership Essay Contest.
The UF College of Education has been ranked No. 1 or 2 by U.S. News & World Report for the past five years.
After a successful first phase, the next chapter of the James Patterson Literacy Challenge is ready to be written.
F. Chris Curran, associate professor of educational leadership and policy, has been named recipient of the National Academy of Education and Spencer Foundation’s Postdoctoral Fellowship for the 2019 year. This fellowship is one of the highest honors for those early in their career in higher education.
Justin Ortagus, director of the Institute of Higher Education and assistant professor of Higher Education & Policy, who received $373,590 in co-funding to analyze how variations in performance-based funding policies impact outcomes for underserved students and under-resourced institutions. The grants serves as Phase Two of a two-part project to identify the impact of PBF policy design elements on college access and student success.
Four faculty members within the UF College of Education have recently published textbooks. Three of the faculty members focused their publications on bilingual students and the variety of needs that they have within schools, one addresses school finance.
Global businesswoman, philanthropist and College of Education alumna (B.A.E. ’72) Anita Zucker was recently honored with the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) James L. Fisher Award for Distinguished Service to Education.
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