College of Education News
University of Florida’s College of Education to expand undergraduate research and transform math learning statewide
With support from University of Florida President Ben Sasse’s strategic funding initiative, two projects are taking...
UF team seeks to double math learning through AI
The ALTER-Math team aims to double math learning progress for middle school students by developing AI-powered teachable agents using large language models (LLMs) through UF’s HiPerGator 3.0.
Bojan Lazarevic and Timothy Vetere awarded 2022 COE Teacher and Mentor of the Year
Bojan Lazarevic and Timothy Vetere, clinical assistant professors in the School of Teaching and Learning, have been selected as the 2022 College of Education Undergraduate Teacher of the Year and Mentor of the Year, respectively.
From Gainesville to Global — EduGator Alumna receives UNESCO-Hamdan Prize for Teacher Development
“Haiti can serve as an example of how teaching can be transformed by putting teachers at the center.”
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UF’s CEEDAR Center secures additional $17.5 million for nationwide effort
With a decade of marked success, this UF-led effort has received an additional $17.5 million to support technical assistance efforts through 2027. The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Special Education Programs has already invested $46.5 million in the CEEDAR Center to improve teaching and school leadership for students with disabilities in states across the nation.
Taryrn Brown awarded 2021 COE Teacher of the Year
Undergraduate Teacher of the Year is awarded to faculty who excel in the classroom. Brown feels that despite the transition to emergency remote learning in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, she was able to cultivate connections with her students and foster a transformative academic experience.
UF researcher earns inaugural Egon G. Guba Award for Outstanding Contributions to Qualitative Research
Kakali Bhattacharya, professor of research evaluation and methodologies, has received the inaugural Egon G. Guba Award for Outstanding Contributions to Qualitative Research from the American Educational Research Association’s Qualitative Research Special Interest Group.
UF College of Education Demonstrates Consistent Leadership in U.S. News Rankings
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.
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EduGators Alumni in Higher Education
The University of Florida's College of Education has long been recognized for its commitment to excellence in teacher education and its dedication to preparing students for dynamic careers. EduGator alumni consistently demonstrate their ability to excel in their...
Professor Authors New Reading Instruction Book
Dr. Zhihui Fang has written and released his sixth book, which focuses on the disciplinary literacy approach to teaching reading in content areas.
UF team seeks to double math learning through AI
The ALTER-Math team aims to double math learning progress for middle school students by developing AI-powered teachable agents using large language models (LLMs) through UF’s HiPerGator 3.0.
UF College of Education partners with the College of Medicine to develop the Quality & Patient Safety initiative
In the era of merging technology with everyday life, UF colleges of medicine and education partnered to transform health care nationally with a new AI-enabled institute.
Data Science Methods for Digital Learning Platforms
Supported by the Institute of Education Sciences, UF is collaborating with the University of Pennsylvania and Digital Promise to teach education researchers how to leverage large-scale data using data science methods.
UF Professors Awarded $1.67 million for Specific Learning Disability Research
University of Florida College of Education professors Kathrin Maki and Matthew Burns were co-principal investigators in a $1.67 million dollar grant awarded to the University of Houston for specific learning disability (SLD) research with elementary school students....
Alumni Accolades
Ocala alumna honored as Florida’s top school principal
EduGator alumna Jayne Ellspermann (MEd ’84, education leadership), the principal at West Port High School in Ocala, is Florida’s “Principal of the Year” according to the Florida Association of School Administrators (FASA). FASA singled out Ellspermann based on her...
SPC honors EduGator alumna-donor Helen Gilbart
St. Petersburg College has honored UF College of Education alumna Helen Gilbart with its 2014 Outstanding Alumna Award. Gilbart graduated from St. Petersburg Junior College (renamed SPC in 2001 when it began offering baccalaureate degree programs) in 1964 with her...
UF honors COE graduate Willis Holcombe with 2014 Distinguished Alumni Award
UF College of Education graduate Willis Holcombe, who has provided a lifetime of illustrious service to his country and to Florida's higher education systen, received the 2014 UF Distinguished Alumnus Award during the COE’s annual Recognition Banquet held April 11 at...
Young Alum honoree named to state education post
UF College of Education alumnus Brian Dassler (MEd ‘02, English Education) has been named the Florida Department of Education’s deputy chancellor of education quality for the Division of K 12 Public Schools. Dassler received the college’s Young Alumni Award two years...
ESOL ed alumnus named ‘Top 40 Innovator’ in digital education
James May, a “double EduGator” with two advanced degrees from UF’s College of Education, was named one of this year’s Top 40 Innovators in Education by the national Center for Digital Education. The center is a national research and advisory institute specializing in...
Counselor ed graduate receives UF distinguished alumnus award
The University of Florida is honoring Arthur M. (Andy) Horne, a 1967 College of Education master’s graduate, with a 2013 UF Distinguished Alumnus Award Horne, who earned his M.Ed. degree at UF in counselor education, was feted at the college’s recent, year-end...
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Awards
Krista Ruggles Chosen to Receive Faculty Excellence Award at UVU
Triple Gator Krista Ruggles (B.A. ‘98, M.Ed. ‘99, PH.D. ‘16) recently received a Faculty Excellence Award at Utah Valley University. The faculty who receive this award have demonstrated their support for UVU’s mission of student success through exceptional teaching as well as demonstrated excellence in scholarship and service.
School of Teaching and Learning professor receives faculty doctoral mentoring award
Professor in the School of Teaching and Learning Nancy Fichtman Dana was named one of five University of Florida faculty members honored with the 2019 Faculty Doctoral Mentoring Award.
Leading the way for online learning
Whether we are serving students from the desks of our lecture halls or virtually from the comfort of their homes, we strive to provide the most enriching student experience to all. To support the growing pursuit of online learning, our instructional designers have collaborated with faculty using the latest research in online pedagogy and web-based teaching to ensure the quality of face-to-face instruction translates to the online format.
Unified Elementary ProTeach alumni named Teacher of the Year top-five finalist
Hillsborough County named Jake Van Hise, Unified Elementary ProTeach alumni ‘13, a top-five finalist for Teacher of the Year. Van Hise serves as a fourth grade teacher at Gorrie Elementary School in Tampa, Florida.
Elyse Hambacher Named Emerging Scholar by Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
Elyse Hambacher, B.A.E. ‘05 & Ph.D. ‘13, was recently selected as a Diverse: Issues in Higher Education Emerging Scholar for 2019.
Exceptional Children honors two COE faculty for impactful contributions
Patricia Snyder, director of the Anita Zucker Center for Excellence in Early Childhood Studies, and Nicholas Gage, assistant professor of special education, were awarded Reviewer of the Year by Exceptional Children, the nation’s most respected scholarly journal in special education.
COE In the News
Norman classrooms get updates
Updates to three classrooms are changing the way future educators are learning The Independent Florida Alligator Oct. 27, 2016 Norman Hall classrooms were updated with more than $30,000 in donations. Dean Glenn Good is quoted: “We aspire to be a top-three college of...
The Alligator: College of Education to study emotional disorders in children
College of Education to study emotional disorders in children The Independent Florida Alligator Sept. 28, 2016 UF scholars Ann Daunic and Stephen Smith, and elementary education senior Rachel Johnson were quoted in a story about a $3.5 million federal grant to fund a...
WUFT: Associate Professor Joe Gagnon Quoted on State-City Park Partnership
Youth In The Juvenile Justice Program To Clean Up Duval Park WUFT.org Sept. 14, 2016 UF College of Education Associate Professor Joe Gagnon weighed in on the City of Gainesville's new partnership with the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice in which youth held in...
Gainesville Sun: UF College of Education Makes Top 10 List
UF College of Education Makes Top 10 List USA Today Sept. 11, 2016 In its Sunday edition, The Gainesville Sun published news about the University of Florida College of Education being rated No. 9 among the nation’s best undergraduate teacher education colleges,...
Gainesville Sun: UF gets $10 million to personalize math
UF gets $10 million to personalize math The Gainesville Sun July 4, 2016 The Sun wrote about UF receiving two U.S. Department of Education grants to support Precision Education: Virtual Learning Lab, which brings together teaching experts to explore massive sets of...
Gainesville Sun: P.K. Yonge instructor recognized for research, teaching
P.K. Yonge instructor recognized for research, teaching The Gainesville Sun June 10, 2016 The Sun wrote about Ross Van Boven, a sixth- and seventh-grade learning community leader at P.K. Yonge Developmental Research School, who received the 2015 Teacher as Researcher...
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Faculty Laurels
Patricia Snyder Named UF Distinguished Professor
The University of Florida has awarded Patricia Snyder with the rare honor of Distinguished Professor. Snyder is only the seventh College of Education professor to ever receive this distinction.
AERA recognizes multidisciplinary team with Best Paper Award
The American Educational Research Association (AERA) presented the Best Paper Award in the special interest group category of “Computer and Internet Applications in Education” to a multidisciplinary team of faculty and graduate students.
UF Professors Receive $956,733 To Pilot Cryptography-Focused Elementary-Level Curriculum
Cryptography has been used for thousands of years to conceal covert messages, but researchers believe it may serve another purpose — to help children become successful readers and writers.
College of Education professor appointed to UF Academy of Distinguished Teaching Scholars
Elizabeth “Buffy” Bondy, professor in the School of Teaching and Learning, was recently appointed to serve on the esteemed University of Florida Academy of Distinguished Teaching Scholars — an advisory group dedicated to enhancing the policies that maintain the university’s high-quality of academic excellence.
School of Teaching and Learning professor receives faculty doctoral mentoring award
Professor in the School of Teaching and Learning Nancy Fichtman Dana was named one of five University of Florida faculty members honored with the 2019 Faculty Doctoral Mentoring Award.
Exceptional Children honors two COE faculty for impactful contributions
Patricia Snyder, director of the Anita Zucker Center for Excellence in Early Childhood Studies, and Nicholas Gage, assistant professor of special education, were awarded Reviewer of the Year by Exceptional Children, the nation’s most respected scholarly journal in special education.
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Headlines
COE online program rated best in nation for student selectivity; jumps to 13th overall in U.S. News rankings
GAINESVILLE, Fla.---The University of Florida College of Education has one of America’s best online master’s degree programs in teacher education, and some of the nation’s best graduate students, according to national rankings announced Wednesday (Jan. 7) by U.S. News...
Alachua couple’s ‘unrestricted’ gift will boost COE’s areas of greatest need
University of Florida alumnus Joe Thigpen and his wife, Rebecca De Marie, of Alachua, Fla., have pledged an estate gift of $200,000 in unrestricted funds that will “advance the ambitious and transformative goals of the UF College of Education,” according to COE Dean...
Ed. tech’s online master’s program ranked 9th in U.S.
The UF College of Education’s online master’s degree program in education technology – which provides education professionals with the knowledge and expertise needed to use educational technologies to improve learning and performance in face-to-face, online and...
50-year EduGator alums offer advice for today’s students
What advice would UF College of Education alumni who graduated exactly a half-century ago--from the class of 1964--give to today's education students? The COE recently joined colleges across campus in honoring their new 50-year alumni, as members of the class of 1964...
COE-UF contingent makes splash at inaugural early childhood symposium
Early childhood faculty researchers, postdoctoral fellows and students from the College of Education and other UF colleges associated with UF’s Anita Zucker Center for Excellence in Early Childhood Studies formed a substantial presence last week at an inaugural...
School teams with COE faculty to redefine how kids learn ‘STEAM’ subjects
CORAL GABLES, Fla. – Education researchers say the elementary school curriculum is moving away from traditional blocks of math, science, social studies and language arts, and evolving into project- and problem-based teaching and learning. Children are now learning...
Insider News
Lastinger Center featured in booklet on UF’s impact in Miami-Dade
UF's Lastinger Center for Learning, the College of Education's statewide teaching- and school-improvement program, is featured in the South Florida edition of "UF in Your Neighborhood," a new booklet produced by the University of Florida Foundation. The foundation...
UF education, medical colleges team up on new master’s degree to help doctors become better teachers
The University of Florida colleges of Education and Medicine have joined forces to offer a new master’s degree program geared toward not only helping physicians be better teachers, but also training them to be scholars in the field. The online joint master’s degree...
Professor emeritus pens new book: ‘Why Korean Education is Leaving America in the DUST’
During his 44-year education career, William Hedges, a retired professor emeritus at UF’s College of Education, alternated public school teaching with university teaching in order to “stay in the real world.” A former Fulbright Scholar, he didn’t like what he saw as...
COE celebrates different cultures on International Education Day
About 50 students and faculty members gathered Nov. 17 to celebrate global EduGators on International Education Day. The festivities were part of International Education Week, a worldwide celebration of international education and exchange. More than 100 international...
International Education Week events planned
Wednesday Nov. 16 2 p.m., Reitz Union Rm. 282 Panel Discussion: "International Engagement & Career Growth" Four internationally engaged College of Education Faculty--including two Fulbright Scholars--will share their motivations while adding international...
Guest Lectures Nov. 9: Working with students and teachers in urban schools
News and Notes
PK Yonge School’s Tony-winning musical tackles social justice issues with 1920s tunes, laughter
Can it be: 1920s themed musicals a “go-to” for teaching high school students about discrimination, bias, and social justice? That’s definitely not what P.K. Yonge School Performing Arts faculty thought upon first read through the script of The Drowsy Chaperone. In the...
UF College of Education Ranked Among Best Programs for Veterans Nationwide
The College of Education at the University of Florida ranks among the top education programs for military veterans nationwide, according to a new national ranking. Two of the college’s specialties rated in the top 10 for providing the best education for veterans among...
Newspapers: US News Ranks UF’s College of Education Online No. 1
Jan. 11, 2017 These news outlets reported on the college's No. 1 ranking for its online graduate degree programs: UF College of Education's online graduate program gets high rating Gainesville Sun College of Education’s online program ranked best in US The Independent...
The Alligator: Lastinger Center in partnership to help train teachers in Colorado
UF, technology company partner to help train teachers Independent Florida Alligator Jan. 9, 2017 The newspaper wrote about the Lastinger Center for Learning's partnership with an education technology firm to improve how educators teach at under-achieving schools in...
COE repeats No. 1 ranking in US for online graduate degrees
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The distance education program at the University of Florida College of Education is America’s best online graduate education degree program for the second consecutive year, according to the annual rankings released today by U.S. News and World...
The making of America’s best online graduate program
By JASON ARNOLD Director of E-learning, Technology & Creative Services (ETC) UF College of Education The UF College of Education has always strived to offer the most innovative and student-centered online graduate degree programs in the country. If we’re not there...
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Press Releases
UF College of Education is Number 1 in the Nation
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.
Microsoft Support for Mathematics Innovation
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 named UF Distinguished Professor
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.
Hurt, Healing, Hope: A Turning Point for Change
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.
Endowed professor creates online literacy curriculum for eighth grade students
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.
Endowed Professor Strives to Improve Literacy Education
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.
Research News
School psychology professor wins second Mensa research award
UF school psychology Professor John Kranzler has received the 2016 Award for Excellence in Research from Mensa International Ltd.
UF awarded $10M to personalize online math learning
The UF College of Education is assembling top faculty researchers from multiple fields to seek solutions in two critical areas of 21st century education – personalizing online math instruction and adapting educational technology for students with visual impairments.
20 states join UF’s sweeping reform effort to boost teaching of students with disabilities
The college’s federally funded CEEDAR Center has selected the final five of 20 states that have joined together in a sweeping reform effort to vastly improve teaching and learning for students with disabilities.
Acclaimed scholars to participate in UF’s first International Teacher Leadership Conference
Globally recognized scholars will participate in the college’s international academic conference in Miami to explore the crucial role a new generation of “teacher leaders” can have in improving schools.
Q & A with Kara Dawson on closing the ‘digital divide’
Dawson took time to discuss her research and the ways incorporating technology and digital tools into traditional classrooms can help all types of learners to flourish.
Dissertation proposal on police in schools earns Noble UF fellowship
The bottom line: To move forward, we must look back. That’s the foundation for UF College of Education doctoral candidate Kenneth Noble’s award-winning dissertation proposal. The UF Center for Humanities and Public Sphere, which promotes and funds research programs of...
Spotlights
COE-STL host conference of education historians; outsiders welcome
Some of the South’s leading scholars and students in the field of education history will gather in Gainesville March 23-24 when the COE hosts the 2018 annual conference of the Southern History of Education Society.
Novelist’s $3M gift could mean happy ending for struggling readers
Best-selling author James Patterson’s generous donation backs COE’s ‘Literacy Challenge’ to aid Florida’s youngest readers
UF scholar doubles up on national honors for advancing learning disabilities field
Prof. Mary Brownell is feted twice for leading reform efforts in Special Education teacher preparation.
COE co-hosts Social Justice Summit
The UF COE co-hosted its 2nd Social Justice Summit: For the Gator Good on Jan. 26-27 on campus. The summit brought together scholars and experts from multiple disciplines, members and advocates of marginalized groups, and other concerned individuals from the university and community to discuss priorities and set aggressive action strategies for eradicating social and racial injustices and biases in the greater Gainesville area.
States unite to boost teaching of students with disabilities
The UF-led effort to help 20 states across the nation vastly improve teaching and school leadership for students with disabilities has received a $21 million boost to strengthen the program add more states.
Novelist’s $3M gift for literacy initiatives kick-starts college’s capital campaign
James Patterson, the world’s bestselling author, has donated $3 million to support the college’s transformative literacy initiatives aimed at doubling the number of students in Florida who can read proficiently.
Student Laurels
Benedict joins growing list of special ed. students to win prestigious CEC research award
College of Education alumna Amber Benedict (PhD ‘14, special education) will head for San Diego this spring to receive the prestigious Student Research Award for Qualitative Design from the Council for Exceptional Children’s Division for Research. The council is the...
Gainesville Sun — Mom follows daughter to UF; gets master’s degree
The Gainesville Sun 12-19-14 Mom’s journey following daughter to UF culminates in master’s degree The Gainesville Sun ran a feature story on 64-year-old Roxie Gordon, who followed her daughter, former UF tennis star and COE student Alexis Gordon--to UF as a student...
Statistics Ed. doctoral student selected as CADRE fellow
Douglas Whitaker, a UF doctoral fellow in statistics education, is one of 10 recipients selected as a 2014-15 fellow for the Community for Advancing Discovery Research in Education (CADRE), a collaboration between the National Science Foundation and the non-profit...
Math educator grant aids ProTeach senior Rachel Andrews
The Florida Council of Teachers of Mathematics has given UF ProTeach senior Rachel Andrews a Lichtenberg Pre-service Educator Grant that will cover up to $500 of her costs when she attends the council’s fall conference in Palm Harbor. “Grants like this are out there,...
ACA taps rising leaders from UF counselor education
Two up-and-coming leaders from the COE’s counselor education program—a faculty member and an alumni doctoral fellow—have assumed key leadership positions with the American Counseling Association (ACA). Jacqueline Swank, assistant professor in counselor education, has...
Phi Beta Kappa taps four ProTeach students
Four COE students have been invited to join Phi Beta Kappa, the nation’s oldest and best known academic society that recognizes outstanding academic achievement. Katherine Romero, Kate Logan and Kaitlin “Katie” Stults -- all of whom are enrolled or formerly enrolled...