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Six principals from NIU’s service region have been named as the inaugural Marguerite Key Fellows, a new initiative of the NIU College of Education. Rachel Bednar, principal, Edison Middle School, Wheaton Jay Brickman, principal, Hinckley-Big Rock High School, Hinckley Patrick Hardy, principal, Proviso East High School, Maywood Debra Klein, principal, Emerson Elementary School, Wheaton Katie...
Christine Rienstra Kiracofe, professor in the Department of Leadership, Educational Psychology and Foundations, has been elected to the Board of Directors of the Education Law Association. Kiracofe teaches Education Law, Education Finance and Legal Aspects of School Business Management. She has authored more than 30 articles, books, and book chapters and her work has been...
Good is all around us, Angela B. Hurley believes. Unfortunately, says the professor of education at Transylvania University, the negative often distracts our attention and drowns whatever impact something positive might have made. For example, almost everyone turns their eyes toward parents screaming at a misbehaving child, but few notice the examples and lessons of excellent parenting...
Amy Stich
Does the U.S. education system function to reproduce inequalities of social class and race while claiming to improve access for minorities and financially disadvantaged students? Yes, says Amy Stich, an assistant professor in the NIU Department of Leadership, Educational Psychology and Foundations. “We have decades of research on academic tracking at the secondary level that...
Carolyn Pluim
Carolyn Pluim (formerly Vander Schee) has been named acting chair of the Department of Leadership, Educational Psychology and Foundations (LEPF) in the College of Education, effective July 1. Pluim brings years of expertise and experience to the position. “LEPF is a great department that consists of incredibly talented faculty and staff who are committed to...
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For the fourth consecutive year, U.S. News & World Report has ranked the NIU College of Education’s online graduate program among the country’s best. The COE program was ranked No. 5 out of a field of 188 competing programs offered by institutions across the country, including 10 in Illinois. Only one of those – the University...
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The NIU College of Education’s ongoing Community Learning Series continues Thursday, Oct. 22, when the college welcomes back three distinguished alumni to share their experiences as educators and school administrators and to provide insights into what it takes to be successful in today’s classrooms. The guests also will provide an “on-the-ground” look at some of...
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The Northern Illinois University College of Education is upholding its nationally celebrated tradition of excellence in online graduate programs, according to new rankings released today by U.S. News & World Report. Honored among the nation’s Top 4 for the third consecutive year, NIU is one of only three schools to have scored 90 or more...
Lee Shumow and Jennifer Schmidt
Jennifer Schmidt and Lee Shumow wrote the book – literally – for teachers seeking the best ways to motivate high school students to learn and love science. Now the educational psychology professors from the NIU College of Education are turning their attention to after-school and summer projects that enroll underserved and underrepresented youth. Schmidt and...
Marc VanOverbeke
Marc VanOverbeke has been named interim associate dean of the NIU College of Education. His appointment is effective July 1 and continues through June 30, 2015. He replaces Connie Fox, who will retire this September after 30 years of service to the college, the last five of which as associate dean. Currently an associate professor...
Elizabeth Wilkins
Elizabeth A. Wilkins, a professor in the NIU Department of Leadership, Educational Psychology and Foundations, has been elected president of Kappa Delta Pi. The International Honor Society in Education’s new leaders will serve in their posts for the 2014–2016 biennium, with terms beginning July 1. Members of KDP elect this executive council every two years...
NIU is the best place in the nation to earn online master’s degrees in education. So says U.S. News and World Report, which today released its third annual rankings of online programs – the only ones published that compare data of online degree programs rather than the schools that offer them. The NIU College of...
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