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Recently, the U.S. Department of Education announced it was terminating nearly 2,000 of its roughly 4,000 employees. Both Secretary of Education Linda McMahon and President Donald Trump have signaled that they ultimately want to close the department completely. Kevin Welner, education policy scholar in the School of Education sees many reasons to worry in the new cuts.

Recent cuts have targeted the Institute for Education Sciences, the main research arm of the Department of Education, which collects data and funds research on what works in education. Read on for insights from Derek Briggs, professor of education and director of CADRE at ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ.

Meet Melissa Braaten, an associate professor focusing on science education and teachers' learning and the new Associate Dean for Undergraduate and Teacher Education.

Two faculty members in the ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ School of Education, Derek Briggs and Kevin Welner, have been elected to the esteemed National Academy of Education (NAEd), the Academy announced recently. NAEd members are elected based on outstanding scholarship or leadership related to education. Briggs and Welner join a group of just 22 national and international colleagues elected this year.

The Bob and Judy Charles Endowed Chair of Education is deepening work in rural Colorado

Provost Russell Moore announced his appointment of Amanda Haertling Thein as dean of the School of Education, effective July 1, adding: "Dr. Thein has the leadership acumen, commitment and vision for launching the upward trajectory of the School of Education in a time when research in education and education policy, and the preparation of the next generation of educators, couldn’t be more critical."

Donald Trump stated during his comeback campaign that he’d dismantle the education department if elected. ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ education policy expert Kevin Welner weighs in on the past and potential future of the Department of Education in this piece in The Conversation.

The ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ 2024 Best Should Teach Lecture and Awards Ceremony will celebrate excellence in education by recognizing outstanding ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ faculty members, K-12 teachers and graduate student instructors with Best Should Teach Awards on May 2 at 6 p.m. Free and open to the public, the ceremony will feature Professor Kevin Gannon and his keynote lecture, "Is It Time to Change Your Mind?"

Each year, the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting represents the world's largest gathering of education researchers and is a showcase for groundbreaking, innovative research. We are looking forward to the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting that will take place in Philadelphia, PA, April 11-14. Use this guide to follow and support ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ researchers and their work.

An estimated 95% of U.S. cities provide economic development tax incentives to woo corporate investors, taking billions away from schools. A new three-month investigation by ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ's Kevin Welner and colleagues in The Conversation shows how that cash drain is not equally shared by schools in the same communities, often hurting the poorest students the most.