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Join the effort to empower Indigenous Educators by contributing to our fundraising goal of $5,000 by April 15, 2024. Your donations will support Indigenous students at the University of Arizona pursuing degrees in Early Childhood or Elementary Education. The Indigenous Teacher Education Program (ITEP) focuses on cultivating educators with a culturally sustaining approach. Help make a difference by sharing or donating to our campaign. For more...

Step into the enchanting world of Grimm Brothers' folktales with The Colourful World Beyond the Seven Hills' exhibit at Worlds of Words!

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On Tuesday, March 5, the COE community learned that Dr. Luis Carlos Moll, Professor Emeritus at the University of Arizona, had passed away. Dr. Moll served the university for over three decades, touching the lives of innumerable local and international students, faculty, and staff. Dr. Moll’s academic endeavors always centered on social and educational justice for minoritized families, children, and youth, and his theoretical framework of...

In a notable recognition of academic excellence and contribution to the field of Teaching, Learning, and Sociocultural Studies, the University of Arizona is set to honor Professor Kathy G. Short, Ph.D., at the annual Outstanding Faculty Awards Ceremony. Scheduled for February 28th, this event, held at Crowder Hall in the School of Music, celebrates the remarkable achievements of the university's most esteemed faculty members. Professor Short...

The Arizona Board of Regents reports that merely 2% of the state's teachers identify as Indigenous, prompting the University of Arizona to seek ways to elevate this figure.

The Indigenous Teacher Education Program at the University of Arizona, a two-year initiative, aims to address this deficit and simultaneously bolster its Indigenous student body on campus.

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Join us in celebrating the outstanding achievement of Dr. Sheilah Nicholas, who has been selected as a 2024 AERA Fellow! Dr. Nicholas is a professor in the Teaching, Learning, and Sociocultural Studies department at the College of Education.

The American Educational Research Association (AERA) has recognized her exceptional contributions to education research, honoring her alongside 23 other exemplary scholars. Nominated by peers and...

In March 2020, as the pandemic led to widespread isolation, the University of Arizona's Worlds of Words: Center of Global Literacies and Literatures (WOW) team was preparing to introduce a new literacy initiative in the Tucson, Arizona area named Salas de Libros. This initiative, inspired by the popular Mexican literacy program Salas de Lectura, aims to create "living rooms of books" - spaces where people of all ages can come together to...

“Sunnyside’s Native American Education Program has been working with Native SOAR for several years, but last month, the district’s governing board approved an intergovernmental agreement with the UA to formalize the partnership.”

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