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Where educators share and find support for big ideas
It’s “inspiring to be with so many like-minded educators trying new things with students,” says one educator at SPARK School at Kyrene de las Manitas in Phoenix, Arizona. “At the end of the day, I am beat but after these meetings, I am so inspired!!!,” writes another...
The Education Commission and MLFTC host a session on learning teams with global focus
Education systems in many countries struggle to provide enough teachers in the right places to meet growing demand and serve all learners. Often, the poorest, most disadvantaged areas have the least qualified, least supported teachers and larger class sizes. Emerging...
Partner schools build new models to better support learners and educators
At Riverview High School in Mesa, Arizona, teams of educators use technology to scale deeper and personalized learning for multi-age cohorts of students. Twenty minutes away, the 3rd-grade team at Stevenson Elementary School leverages inquiry learning approaches to...
Building the Next Education Workforce
For two days in January, more than 270 educators and education experts from around the country gathered virtually at the invitation of ASU’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College to address a big question: What should the next education workforce look like so that schools...
Providing an equitable and inclusive education during unprecedented times
Teaching during Covid-19 has been a challenge for educators across the country.“What is happening in schools since March, and in the world, is horrific,” says Lauren Katzman, executive director of Urban Collaborative, a national network of school districts committed...
MLFTC offers new resources to help schools build teams of educators
Arizona State University’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College is offering a collection of resources to help education teams, schools and districts redesign intern and resident roles to better meet the needs of students, the educators on the team, and the interns and...
Team-teaching during a pandemic: A Q&A with two MLFTC residents
Maggie Trupkiewicz and Dalia Uriostegui are two of the 1,281 educators who graduated this week from Arizona State University’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College. Trupkiewicz is from Fort Collins, Colorado. Uriostegui was born in California but raised in Arizona. Both...
Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College launches two podcasts
Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College launched two new podcasts that focus on education and feature education experts. Learning Futures explores education systems; while Next Education Workforce focuses on redesigning education.Learning Futures: Hosted by Ronald Beghetto,...
MLFTC launches nanocourses for community educators
Communities are rich in experienced adults who have knowledge and expertise but lack the instructional skills of professional teachers. Arizona State University’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College is developing new nanocourses for community educators who can complement...
Transforming the global education workforce
Many of the challenges confronting education and impeding its progress don’t have borders. So Arizona State University’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College is taking a leadership role in the international conversation about how best to address these...