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Thu, 05/29/2025

Podcast from KU’s FLITE Center helps teachers navigate classroom AI tools

KU researchers Lisa Dieker and Maggie Mosher have launched "AI Advocates," a short-form podcast that helps teachers navigate classroom artificial intelligence tools in five minutes or less. Each episode breaks down one tool’s uses, benefits and considerations, focusing on free and accessible options.
Fri, 05/23/2025

KU announces promotion and tenure for 158 faculty and researchers

Chancellor Douglas A. Girod has approved the promotion and award of tenure, where indicated, for 44 individuals at the University of Kansas Lawrence and Edwards campuses and 114 individuals at the KU Medical Center campus.
Thu, 05/15/2025

KU recognizes 13 students with 2025 University Awards

The University of Kansas has awarded 13 students with honors that recognize community engagement, leadership and academics. The University Awards, among the most prestigious awards presented at KU, were established to recognize students who embody service excellence, dedication or whose academic achievements are stellar.
Wed, 04/30/2025

Winners crowned among group of moving collections in Snyder Book Contest

The University of Kansas Libraries honored eight student finalists and awarded cash prizes at the 67th annual Snyder Book Collecting Contest during a reception April 24 at Watson Library. Charles Johnson, a senior from Lawrence, won first place in the undergraduate division, and Nicholas Hoekstra, a doctoral student in special education from Comstock Park, Michigan, won first place in the graduate division.
Tue, 02/18/2025

KU researchers developing AI-boosted program to help teach writing skills to students with disabilities

A KU research team is developing and expanding Project AI-Score, a system that uses artificial intelligence technology to help instructors more efficiently teach writing to students with disabilities.
Wed, 01/29/2025

KU research team develops virtual reality, AI-boosted system to help students with autism improve social skills

A KU research team has secured funding to boost systems called iKNOW and VOISS to help students with autism spectrum disorder improve social skills in a school setting.
Tue, 01/21/2025

CIDDL contributes to new report on AI from the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Educational Technology

James Basham and Eleazar Vasquez from the Achievement & Assessment Institute’s Center for Innovation, Design, and Digital Learning (CIDDL) served as advisers on a new report on AI integration in education from the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Educational Technology (OET). The report, titled “Empowering Education Leaders: A Toolkit for Safe, Ethical, and Equitable AI Integration,” supports education leaders in adopting AI in the classroom to protect all students.
Wed, 09/04/2024

Study finds when self-determination model provided to schools with support, teachers and all students benefit

A KU program implemented the Self-Determined Learning Model of Instruction in 15 schools and found that when it was provided with online training models and coaching, schools were more likely to implement it with fidelity and continue its use.
Wed, 08/28/2024

KU partners with teachers, schools to train early-childhood special educators; publishes guide for teacher prep programs

Project MounTaiN at KU is in its second year of training working and future teachers to better serve early childhood students with high-incidence disabilities and partnering with area schools to provide student teaching and support to education centers. The project also published a guide for other teacher prep programs looking to improve.
Mon, 08/19/2024

2024 Meyen Lecture on special education to feature Glenna Wright-Gallo

LAWRENCE - The Department of Special Education will welcome Glenna Wright-Gallo, Assistant Secretary, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, to present the Edward L. Meyen Distinguished Lecture Series. ...

Wed, 07/10/2024

University of Kansas announces spring 2024 honor roll

More than 7,400 undergraduate students at KU earned honor roll distinction for the spring 2024 semester. The honor roll comprises undergraduates who meet requirements in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences and in the schools of Architecture & Design, Business, Education & Human Sciences, Engineering, Health Professions, Journalism & Mass Communications, Music, Nursing, Pharmacy, Professional Studies and Social Welfare.
Fri, 05/10/2024

KU announces promotion and tenure for 149 faculty and researchers

Chancellor Douglas A. Girod has approved the promotion and award of tenure, where indicated, for 64 individuals at the University of Kansas Lawrence and Edwards campuses and 85 individuals at the KU Medical Center campuses.
Wed, 04/10/2024

KU education programs rank among nation’s best in 2024-25 U.S. News & World Report rankings (Opens in new window)

LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas School of Education & Human Sciences is ranked among the top twenty Best Education Schools overall and No. 11 among public universities – by far the highest ranked graduate programs in the state of Kansas – in the 2024-25 edition of U.S. News &...

Tue, 04/09/2024

KU leading project to bring coaching to teachers of math and science in special education

KU researchers are leading a project that brings video-assisted coaching techniques to math and science teachers in special education classes across the country.
Tue, 04/02/2024

Join the Institute for Policy & Social Research for doctoral research fellow presentations

An interdisciplinary cohort of KU graduate students will present their work at the IPSR Doctoral Research Fellows Reception from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. April 5 at the Burge Union.
Mon, 04/01/2024

2024 Gene A. Budig Lecture will explore ‘Designing the Future of Learning’ (Opens in new window)

LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas School of Education & Human Sciences welcomes James D. Basham, professor in the Department of Special Education, as the 2023 Budig Teaching Professorship in Special Education award recipient and featured lecturer for 2024.
Fri, 03/22/2024

Distinguished professor to share future of developing tiered systems to meet K-12 students’ multiple needs

Kathleen Lane, Roy A. Roberts Distinguished Professor of Special Education, will present her inaugural distinguished professor lecture at 5:30 p.m. April 3 in the Malott Room of the Kansas Union. Much of the KU researcher’s work focuses on systematic screening within school-based tiered systems.
Wed, 02/28/2024

‘Brown v. Board at 70’ conference will explore legacy of landmark decision (Opens in new window)

LAWRENCE — In celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s ruling in the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka case, the University of Kansas and the Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park, Topeka, KS will host an event series and conference exploring the legacy of the landmark decision on Thursday, April 18 and Friday, April 19, 2024
Fri, 02/09/2024

US News & World Report highlights KU online education programs in 2024 rankings (Opens in new window)

LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas School of Education & Human Sciences has two programs ranked among the nation’s best in the 2024 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Online Programs,” released Feb. 7. ...

Thu, 02/08/2024

KU School of Education & Human Sciences to host fireside chat with author and women’s health advocate Alejandra Campoverdi

LAWRENCE – In celebration of Black History Month, the School of Education & Human Sciences at the University of Kansas will host a fireside chat with Alejandra Campoverdi, author of the national bestselling book First Gen, and Nicholas Mitchell, assistant professor
Wed, 01/31/2024

Experts in special education, social welfare and particle physics receive KU Research Achievement Awards

University of Kansas researchers expanding our understanding of special education, social welfare and particle physics have received this year’s Steven F. Warren Research Achievement Award and the KU Research Staff & Postdoctoral Achievement Awards.
Fri, 01/19/2024

‘2024 Research & Teaching Festival’ conference to be hosted for educators

LAWRENCE — The School of Education & Human Sciences at the University of Kansas will host the 2024 Research & Teaching Festival on February 2 from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. CT in Joseph R. Pearson Hall (JRP) room 150. Sessions will focus on a wide variety of topics in...

Mon, 09/25/2023

KU researchers land grant to test app that delivers successful self-determination method for students with disabilities

LAWRENCE — Research has shown that when students with disabilities are given ownership in their education and are involved in setting goals for themselves, they have better outcomes. Researchers at the University of Kansas who have been instrumental in developing and implementing the Self-Determined Learning Model of Instruction have secured...

Fri, 09/22/2023

New AAI center to focus on the intersection of technology, education

LAWRENCE — The Achievement & Assessment Institute (AAI) at the University of Kansas has announced a new center, Flexible Learning through Innovations in Technology & Education (FLITE), whose mission is to provide an integrated structure for emerging technologies aligned with student and teaching learning. ...

Thu, 09/21/2023

Study shows simulator, combined with app, helps teachers correct mistakes before entering classroom

LAWRENCE — When pilots, surgeons or others with high-stakes professions are learning their craft, they have simulators with which to practice. Now, a new study shows that a simulator, when combined with software to provide data on performance, can help teachers learn what mistakes to avoid before working with children...

Thu, 09/07/2023

Distinguished professor's lecture to address self-determination for people with disabilities

LAWRENCE — Research shows promoting autonomy leads to valued life outcomes, but for people with disabilities, barriers to supporting self-determination persist. Karrie Shogren, the Ross and Marianna Beach Distinguished Professor of Special Education in the KU School of Education & Human Sciences, has dedicated the past two decades of her...

Tue, 08/22/2023

KU chancellor announces promotion and tenure for 163 faculty and researchers

LAWRENCE — Chancellor Douglas A. Girod has approved the promotion and award of tenure, where indicated, for 64 individuals at the University of Kansas Lawrence and Edwards campuses and 99 individuals at the KU Medical Center campuses. ...

Tue, 08/15/2023

Study identifies best ways of helping teachers adopt supports for students with autism

Tue, 07/25/2023

Deck of Spaces, cards designed to maximize educational space usage, spread to schools around the world

LAWRENCE — Playing cards might not be considered a traditional school activity, but the Deck of Spaces has educators thinking about how they can make the most of schools, classrooms and the spaces in which students learn. The deck, developed as a collaboration among education researchers at the University...

Wed, 06/21/2023

KU School of Education & Human Sciences partners with fellow Regent Institutions on professional development opportunity for Kansas educators

LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas School of Education & Human Sciences is among seven Kansas Board of Regents (KBOR) universities partnering to develop a new ten-module, self-paced structured literacy professional development opportunity for P-12 educators that includes a stipend. ...

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