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A new report from Michigan State University finds that Michigan’s education policy reforms over the past two decades have largely ignored rural schools and thereby failed to support needed community development. The three-year-long study asked superintendents in 25 rural school districts across the state to identify the most problematic areas where current policies do not provide opportunities… Read More »
Michigan State University Assistant Professor Gabriel R. Serna passed away on Aug. 17, 2022. Serna joined the college in 2018 as a member of the Department of Educational Administration’s Higher, Adult and Lifelong Education (HALE) unit. His research used quantitative approaches with a deeply critical perspective to examine higher education economics, finance and policy. “A… Read More »
Number talks are a tool used in K-12 classrooms to engage students in mathematical learning and reasoning. While increasingly being used in general education classrooms, it is not often employed in special education classrooms. MSU College of Education scholars have developed suggestions on how educators can incorporate number talks into special education classrooms sustainably and… Read More »
In March 2020, COVID-19 suddenly forced school administrators, educators, students and caregivers into a new modality of teaching and learning. In a matter of hours, schooling as the world knew it changed—forever. Michigan State University scholars Christine Greenhow and Matthew Koehler edited a special issue of the Educational Psychologist examining how the pandemic impacted schooling,… Read More »
Leaders from the Michigan State University College of Education and the Michigan Center for Rural Health are partnering on a project to support rural veterans with and without disabilities. The Improving Rural Enrollment, Access and Healthcare in Rural Veterans, or I-REACH Project, aims to improve access to needed health care services and better the coordination of care. … Read More »
Panteleimon “Paddy” Ekkekakis, an internationally renowned exercise psychology scholar, became the chair of the Department of Kinesiology on August 1, 2022. Ekkekakis, a third-generation educator, was formerly a faculty member at Iowa State University, which he had joined in 2000. He has a Ph.D. in Kinesiology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, in addition… Read More »
For the third year in a row, Michigan State University has been named #2 in the world for education, according to one widely used international ranking of universities. “These rankings illuminate the dedicated, impactful work of scholars across our college and institution who are addressing challenges in global education,” said Jerlando F. L. Jackson, dean… Read More »
Michigan State University is leading an international study with collaborators to understand the relationship between physical activity and the mental and respiratory health of individuals living in three regions of Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic. “This collaboration illustrates what private sector and higher education partnerships could do to address global challenges,” said MSU Associate Professor… Read More »
Parents report that lack of transportation is a significant barrier to getting kids to school regularly. However, growing numbers of districts are reducing bus services to cut costs. A new study from the National Center for Research on Education Access and Choice (REACH) provides some of the first evidence of the effects of bus transportation on student… Read More »
Professor Karin Allor Pfeiffer has been selected as the director of the Michigan State University Institute for the Study of Youth Sports, effective August 1, 2022. She will assume the position from Professor Dan Gould, who is retiring after 23 years at MSU in August. The Institute for the Study of Youth Sports is comprised… Read More »
