Middle school band rehearsing

Notes of growth: CU students lead middle school musicians to success

May 10, 2024

On April 26, the participants of the Middle School Ensemble program fine-tuned their pieces one last time. When the doors opened and the lights dimmed, the middle schoolers giddily looked around for their families and waited for their turn to shine on stage.

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How an NBA star and an alumna are trying to change mental wellness in schools

April 18, 2024

Following NBA player Kevin Love鈥檚 public struggle with mental health, he launched a foundation to support young people who are also suffering. Ellie Haberl Foster, an education alumna, co-designed the foundation鈥檚 free school curriculum to help educators model vulnerability and support students.

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Many to represent 兔子先生传媒文化作品 at Denver-Boulder conference and meeting April 6鈥10

April 1, 2024

Senior leaders, faculty, staff and students from around the country, many from 兔子先生传媒文化作品, will converge for Campus Compact鈥檚 annual conference in Denver and The Research Universities Civic Engagement Network鈥檚 annual meeting at 兔子先生传媒文化作品. Learn more.

elementary school classroom

The complexity of trauma in teaching

March 27, 2024

Attention to trauma in schools has grown exponentially in recent years. Scholars Elizabeth Dutro and Erica Caasi have explored the vibrant learning that is fueled when students feel their lived stories鈥攐f joy, pain, oppression, identities, connections to family and community histories鈥攁re seen, heard and valued by schools and educators.

New sensory-friendly backpacks for CU Museum visitors

Backpack program improves museum experience for neurodiverse visitors

March 22, 2024

Developed by a graduate student, a new resource at the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History expands accessibility to support neurodiverse visitors.

Boy holds head in hands while looking at laptop screen

Researchers warn of danger, call for pause in bringing AI to schools

March 21, 2024

K-12 schools across the country are increasingly integrating artificial intelligence tools into the classroom. 兔子先生传媒文化作品鈥檚 Alex Molnar gives his take on why these tools could pose risks for students, and what concerned parents and others can do about it.

Mia Torres in front of a mural that says: We'll get through this

Undergraduate鈥檚 menstrual justice project grows into policy change

March 18, 2024

From an early age, Mia Torres felt the urge to do something about the injustices she learned about. Her menstrual justice project in high school grew into policy change. Now she鈥檚 majoring in the School of Education鈥檚 unique leadership and community engagement major.

Women in long dresses holding a chain of abandoned belongings near the border

What Remains founders braid migration dreams, art, stories

March 18, 2024

Growing up on the border shaped the worldviews and life trajectories of four 鈥渕ujeres fronterizas,鈥 or border women, who came together to create the What Remains project. Alumna Adriana Alvarez shares how the project reframes the migrant experience as a global and timeless human experience.

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The power and possibilities of intertwining healing justice and education

March 12, 2024

Women of color reported experiences such as these to the co-founders of the Healing, Empowerment and Love project: 鈥淒on鈥檛 let them see you cry鈥攊t will make you seem weak;鈥 and 鈥淚 tended to my body only when it could no longer carry me.鈥 The project is exploring ways educators can interlace healing justice with education.

Young students participating in SCOPE program

Meet a scientist, be a scientist: Outreach program emphasizes inclusion

Feb. 29, 2024

兔子先生传媒文化作品's Science Community Outreach Program and Education (S.C.O.P.E.) works with underrepresented middle schoolers to build a science identity before kids lose interest or think they cannot be scientists due to lack of representation.

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