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Inspiring Young Minds

February 19, 2021

Learning Design and Technology Professor Kevin Clark is retiring from Mason after 20 years to become the director of original animation for preschool programming at Netflix. Read more...
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Empowering students

February 11, 2021

Transformative Teaching program helps educators develop anti-racist social justice practice. Read more...
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Top Programs

January 26, 2021

Special education and curriculum and instruction graduate online programs rank among the best in Virginia, according to U.S. News & World Report. Read more...
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‘Profound impact’

January 14, 2021

International Education associate professor Joan Shin honored by State Department as top English language specialist. Read more...
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Column: Modern public education must prioritize educators and be antiracist

January 14, 2021

In a column in the Richmond Times-Dispatch, several faculty members of the Transformative Teaching program discuss the need and priority to develop antiracist educators. Read more...
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Amazon Externship

January 11, 2021

George Mason University, Maryland Chamber Foundation teaming up with Amazon to provide computer science education externships to teachers. Read more...
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Widening Outreach

January 4, 2021

Education policy center expanding research outreach to state and local partners. Read more...
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Enrollment in advanced math courses increasing among Black ninth graders in Virginia public schools

December 2, 2020

Rural students were less likely to enroll, according to joint research from Virginia Department of Education and George Mason University. Read more...
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George Mason’s Parsons Contributes to Current Debate on How to Best Teach Children to Read

October 30, 2020

Literacy professor featured in Reading Research Quarterly special issue for research on science of reading . Read more...
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Virtual Workshops

October 27, 2020

Learning Technologies in Schools graduate students and alumni help local schools adapt during pandemic. Read more...