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The ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Boulder School of Education is hosting a special Homecoming Open House on Friday, Nov. 5 for alumni and friends. Don't miss exclusive opportunities to tour the remodeled new home of the School of Education, and check out our #EdBuffs Guide to Homecoming.

Colorado Springs teacher Kristen Sim first enrolled a ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Boulder graduate certificate in Teacher Leadership last fall thinking she might get a master’s degree over time. Fast forward one year, one pandemic, six self-paced online courses, three capstones, and a network of new colleagues, and Sim is now the first graduate of the Teacher Leadership program. 

On Sept. 17, over 100 faculty, staff, donors, and students and their families gathered virtually to honor scholarship and fellowship recipients and supporters at the 2021 School of Education Scholarship Celebration. Warmest congratulations to all our scholarship award recipients and to the supporters who make so much possible.

Born out of the pandemic but not confined to it, the new Buffs for Front Line Service Employees program provides equitable educational support to the families and school-aged children of the university’s essential employees. Through in-person and virtual support across subject areas and grade levels, Buffs4FLSE fosters a welcoming and nurturing where ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Boulder service employees and their families feel seen and valued.

In May, the ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Boulder School of Education hosted an evening of reimagining new social and educational futures through the art of play, heart, truth, and dreams at the Ed Talks virtual event. At times lyrical, lighthearted, and deeply personal, the videos from this series of ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Boulder's Ed Talks are now available and sure to leave the audience full of hope and excitement for a more beautiful and just future.

Congratulations, education graduates! The School of Education community will gather for virtual commencement on May 6 with the Colorado Teacher of the Year Gerardo Muñoz as the keynote speaker, a celebratory video featuring student reflections, the reading of graduates' names, and more. View the complete honor roll of graduates, meet the Outstanding Graduate awardees, and more.

This January, all eyes were on the state of Georgia as voter turnout reached historic levels during two runoff Senate elections following record turnout in November. Julia Daniel was one of the many organizers who dropped everything to focus on electoral organizing efforts in November and again leading up to the runoff election.

The latest issue of the ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Boulder School of Education's magazine, Voices, centers wellness through stories of mindfulness in the classroom, powerful community schools, hip-hop and youth learning, poetry to engage educators, and more. Check it out.

As a student teacher in Denver Public Schools, Cat Flynn (elementary licensure, 2019) fell in love with the community at the historic Denver elementary, Dora Moore Elementary. She also recognized many of her students’ challenges.“I learned so much

As a journalist covering the education beat in Denver, Holly Kurtz (PhDEdu’13) turned to ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Boulder professor and National Education Policy Center Director Kevin Welner many times as an expert source. One fateful conversation changed the trajectory