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An upcoming panel discussion titled “Innovation in Education: South Bend Area Perspectives” will focus on innovative approaches to teaching pioneered in South Bend K-12 classrooms. The free event will take place from 5 to 6:30 p.m. March 19 (Tuesday) in McKenna Hall on the University of Notre Dame...

R. Joseph Waddington, an IEI Postdoctoral Research Associate, has received his Ph.D. in Educational Studies from the University of Michigan. His work supports the efforts of the Center for Research on Educational Opportunity (CREO), as well as the Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE)—two units of...

More than 60 secondary school teachers committed to boosting students’ college- and career-readiness through Advanced Placement ® courses attended a two-day conference at the University of Notre Dame on Oct. 5 and 6 to update their AP instruction skills. Notre Dame’s Institute for Educational...

Three experienced educators have been named to help implement the Advanced Placement Training and Incentive Program in Indiana (AP-TIP IN), collaborating with high schools in an initiative to boost students’ college readiness in science, math, and English. AP-TIP IN, a partnership with National Math...

Notre Dame’s interdisciplinary minor in Education, Schooling, and Society (ESS) enters the 2012-2013 academic year with new leadership, inviting undergraduates to study K-12 learning and education from new perspectives. The new director of ESS is Nicole McNeil, ACE Associate Professor of Psychology...

Nicole McNeil, the ACE Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Notre Dame, has been awarded the Boyd McCandless Award, an honor given annually by the American Psychological Association to an outstanding early-career scholar in developmental psychology. McNeil is a Fellow of the...