Funding for the Illinois Birth-to-Third Grade (B-3) Continuity Project ends in December 2019.
Birth-to-Third Grade Continuity Project comes to an end
Unit: Center for the Study of Education Policy
CSEP concludes School Leadership Program grant
The Center for the Study of Education Policy (CSEP) recently concluded a five-year, $4.6 million School Leadership Program grant to support the Illinois Partnerships Advancing Rigorous Training (IL-PART) project.
Congratulations to Illinois teachers who achieved National Board Certification
The National Board Resource Center (NBRC) celebrates 176 new, Illinois National Board Certified Teachers (NBCTs) who achieved certification in 2019.
B-3 Continuity Project presentation
Lisa Hood, Ph.D., from the Center for the Study of Education Policy (CSEP), in the Department of Educational Administration and Foundations, recently presented to the Early Learning Council on November 18 at Roosevelt University on the B-3 Continuity Project.
Mapping the future of higher education
Cemeteries, where ideas have gone to die, are filled with claims over the decades that higher education was headed for a radical transformation or even just significant change. The tombstones all read, “They were wrong. Nothing much changed.” Any claim that this time it’s different must be met with the appropriate level of skepticism. In
TEAM Lead presentation at the USDE National Leadership Summit
Erika Hunt, Linda Shay, and Pat Halloran were invited to present at a session at the United States Department of Education National Leadership Summit held on November 13–14.
Center for the Study of Education Policy awarded grant by the W. Clement & Jessie V. Stone Foundation
The Center for the Study of Education Policy was awarded a $60,000 grant from the W. Clement & Jessie V. Stone Foundation to develop Leadership for Equity micro-credentials for district administrators and aspiring principals and create a suite of SEL Classroom Climate and Practices resources for school principals. This builds on a $60,000 grant from
Preparing Principals for Pre-K in Illinois: The Prairie State’s Story of Reform and Implementation
Check out this new report published by New America on Illinois’ cutting-edge work to require principal preparation programs to prepare principals to lead early learning environments—the only state in the nation to require this!
Why Bloomington-Normal still has two school districts
Lynne Haeffele, director of Illinois State University’s Center for the Study of Education Policy, was recently interviewed and featured on “Why Bloomington-Normal Still Has Two School Districts” by WGLT in October. Other contributors to the discussion were former Unit 5 school board member Doug Reeves; Alan Lessoff, a history professor at ISU; and Bill Mueller,
Grants to fund big data research and CTE programs
Here is a roundup of recent grants received by Illinois State faculty and staff.
