Cato College of Education

UNC Charlotte’s chapter of Kappa Delta Pi, the international honor society in education, has continued an award-winning streak with a pair of honors at the 52nd Kappa Delta Pi Convocation. KDP received the Program Award for Professional Development and Literacy Alive Bronze Award, recognizing the impactful programming and service provided by the chapter during the last two years.

The Wall Street Journal has described Barbara Oakley’s research as revolutionary. A best-selling author, educator and engineer, Oakley will share the secrets of neuroscience to unlock the brain’s power for maximum learning during a UNC Charlotte presentation for faculty, staff and students.

Moises Serrano-Cruz, an openly gay and undocumented activist and storyteller, will deliver the annual Bob Barret Distinguished Lecture on Multiculturalism at 7 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 1, in the Cato College of Education, Room 010. The talk is the keynote presentation for the Multicultural Issues in Counseling Conference, scheduled for Friday, Nov. 2.

Krystal Turner, a graduate assistant in the Graduate School, recently participated in the annual conference of the Association of Play Therapy (APT) in Phoenix where she helped promote graduate education at UNC Charlotte and presented the research project “Child/Parent Relationship Therapy (CPRT) for Adoptive Families: Parents’ Lived Experiences.”

A group of Cato College of Education students and faculty members are back with memories of and insight into international teaching after a summer program in China and India

The Cato College of Education is making organizational moves to strengthen relationships with alumni and school and community partners, which play critical roles in the college’s mission.

Heather Coffey from the Cato College of Education’s Department of Middle, Secondary and K-12 Education is this year’s recipient of the Bonnie E. Cone Early-Career Professorship of Teaching.

Cato College of Education Dean Ellen McIntyre authored a recent article that focuses on a UNC Charlotte summer reading camp, which has the potential to be a model for summer programs everywhere.

Mathematics research by one Cato College of Education professor is among scientific findings from 2017 with the potential to change world, according to publishing giant Springer Nature.

While Cato College of Education students enjoy summer break, for the second year in a row, the college and education stakeholders from across the region are working to reimagine the way those students are molded into effective teachers.