Cato College of Education

Diane Browder, Lake and Edward P. Snyder Distinguished Professor of Special Education, has received the 2018 Special Education Research Award from the Council for Exceptional Children. This award recognizes an individual whose research has significantly advanced the education of children and youth with exceptionalities.

As children are exposed to technology and cyber learning at a younger and younger age, there is a growing need to prepare K-12 students to navigate the digital world. The UNC Charlotte Cato College of Education has earned the opportunity to do just that by designing a cyber safety curriculum that will be implemented with teachers, technology facilitators, middle school students and parents from three school districts and a charter school in the Charlotte region.

A new study co-authored by Cato College of Education member Ryan Miller is shedding light on efforts by higher education administrators nationwide to respond to bias and hate incidents while preserving students’ free speech rights.

The Department of Reading and Elementary Education in the Cato College of Education won the Staff Council Homecoming Decorating Contest.

Rachel Pierson-Bonin, HR, was the individual winner.

The UNC Charlotte Staff Council sponsors a decorating contest during Homecoming to encourage offices/departments and individuals to display their Niner spirit.

Campus units that competed in the contest were:

Les Kooyman, an associate professor at Montclair State University, will deliver the 10th annual Bob Barret Lecture on Multicultural Issues in Counseling. His presentation will be from 7 to 9 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 19, in the College of Health and Human Services, Room 281. Space is limited for this free, public talk; RSVPs are required.

Anti-racist writer and activist Tim Wise will speak at UNC Charlotte on Tuesday, Oct. 24. A student-focused session is scheduled for 2 p.m., and a community-focused event will be at 6 p.m.; both will be in the Cone University Center, McKnight Hall.

A summer camp designed by the Cato College of Education is providing a free, literacy-rich experience for dozens of east Charlotte elementary students while helping researchers uncover best practices for programs of the future.

Erik Byker, an assistant professor in the Cato College of Education’s Department of Reading and Elementary Education, has been named a Global Teacher Education (GTE) Fellow.

A short “morning blast” of physical activity can benefit elementary students throughout the school day, according to a new study co-authored by a Cato College of Education professor.

A study co-authored by a Cato College of Education professor has found the social and physical surroundings of a school, and the way students perceive them, help inform student behavior.