Cato College of Education

Logan Ellis ’21 is about to complete his first year as a fifth-grade teacher at Shiloh Valley Elementary School in Monroe, North Carolina. Ellis strives to improve students’ lives by being a positive role model and source of encouragement. Learn more about Ellis, his advice to current students and his gratitude for the Cato College of Education.

Describe your typical day as a fifth-grade educator. 

Dakota Walker loved school growing up. When she learned she could teach professionally, she wanted to pursue it. As she progressed through high school and college, she found service projects and clinical placements that made her especially interested in the unique needs and talents of special education students.

“I want to be able to give back to students who are in special education and to be there as an advocate and a resource for them,” Walker said.

Researchers with UNC Charlotte’s Migration Research Network offer insight about the political, social and economic implications of the mass exodus of Ukrainian people, with an eye to broader issues.

Malcolm Butler will join UNC Charlotte’s Cato College of Education as dean in January 2022.

Groups across the country are joining in recognition of National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month and bringing awareness to the unique struggles that racial and ethnic minority communities face regarding mental illness. 

Transferring from community colleges to universities has become an increasingly important path for students nationwide, with more than 12,000 making the jump each year in North Carolina alone. While providing financial and academic benefits for many, nuances can accompany the transfer process. Now, thanks to more than $450,000 in funding from the John M.

A project led by a UNC Charlotte doctoral candidate along with local high school students and experts is tracing the history of the Black educational experience in Charlotte and finding wisdom in the past to apply to the issues of today.

Leslie Locklear, Ph.D., is program coordinator for UNC Pembroke’s First Americans Teacher Education and First Americans Educational Leadership programs. She will present “Who’z Ya People: Understanding and Supporting Southeast American Indians” at 5 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 19.

Through the largest grant in the University’s history, a pair of researchers from the UNC Charlotte Cato College of Education are expanding their national effort to improve employment, education and community integration for students and youth with disabilities.

Niner University Elementary (NUE), UNC Charlotte’s first lab school, started the 2020-21 school year with remote learning on Aug. 17 for its 96 K-2 students.”Opening NUE has been a labor of love, years in the making,” said Pamela Broome, principal of NUE. “Though this is not how we envisioned opening NUE, we are off to a great start and are thrilled to begin our journey as part of this community.”