College of Education and Human Development

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CEHD Alumna Receives Prestigious Presidential Award

January 21, 2025

Alumna Emily Burrell received a Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching. Read more...
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CEHD Offerings Climb in U.S. News & World Report Rankings of Best Online Graduate Education Programs

January 21, 2025

George Mason’s Special Education online master's program is among the top five online graduate programs in this discipline nationally. Read more...
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Alumnus Ricardo O. Sánchez Shares His Story as a First-Generation Immigrant

January 15, 2025

Alumnus Ricardo O. Sánchez recently published his new book, Before and After the Border: One Man's Journey Home Read more...
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George Mason’s recreation program is helping bring parks to the people

January 9, 2025

This fall, a brand-new park opened in Ashburn, Virginia, with a few familiar faces from George Mason University at its helm. Learn more about Reservoir Park, and how alumna Bella Trimner and recreation management executive-in-residence Paul Gilbert have made a difference in their community through their work.  Read more...
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Counseling Professor Erik Hines is Ranked Among Top 200 Education Scholars in U.S. Universities

January 8, 2025

Erik Hines is ranked as one of the top 200 education scholars in the 2025 RHSU Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings, which lists the top 200 university-based scholars in the United States who did influential work that shaped educational practice and policy. Read more...
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School of Education’s Erdogan Kaya is Awarded NSF Grant in Support of Project Focused on Introducing Linguistically Diverse Elementary Students to AI and Machine Learning

January 6, 2025

Kaya’s contributions as a member of the project’s interdisciplinary research team will facilitate AI literacy in young learners by using educational robotics in the study of STEM. Read more...
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School of Education Faculty Awarded a Major Five-Year $5 million U.S. Department of Education Grant to Increase the Number of School Counselors in High-Need Schools

December 20, 2024

Sam Steen, Elizabeth Levine Brown, and Erik Hines formed a partnership that includes George Mason’s Early Identification Program, NOVA, and Manassas City Public Schools. Read more...
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Real-time feedback is part of a holistic approach to helping new teachers succeed

November 19, 2024

Dynamic Coaching Outreach Program in Special Education: General Curriculum (DCOP) through the Kellar Institute for Human DisAbilities helps facilitate a “more dynamic coaching and feedback cycle” throughout teaching internship experience through the use of technology. Read more...
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George Mason’s English language teacher development program has worldwide impact

November 15, 2024

The Global Online Teacher Education Center (GOTEC) provides invaluable experiences through its Teaching English to Young Learners program Read more...
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SRTM Faculty Sammie Powers, Hung-Ling (Stella) Liu, and Ellen Rodgers Receive U.S. Geological Survey Award in Support of a Study to Advance Climate Adaptation and Conservation Efforts

November 14, 2024

Powers is leading an interdisciplinary, multi-university team to develop a social network analysis methodology for the integration of the principles of environmental and climate justice into climate adaptation and conservation. Read more...