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GSE Professor Dr. Ravit Golan Duncan Honored as 2026 AERA Fellow
NEW BRUNSWICK – The American Educational Research Association (AERA) has announced that Dr. Ravit Golan Duncan is among the 34 exemplary scholars selected as the 2026 class of AERA Fellows….
Rhymes with a Reason: Hip-Hop as the Lesson
Too many students walk into classrooms and feel invisible. Their stories aren’t in textbooks. Their cultures are studied from a distance, if at all. The traditional approaches to education—rigid and…
It Takes a Village: Community-first Programming
Many newcomers to the United States struggle in silence—isolated by language barriers that limit their access to jobs, education, healthcare, and housing. Free, accessible English language support is scarce, and…
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Evaluation Measurement and Statistics Master’s – Online Info Session
Our ESM program is designed to develop and strengthen your skills in research methods with an emphasis on evaluation, statistics and measurement. We offer a flexible program of study that prepares you for a career or advanced study in academic research, industry, the non-profit sector, or government organizations in education and related fields. Bring your…
Dissertation Defense Announcement Ed.D. Program: Leisa Walker “School Is ‘Good’… But”: Perceptions of Preadolescent Black Males Served by Special Education”
Black males continue to be disproportionately represented in high-incidence and subjective special education disability categories. The overrepresentation of these students within certain classifications is concerning, given the increased risk of adverse educational outcomes associated with being a non-White student labeled with a disability. Grounded in Disability Critical Race Theory (DisCrit) and African American Male Theory…
Dissertation Defense Announcement Ph.D. in Education Program: Anel V. Rivera Guerrero “Excavando identidad with Teachers of Multilingual Learners in Professional Development: Transformándonos de adentro pa’ fuera “
Despite the ongoing call for in-service teachers of multilingual learners to engage in the deep exploration of their identities and belief systems toward bi/multilingual speakers (Lawton et al., 2025), there is little guidance in the research literature. The Archaeology of Self provides one pathway for this work (Sealey-Ruiz, 2020). However, due to the adaptability of…
Dissertation Defense Announcement Ed.D. Program: Joanna Joaquin “‘It’s Like Jesus Christ Came Down From Heaven and Gave Us AI’:How P-12 Principals and Vice-Principals Experience Generative Artificial Intelligence”
School administrators experience job demands that contribute to ongoing stress and burnout (Dicke et al., 2020; Grissom et al., 2015). To manage this stress, school administrators are increasingly turning to generative artificial intelligence (GenAI). Existing research focuses largely on classroom use, student learning, and academic integrity concerns (Manczka, 2024; Searson et al., 2024). Much less…