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Universities in China and South Korea are surging in the international race for world-class status, as schools in the East Asian nations are replacing U.S. institutions in international college rankings, according to new research led by Jaekyung Lee, PhD, UB GSE professor of counseling, school and educational psychology.

Nationwide, school lessons in personal growth and job skills have taken a backseat to preparation for standardized tests, according to new research led by Jaekyung Lee, PhD, professor of counseling, school and educational psychology in the Graduate School of Education.

Jessica Jones chatted in the hallway reception with a fellow teacher resident and pondered the consequences of disjointed lessons about how to make an argument. Different disciplines take different approaches. This could confuse students. How could teaching be improved? That was a message from Okhee Lee, a visiting NYU scholar who came to campus last month to give the penultimate talk in the Dean’s Lecture Series.

Stephen Jacobson, UB Distinguished Professor from the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy, has been all over the world teaching courses and participating in many different research projects. “Everyone wants to go visit a country that is excelling in education, but there is more to learn by going to places that are still evolving,” says Jacobson, who was brought to Albania to discuss education from an American perspective, and is involved with a large international research project in India to reduce gender-based violence with the use of prosocial computer games.

How can instructional leaders contribute to creating a more progressive, equitable and inclusive society? A University at Buffalo Graduate School of Education researcher set out to answer that question in the recently published book, “Making a Difference: Instructional Leadership That Drives Self-Reflection and Values the Expertise of Teachers.”

More than 70 faculty, staff, alumni and student scholars from across the University at Buffalo Graduate School of Education will present 89 unique sessions at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), being held in person in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from April 11–14.