GSE in the News

Headlines from stories that featured our faculty and students

A small college is eliminating loans from its financial aid packages

The Washington Post quoted Nathan Daun-Barnett, chair and associate professor of educational leadership and policy, in an article on how Williams College plans to eliminate loans and work-study employment from its financial aid packages and replace those funds with grants.

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What The Girl From Plainville Means for Texting and Teen Suicide

Time interviewed Stephanie Fredrick, assistant professor and associate director of the Alberti Center for Bullying Abuse Prevention, about youth suicide in the Hulu limited series “The Girl from Plainville.” The article was picked up by Yahoo! News.

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Reconceptualizing school safety to create a safer learning environment for Black students

A study titled “Reconceptualizing School Safety to Create a Safer Learning Environment for Black Students” by Kamontá Heidelburg, assistant professor in counseling, school and educational psychology, was featured in News Medical Life Science and picked up by Phys.org.

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What We Can Learn From San Diego State University

An article in Diverse Issues in Higher Education titled “What We Can Learn From San Diego State University” quoted Raechele Pope, senior associate dean for faculty and student affairs, chief diversity officer and associate professor in educational leadership and policy.

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Is Cocomelon Damaging Our Kids’ Brains?

“Is Cocomelon Damaging Our Kids’ Brains?” a piece published in In Good Health WNY’s Healthcare Newspaper, quoted Claire Cameron, associate professor in learning and instruction.

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Letter: Students should be given an opportunity to be heard

A letter to the editor that ran in The Buffalo News expressed the opinion of more than 100 local students who were part of the Western New York Youth Alliance for Education, a program founded by GSE.

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University at Buffalo Creates the Center for K-12 Black History and Racial Literacy Education

The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education published a news item reporting that GSE has announced the establishment of the Center for K-12 Black History and Racial Literacy Education.

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Kansas City Black students frustrated with how their history is taught

NPR station KCUR in Kansas City interviewed LaGarrett King, director of the UB Center for K-12 Black History and Racial Literacy Education and associate professor in learning and instruction, for a piece titled “Kansas City Black students frustrated with how their history is taught.”

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Seventeen research stories from a year of discovery at UB

TechRegister.com published UB’s year-end research roundup detailing 17 of the year’s most important discoveries, which included the Teacher Residency Program in a research feature called “Education | The next generation — of teachers.”

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30 Under 30 - Science

Raven Baxter, a GSE alumna known as “Raven the Science Maven,” was named to the 2022 Forbes’ 30 Under 30 – Science list.

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A Revaluation of Computational Thinking in K–12 Education: Moving Toward Computational Literacies

Chris Proctor, assistant professor in learning and instruction, appeared on the popular education podcast #CSK8 hosted by Jared O’Leary.

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What Black History Month Should Mean: A Collection

Education Week published “What Black History Month Should Mean: A Collection,” an article written by LaGarrett King, director of the UB Center for K-12 Black History and Racial Literacy Education and associate professor in learning and instruction.

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College Board's SAT exam becomes digital in 2024, local admissions officers say there are pros and cons

WKBW-TV Channel 7 Buffalo interviewed Nathan Daun-Barnett, chair and associate professor in educational leadership and policy, for a piece titled, “College Board’s SAT exam becomes digital in 2024, local admissions officers say there are pros and cons.”

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