Latest News from the UAlbany School of Education

UAlbany's School of Education Ranks #4 in Online Graduate Education
The University at Albany’s School of Education has ranked #4 in the nation for best online master’s in education programs by U.S. News & World Report. The school has placed in the top 10 programs nationwide for eight years in a row and continues to be the top-ranked program in New York and the Northeast region.  

NYS Approves New UAlbany Teacher Certification Programs
The New York State Department of Education approved three new undergraduate teacher certification programs at the University at Albany, marking a return to the University’s roots as a teachers college. The new Bachelor of Science degrees in Adolescent Education, Childhood and Special Education, and Early Childhood/Childhood Education join the UAlbany School of Education’s nationally ranked graduate programs, including top-ranked online programs.

Exploring AI in the Classroom
Haesol Bae was featured on WMHT’s New York NOW program. Bae was interviewed for a segment on the use of artificial intelligence in the classroom. Her expertise focuses on how teachers can play a central role in supporting students while utilizing emerging educational technology, such as AI. 

Beloved Community Intergenerational Mentorship Project
Through a project funded by UAlbany’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion, Tammy Ellis-Robinson brought local high school students and educators of color together with undergrads, grad students and faculty of color from UAlbany’s School of Education to engage in conversations centering career exploration in the fields of education and mental health counseling in a P-12 setting. “We've found that those deep interpersonal connections make a big difference in helping the young people, both college and high school students, think about and see themselves as educators.”

Advancing QuantCrit Methods and Data Sensitivity Approaches in Special Education Research
Nicholas Bell was awarded a $75,000 racial equity grant from the Spencer Foundation for a study which aims to uncover zones where Black and Latinx students are overidentified for special education, which can limit educational opportunities, and to understand how educators can disrupt this process.

UAlbany School of Education Professor Wins Carnegie Fellowship to Study Political Polarization
Brett Levy received a 2024 Andrew Carnegie Fellowship from the Carnegie Corporation of New York to study strategies to reduce political polarization in the U.S. Levy is one of 28 scholars nationwide selected for the program out of more than 360 nominations. Each winner will receive up to $200,000 for research that seeks to understand how and why our society has become so polarized and how we can strengthen the forces of cohesion to fortify our democracy.

SUNY AI-ED: A SUNY-wide Professional Learning Community for Artificial Intelligence in Education
Peter Shea received a SUNY Innovation Instruction Technology grant for $99,100 for his project which aims to develop a proof of concept for a multi-institutional professional learning community that will help educators across various sectors gain new knowledge, skills and abilities around artificial intelligence in design, teaching, learning and assessment. Several faculty members from the School of Education are involved in the grant, including Jianwei Zhang, Reza Feyzi-Behnagh, Jason Vickers, Haesol Bae, Lijun Ni, Alex Kumi Yeboah and Jonathan Foster.

Writing Project Celebrates 20 Years at UAlbany with Art Exhibition, Book Launch
The Capital District Writing Project, a local site of the National Writing Project based at UAlbany that works to enhance the teaching of writing in local schools, is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year with the launch of a permanent art exhibition and two books commemorating its recent Freedom Dreaming for Educational Justice initiative.