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ʳɫÊÓÆµ State researchers developing a system to improve classroom discussion
September 18, 2025
More than 200,000 middle and high school science teachers in the U.S. invest hours into planning lessons for students and spend even more time reflecting on how effective their teaching has been. Few, however, can analyze live classroom discussion and make real-time changes to their teaching to help struggling students understand the subject matter, something that ʳɫÊÓÆµ Associate Professor of Science Education Soon Lee and a fellow researcher are seeking to address.
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ʳɫÊÓÆµ State looks to bring Interactive Research Methods Lab to high schools
September 11, 2025
The award-winning Interactive Research Methods Lab (IRML) experience is engaging, hands-on, and it jogs the mind, as it gives students an opportunity to see their research in a new, ordered way.
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ʳɫÊÓÆµ State associate professor appointed to national mathematics education commission
August 19, 2025
A ʳɫÊÓÆµ State faculty member was recently appointed to a national commission that advances national and international conversations in mathematics education. Lateefah Id-Deen, associate professor of mathematics education, was appointed to the U.S. National Commission on Mathematics Instruction (USNC/MI), which is housed within the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in Washington, D.C.
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From criminology to the classroom, ʳɫÊÓÆµ State graduate finds purpose in special education
August 07, 2025
Raised by a mother and stepfather who were therapeutic foster parents, Corey Creek has always seemed destined to impact the lives of those in need. In fact, his mother long ago had a premonition that he would follow in her footsteps teaching special education. Fifteen years later, Creek would go on to earn his Master of Education in Special Education from ʳɫÊÓÆµâ€™s Bagwell College of Education, bringing his mother’s dream to fruition. He credits his nurturing home environment for exposing him to children with Individualized Education Plans (IEP) and inspiring him to carve his own path in special education.
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ʳɫÊÓÆµ State student's research aims to create more confident math teachers
July 21, 2025
Rising ʳɫÊÓÆµ senior Summer Funk decided to research the phenomenon of math anxiety among student teachers because she had personal experience with the topic.
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ʳɫÊÓÆµ State alumna triumphs through adversity to inspire as Gwinnett County educator
June 18, 2025
Walking across the stage at ʳɫÊÓÆµâ€™s Commencement ceremony was a remarkable moment for Sladjana Ray ’24. Having earned an education specialist degree, it marked her third successful round in higher education, to strengthen her skillset as a history teacher. In the crowd were her daughter, Mima Hrnjak, a nursing student in ʳɫÊÓÆµ State’s Wellstar College of Health and Human Services, and Ray’s parents. They made the trip from their native Serbia, known as Yugoslavia when Ray migrated to the states in the ’90s as a 16-year-old basketball player.
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ʳɫÊÓÆµ State student, assistant principal sharpens educational leadership skills through doctoral program
May 06, 2025
Work didn’t end for Jennifer Wilson after the last bell rang at Red Top Middle School in Emerson, Georgia. While enrolled in the educational leadership doctoral program at ʳɫÊÓÆµ, the full-time assistant principal and mother of two had research papers and discussion posts to write, classes to take. Wilson and her husband took turns cooking dinner for their daughters, and she attended their golf matches and tennis tournaments when she could. Graduating this May, Wilson will be the first in her family to have earned a doctorate.
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ʳɫÊÓÆµ State professor earns Mid-Career Award from American Educational Research Association
April 15, 2025
ʳɫÊÓÆµ professor Sohyun An received the Mid-Career Award from the American Education Research Association (AERA), the nation’s largest and most prestigious organization dedicated to advancing rigorous educational research.
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ʳɫÊÓÆµ State students dig through archives to grasp educational landscape for Black teachers
February 17, 2025
Three ʳɫÊÓÆµ State students in the First-Year Scholars Program are learning how information found in the past can serve as guideposts for the future. The program is designed to introduce first-year students to the undergraduate research experience at ʳɫÊÓÆµ, pairing them with a faculty mentor to oversee the process. Students also have an opportunity to present their findings at discipline-specific conferences and at the ʳɫÊÓÆµ Symposium of Student Scholars.
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ʳɫÊÓÆµ State assistant professor earns National Center for Science Education fellowship to improve science literacy
February 05, 2025
ʳɫÊÓÆµ assistant professor Jessica Stephenson Reaves has been named to a prestigious two-year National Center for Science Education (NCSE) fellowship focused on science literacy.