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Capturing the complexity of early learning

Center for Early Education and Development leads effort to update Minnesota’s learning guidelines for young children
Every state has its own early learning guidelines for preschoolers and most have early learning guidelines for infants and toddlers.

Equitable development for all children

Norwood Glaspie has always been curious about how children acquire and process information, how they learn from their social environments, and how social and cognitive factors interact in shaping their development.

Black educators matter

Black Men Teach and the University of Minnesota's College of Education and Human Development (CEHD) aim to make Minnesota schools more reflective of their students.

Markus Flynn

The importance of being diverse

Since she was young, Karina Elze (MEd ’16) always wanted to have her own business. “I love creating, taking risks, and I get bored if I stay in the same position too long," she says...

From Minnesota to Brazil

Historically, study abroad has not been designed with low income, first-generation, and Indigenous students as its audience...

A letter from the Dean: Fall 2024

Excitement is in the air across campus and within CEHD. The new academic year has begun and there is great anticipation for the possibilities...

dean at library

Making computer science inclusive

It may come as a surprise to many people that for the percentage of its high schools offering computer science (CS) courses, Minnesota ranks dead last in the country. The national average sits at 58 percent and Minnesota’s neighbors Iowa...

Jennifer Rosato and Paul Schenfeld