The prevalence of autism spectrum disorder, or ASD, has mushroomed in recent years, jumping 15 percent between 2016 and 2018 alone. An estimated one in 59 children has received an autism diagnosis, making it likely that all regular education teachers will encounter a student with ASD at some point in their careers, said autism education...
Esther Garcia is the first to admit that for many students, getting to college can be just as much of a challenge as going through it. “I had no clue how to prepare for, or even apply to a university,” said Garcia, then a first-generation prospective college student from Los Angeles. “Information about college wasn’t...
There’s an overarching question that informs the bulk of Louie Rodríguez’s research: When it comes to education, how can we make the system work better for students? An Inland Empire native, Rodríguez now serves as both the associate dean of undergraduate education and an associate professor in UC Riverside’s Graduate School of Education. For more...
A $150,000 grant will enable the University of California, Riverside’s Graduate School of Education to strengthen and grow one of its most successful regional partnerships. Launched in 2016, the UCR AP Readiness program is the product of a collaboration between the university’s Graduate School of Education, or GSOE, and the Riverside County Office of Education...
Read our recent round-up of faculty accomplishments and work. Books Dr. Margaret A. Nash Women’s Higher Education in the United States: New Historical Perspectives (Palgrave) Dr. Louie Rodriguez PAR EntreMundos: A Pedagogy of the Américas (Critical Studies of Latinos/as in the Americas) (Peter Lang Publishing) Dr. Thomas M. Smith Systems for Instructional Improvement (Harvard Education...
Graduate School of Education Dean Thomas Smith is a co-author of “Systems for Instructional Improvement,” a new book dedicated to improving math instruction in the U.S. Don’t consider yourself a “math person”? According to a team of researchers who study math instruction in the United States, the disconnect could be more of a result of...
Job hunting can be stressful for even the most seasoned professional, and adequately preparing for an interview can often be the key to landing the job of your dreams. The Teacher Education Program’s annual “Mock Interview Day” provides student teachers with the opportunity to refine their interviewing skills and receive advice and tips from a...
Throughout the year, students in the Graduate School of Education have earned awards, presented at conferences, and participated several professional development events. Below is a round-up of a few student achievements: Maria Hernandez, who will be receiving her master of general education and single-subject teaching credential in math this month, was named the inaugural recipient...
It wasn’t an extraordinary teacher who inspired Maria Hernandez to become an educator. In fact, it was the opposite. “When I was younger, I remember being in a class where I felt confused all the time,” said Hernandez, a student in the Graduate School of Education (GSOE) at the University of California, Riverside. “It was...
More and more high school students enroll in Advanced Placement courses to help prepare them for the rigor of college and strengthen their college applications. In fact, according to a recent study from The College Board and the Education Commission of the States, the number of students enrolled in Advanced Placement courses have doubled over...
Doctoral students in special education at UCR joined students and professors from eight UC campuses for the 12th annual student-run University of California Collaborative for Research on Special Education, Disabilities, and Developmental Risk (SPEDDR) conference, held at UC-Davis. This conference is one of several activities of the University of California Collaborative for Research on Special...
It’s been over 30 years since historian Barbara Solomon published In the Company of Educated Women: A History of Women and Higher Education , one of the few comprehensive texts that looks at the role of women in higher education. Since then, subsequent accounts of women in higher education have largely been “an ‘add-in’ to...
Anyone who has ever survived being a teenager should be well aware that parenting a teenager can be no easy feat. But factor in a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) or intellectual disability (ID), and you’ll likely have the recipe for a unique set of challenges to the entire family unit. According to autism...
When Yasamine Bolourian decided to pursue a Ph.D., she wanted to commit to a program that “prepared students to be highly-competent leaders in their field,” and in her case, engage in cutting-edge research in special education and autism. After learning that UCR was home to some of the nation’s leading experts in autism research and...
