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AACTE Statement on the SCOTUS Decision on Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard University
(June 29, 2023, Washington, DC) – Since its founding in 1948, AACTE (American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education) has been committed to advancing the field of educator preparation and ensuring that those preparing to be teachers, principals, and other professional educators represent the diversity of the children they educate. Today’s Supreme Court of the […]
Monika Williams Shealey of Rowan University Becomes AACTE Board Chair
(March 1, 2023, Washington, D.C.) – AACTE (American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education) welcomes Monika Williams Shealey, Ph.D., senior vice president of diversity, equity, and inclusion at Rowan University, as the new chair of its board of directors. During her one-year term, Shealey will support AACTE and President and CEO Lynn M. Gangone, Ed.D., […]
AACTE Congratulates Inaugural Recipients of Augustus F. Hawkins Centers of Excellence Grants
(Feb. 17, 2023, Washington, D.C.) – AACTE (American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education) is pleased to announce that the following 10 member institutions are part of the inaugural class of grantees under the Augustus F. Hawkins Centers of Excellence Program (Hawkins Program): Bowie State University (MD) California State University, Dominquez Hills Florida International University […]
AACTE Announces 2023 National Award Winners
(Feb. 14, 2023, Washington, D.C.) – AACTE (American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education) is pleased to announce the 2023 recipients of its annual awards for innovative research, best practice, and exemplary leadership in educator preparation. Through a rigorous selection process carried out by the AACTE Standing Committees, the AACTE Awards Program honors member institutions […]
AACTE Receives Support from the Longview Foundation to Create a Global Education Faculty Professional Learning Community
(January 26, 2023, Washington, D.C.) – Through the generous support of the Longview Foundation, the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) is launching a new Global Education Faculty Professional Learning Community (PLC). This PLC will provide a peer support network and professional development to faculty at comprehensive teacher preparation programs to effectively integrate global […]
AACTE Invites Education Leaders to Register for its Annual Meeting in Indianapolis Addressing the Needs of Today’s Educators and Future Teachers
(January 17, 2023, Washington, D.C.) – Meeting the needs of today’s educators and future teachers among critical nationwide staffing shortages is a key challenge facing education. AACTE (American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education) provides solutions with its Annual Meeting focused on equipping future teachers for Pk-12 classrooms, on Feb. 24-26, in Indianapolis, Indiana. “During this […]
New Data: AACTE Finds College and University-Based Alternative Teacher Preparation Programs More Effectively Address Educator Shortage than Alternative Programs Outside of Higher Ed
(December 1, 2022, Washington, D.C.) – Today AACTE (American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education) released a new analysis focusing on alternative preparation programs run by institutions of higher education (IHE-based alternative programs). The study shows that IHE- based alternative teacher preparation programs are bringing more educators to the strained workforce than alternative programs run by […]
AACTE Report Examines Education Censorship in Institutions of Higher Ed
(Oct. 25, 2022, Washington, D.C.) – The American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) today released a newly commissioned report on The State of Education Censorship in Institutions of Higher Ed and Implications for the Field. The report, authored by AACTE member Ashley L. White, Ph.D., is a comprehensive overview of proposed and enacted censorship in […]
AACTE President Keynotes at Congress of Latin American University Deans Preserving the Teaching Profession
(Sept. 6, 2022, Washington, D.C.) –The American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) President and CEO Lynn M. Gangone, Ed.D., delivered the opening Keynote of the First Congress of the Network of Deans and Deans of Education of Latin American Universities (Redecanedu) in Santiago, Chile, on Sept. 1. Gangone joined remotely with the international meeting of education leaders. […]
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