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2. Edwin D. Grant, Founding Director
School of Education (1905-1907)
School of Education Organized, 1905
In 1905, the School of Education is
organized under the College of Liberal
Arts. Education courses were formerly
offered by the College of Science.
The School of Education was designed to
prepare three types of workers: 1) The
High School Teacher; 2) The Supervisor of
Special Subjects; and 3) The School
Superintendent.
Edwin Grant Dexter, author of A History of
Education in the United States (1904),
becomes the first Director of the School.
After his tenure as Director he became the
Commissioner of Education of Puerto Rico.

3. New School of Education Grows
Under the new organization, the School of Education could now grant “The
University Certificate of Qualification to Teach.” The School had a
Pedagogical Library and Museum located in University Hall, which contained
more than 8,000 books, magazines, and reports pertaining to educational
issues. This building was demolished in 1938.

4. William Chandler Bagley, Second
Director 1910-1917
William C. Bagley replaced Stephen
Sheldon Colvin, acting Director of the
School and professor of psychology, to
become the second Director of the
School of Education, 1910-1917.
Under his leadership the College of
Education becomes nationally
recognized for its research.

5. On March 8, 1911, the alpha
chapter of Kappa Delta Pi was
founded by the University of Illinois
Education Club. Currently, more
than 550 KDP chapters are found in
college campuses across the world.
Kappa Delta Pi Founded, 1911

6. Chicago Daily Tribune Nov 26, 1914; Page 6
In 1914, 2,500 Chicago public school
teachers signed a petition requesting the
city board of education to construct a
University of Illinois School of Education
in Chicago. It was unanimously approved
by the board and submitted to the U of I
president Edmund James and Board of
Trustees for consideration.
Chicago Site Petitioned, 1914

7. Daily Illini; September 24,
1916; Page: 1
In 1916, a new building was to be erected
for the School of Education. It would be
Collegiate Gothic in design and located on
the corner of Springfield and Mathews.
Today we know it as the University
Laboratory High School.
New Building for College, 1916

8. In 1917, Herschel T. Manuel
earned his Ph.D. degree from the
School of Education. He becomes
a leading expert on Mexican
American education and
remained widely recognized for
his pioneering studies on Spanish-
speaking students in the United
States.
Notable Early Alumni – Herschel T. Manuel

9. Charles Chadsey, Second Dean, 1919-1930
In 1919, Charles E. Chadsey, former
school principal and superintendent in
Colorado, replaces W.W. Charters to
become the second Dean of the
college, 1919-1930.
Under his leadership the College of
Education developed the Bureau of
Educational Research and inaugurated
the new education building.

10. Bureau of Educational Research, 1919
In 1919, the Bureau of Educational
Research was established to
disperse educational research and
contribute to the improvement of
education across the state.
To date, the Bureau continues to be
an important unit in assisting the
College in obtaining grants, training
working professionals, and aiding
academics in their scholarly
pursuits.

11. 1920 Professors across
campus work with the College’s
Bureau of Educational Research
to disperse research on
educational topics.
Bureau of Educational Research
Contributions

12. Daily Illini, November 17,
1920; Page: 1
In 1920, the College of
Education faculty organizes the
“First Annual School
Superintendents Meeting.”
The meeting was intended to
bridge ties between
practitioners and university
faculty.
Collaboration with Public Schools,
1920

13. University Laboratory High School serves
as the teaching laboratory for the College
of Education, a public secondary school
that was the original site of the College.
Part of the school’s mission is to provide a
space for young people to be innovative,
creative, and explore experimental
strategies. As a result, the curriculum of
this high school has been open to change.
University High School, 1921

14. Thomas E. Benner, former Chancellor of
the University of Puerto Rico at Rio
Piedras (1924-1929) and visiting professor
of administration of higher education at
Columbia University’s Teachers College
(1929-1931), becomes the third Dean of
the College, 1931-1945.
His early publications include a
manuscript sponsored by Alabama State
Department of Education titled, A
Comparative Study of the Elementary
Schools, White and Colored, of the 67
Counties of Alabama (1921).
Thomas E. Benner, Third Dean, 1931-1945

15. Between 1938 and 1940, the College of
Education developed a new graduate
professional program leading to a
Master’s of Education (Ed.M.) and
Doctorate of Education (Ed.D.) degrees.
In 1941, the first admissions
examination was required for graduate
programs and sixty-nine students
began working on advanced degrees.
College Develops Graduate Programs,
1938 - 1940

16. During the US involvement in World War II, the
College initiated new programs to participate in
the war effort, including the training of 800
prospective teachers of Air Corps mechanics.
On December 17, 1941, ten days after the
bombing of Pearl Harbor, the College of
Education provided leadership to the state by
calling a conference of representatives from
Illinois schools and teachers colleges to discuss
the war and the future educational
responsibilities of school officials.
The conference discussed evidence which
suggested the nature of the problems which
were arising or would arise as a result of the war.
College of Education and World War II

17. Willard B. Spalding, Fourth Dean,
1947-1953
Willard B. Spalding becomes the fourth
Dean of the College of Education, 1947-
1953.

18. Reforming Education and Contributing
Services to the Nation
Lee J. Cronbach, who came to the University of
Illinois in 1948, made major contributions in the
fields of educational psychology and psychological
testing. Cronbach developed the most frequently
used measure of the reliability of a psychological
or educational test, called “Cronbach’s alpha.”
Cronbach’s knowledge and expertise enabled him
to provided services to the U.S. governments
during the Great Depression and World War II.
During this period Cronbach was involved in the
training programs and testing technologies used
in America. Moreover, Cronbach served as a
military psychologist at the navy’s sonar school in
San Diego, becoming deeply engaged in
instructional psychology.

19. Research on Disabled Children, 1950
College of Education faculty
become leaders in the field of
special education. Early
publications by Samuel B. Kirk,
Merle B. Karnes, and Winifred D.
Kirk reach an international
audience.

20. In 1951, Max Beberman, Professor of education and
teacher at University High School, founded “new
mathematics,” a method of teaching math that went
beyond the usual rote learning.
Max Beberman and “New Math,” 1951
Beberman led the University of Illinois
Committee on School Mathematics
(UICSM) and produced a number of 16
millimeter films of his classroom
performance (As shown to the left).

21. Institute for Research on Exceptional
Children, 1952
Founded in 1952, the Institute’s mission was to
increase knowledge about exceptional children
and improve the effectiveness of special education
programs by conducting systematic, longitudinal,
and comprehensive interdisciplinary research. It
quickly became a pioneer in the field of special
education.
Publications written by faculty from the Institute
are in the Special Education. The book titled,
Educating Exceptional Children (1962), written by
Samuel Kirk is currently in its 11th edition and
remains widely used..

22. B.L. Dodds, Fifth Dean, 1954-1959
B. L. Dodds becomes the fifth Dean of the
College of Education, 1954–1959.
During his tenure a joint Ph.D. program is
established between the College of
Education and the Psychology Department
and the Training Research Laboratory is
founded.
The first extramural course in Educational
Administration is offered.

23. University High School Film Project, 1960
University High School was
contracted by the U.S. Office of
Education to make films on teacher
training.
Margaret Mead, world renowned
anthropologist (seated right) meets
with members of the University of
Illinois Committee on School
Mathematics (UICSM) Film Project
Staff. Gertrude Hendrix (seated left);
standing left to right, Burl L. Sims,
Prof. Max Beberman, Dr. Robert Hall.
Ms. Mead was a consultant for the
film project.

24. Deaf Education, 1960s
Faculty in the College begin to
contribute to the understanding of
deaf children and their education.
The founding of Journal of
Rehabilitation of the Deaf (JRD) in
1967 was strongly supported by
faculty in the College of Education. JRD
was published as a University of Illinois
Bulletin.

25. 1905
Early Childhood and Exceptional
Children, 1960s
Merle B. Karnes, Professor of Special Education at the
Institute of Child for Behavior and Development,
became one of the nations leading experts in Special
Education. Her research was sponsored by the U.S.
Council for Exceptional Children and received its
highest recognition, the “J.E. Wallace Wallin Award.”

26. Alonzo Grace, Sixth Dean, 1960-1964
Alonzo Grace becomes the sixth Dean of
the College of Education, 1960–1964.
During this time period, the College’s
Alumni Association is founded and the
College reorganizes into seven
departments.

27. Special Education, 1962
The Institute for Research on Exceptional Children,
founded and directed by Samuel Kirk was
transformed into the Department of Special
Education in 1962.
In 1963, Dr. Kirk coined the term “learning
disabilities.” In his research, he discovered that early
education can increase intelligence, a discovery
which led to the creation of Head Start, a federally
funded program that provides educational, health
and social services to impoverished preschoolers.
In 1964, he was appointed by President John F.
Kennedy as the founding director of the Division of
Handicapped Children and Youth under the U.S.
Office of Education.

28. Educational Psychology, 1962
The Department of Educational Psychology was
established in 1962 as the product of an
administrative reorganization within the College
of Education.
The Educational Psychology Department originally
consisted of five instructional divisions:
Behavioral Foundations of Education, Human
Development, Learning and Instruction,
Personnel Services, and Quantitative and
Evaluative Research Methodologies.
A continued mission of the department is to
prepare graduate students for positions as
university professors, testing and measurement
specialists, researchers, evaluators, and
counseling psychologists.
Lee Cronbach, faculty 1949-1963

29. Division of Home Economics, 1962
Home Economics becomes a division in the
Vocational & Technical Education (VOTEC)
Department. The division
• Published a bi-monthly journal, The Illinois
Teacher of Home Economics
• Hosted two national invitational conferences
where approximately 200 leaders came
together to think about current concerns in
the field and problems coming work and family
roles
• Created Innovative Teaching Techniques in
Home Economics (ITT-HE) to share material
developed by Home Economics staff and
students with teachers nation-wide.

30. Educational Policy Studies, 1963
In 1963, B.O. Smith, William O. Stanley,
Archibald Anderson, Foster McMurray, and
Harry Broudy founded the Department of
History and Philosophy of Education.
The department is currently named the
Department of Educational Policy Studies.

31. In 1964, the new College of Education building opened. Financed at over
$3 million and filling 95,000 square feet, it included 43 laboratories and
workrooms, a television control center, a small library, three lounges, and
a counseling center. It was hailed as a work of modern architecture.
New College of Education Building, 1964

32. Educational Evaluation, Robert Stake
Robert Stake arrived at the University in 1963, where he began his career in the
evaluation of educational programs.
In 1975, Robert Stake became the director of CIRCE.
He has promoted an approach to evaluation methods called "responsive evaluation” out
of which came the book Standards-Based & Responsive Evaluation. .
In 1988, he received the Lazarsfeld Award, in 1994, an honorary doctorate from the
University of Uppsala, and in 2009 an honorary doctorate from the University of
Valladolid in Spain.

33. Center for Instructional Research and
Curriculum Evaluation, 1964
In 1964, the Center for Instructional Research
and Curriculum Evaluation (CIRCE) was
organized to conduct a program of research,
instruction, and service in education with
special attention to curriculum, pedagogy, and
assessment.
J. Thomas Hastings was the first director.
The Center was created in response to the U.S
Office of Education’s interest in locating a
research and development center on campus
specializing in measurement and evaluation.

34. Education Alumni Association, 1964
EAA is the official Education arm of the University of Illinois Alumni
Association originally started in 1964.
The major purpose of the Association shall be that of mutual improvement,
professional and educational, of alumni in education.
To stimulate interest in education as a career among outstanding students.
To enable joint action by alumni in the field and the College of Education staff
individually and collectively toward the uplifting of the profession in the field
as well as the continued improvement of the professional services,
experiences, and programs provided by the College of Education.

35. Rupert N. Evans, Seventh Dean,
1964-1969
Rupert N. Evans becomes the seventh Dean of
the College of Education, 1964 – 1969.
The College reorganizes into seven
departments (History and Philosophy of
Education, Elementary Education, Secondary
Education, Special Education, Vocational
Education, and Educational Psychology).
Rupert continues to live in Urbana and
participate in the local education community.

36. ERIC Clearinghouse, 1967
Since 1967, the ERIC Clearinghouse on the
Elementary and Early Childhood (ERIC/EECE) has
provided information for educators, parents and
families, and individuals interested in the
development, education, and care of children
from birth through early adolescence.
Lilian G. Katz was the director from 1970-2000.
The first internet journal of ERIC/EECE is the
Early Childhood Research & Practice (ECRP),
which is available at http://ecrp.uiuc.edu.
Katz continues to make major contributions in
the field of education.

37. Alternative Teacher Education
Program, 1968
The College of Education enrolled
approximately 200 of the 690
students in Project 500. This was a
University wide program that
recruited students from racially
underrepresented backgrounds.
Through the Alternative Teacher
Education Program (ATEP), these
students were primarily trained to be
elementary and secondary education
teachers.
Graduates of the program were
qualified for teacher certification in
Illinois schools.
(pictured, student teacher, Glenn Pierson)
Professor Larry Parker, son Alonzo, and
alumna/faculty member of U of
Washington/author, Joy Ann Williamson
Project 500
40th Anniversary Celebration
November 2008

38. Journal of Aesthetic Education, 1968
The first quarterly issue of
the Journal of Aesthetic
Education was published in
March 1968 with Ralph A.
Smith—Professor of Aesthetic
Education—as its editor.
The journal clarified issues of
aesthetic education in its
most extensive meaning
while offering new
educational responses to
recent challenges to improve
the general quality and style
of education.

39. J. Myron Atkin, Eighth Dean, 1970-1979
J. Myron Atkin became the eighth Dean of the
College of Education February 1, 1970. He stayed
in that position until August 31, 1979.
Atkin has emphasized the central role of teachers
in designing high quality science education
programs, improvement of the science
curriculum, practical reasoning in teachers and
children, and case methods in research.
He was active on key national and international
committees to advise on science education
policy.
He is the co-editor of Everyday Assessment in the
Science Classroom.

40. Cooperative Teacher Education
Program, 1972
In 1972, the College implemented the Cooperative
Teacher Education Program (CTEP) in the Chicago
suburbs to give practical experience to secondary
education students.
The goal of the program was to alter the
preparation of teachers by completely involving
teacher trainees in the learning process through
their participation during the academic year in
public school classrooms so that the trainees
would blend educational theory with practice.

41. International Mathematics Study, 1976
College of Education became the coordinating
center for International Association for Evaluation
of Educational Achievement Second International
Mathematics Study in 1976 with Kenneth J. Travers
of the Department of Secondary Education as the
Director.
The project was a comprehensive study of the
teaching and learning of mathematics in the
schools of twenty countries around the world.
The study was one of the largest empirical
investigations of comparative mathematics
education ever carried publishing its results in
1985.
Dr. Travers is a founding member and Emeritus
Director of the Mathematics, Science, and
Technology Education program.

42. Center for the Study of Reading, 1976
In 1976, the College of Education, in
collaboration with the US Department
of Education, established the Center
for the Study of Reading to address
the unacceptably high number of
school children who were failing to
learn to read.
The CSR would later help implement
the Reading Recovery Program to aid
low-ability first grade readers in 1986.
Richard C. Anderson has served as the
only Director since 1976.

43. Joe R. Burnett, Ninth Dean, 1979-1985
Joe R. Burnett becomes the ninth Dean of the College
of Education, 1979 – 1985.
During this period the College’s Teacher Education
program is accredited by the National Council for the
Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE).
Keeping with national trends to increase standards,
the college instituted new freshman admission
standards and adopted a new grading policy.

44. Administration, Higher, and Continuing
Education Growth, 1981
The Department of Administration, Higher and
Continuing Education established two new
programs.
The Department extended course offerings by
building a new Higher Education Program
which joined the educational administration
program in offering program options at an off-
campus center.
The Department also established the joint
degree program in law and education which
included an interdisciplinary focus between
law and education. The program also
combined internships at both educational
agencies and law firms.
2008
Paul W. Thurston, Designer of Joint Degree Program

45. University Primary School (UPS), 1982
Established by the late Dr. Merle B. Karnes in
1982—one of the co-founders of the Illinois Gifted
Program—the University Primary School is an early
childhood gifted education program which serves
children between the ages of 3 and 7.
UPS provides a site for the College of Education to
demonstrate, observe, study, and teach best
practices in early childhood and gifted
education. Nancy Hertzog, an associate professor
in the College, directs the school and Professor
Emerita Lilian Katz (Curriculum and
Instruction) is the school’s Senior Curriculum
Advisor.
Picture: A colorful mural of playground flowers painted by
the preschoolers at University Primary School hangs in the
College of Education Building.

46. Nancy Cole, Tenth Dean, 1985-1989
Dean Nancy Cole became the tenth Dean and
first woman to serve in that capacity.
Under her leadership the College established
the Year Long Project which placed
elementary education students in practice
teaching for one year.
Also, the Education Administration division of
AHCE offered an on-campus Ed.D. cohort
program which became a national prototype.

47. Curriculum and Instruction, 1987
The Department of Curriculum and
Instruction established in the Fall of
1987 combined the pre-existing
Secondary Education and
Elementary Early Childhood
Education Departments to provide
undergraduate programs in teacher
education and graduate programs in
curriculum and instruction.

48. The Bagley Scholarship Program was created to
award the College’s top-students with merit
based scholarships.
The Bagley Awards marked the first sustained,
privately funded philanthropic effort in the
history of the College of Education.
These awards are funded from gifts of alumni,
faculty, staff and friends of the College of
Education and named after William Chandler
Bagley, an early Director of the former School of
Education.
Top Right: Scott & Jean Johnson (College of Education faculty sponsors of a
Bagley award) with 2008 Bagley Scholar Kate Maureen Minogue (Senior,
Special Education), and Dean Mary Kalantzis
Bottom Right: 2008 Bagley Scholar Torrence E. Sparkman (Doctoral Student,
Human Resource Education) with Dean Mary Kalantzis
Bagley Scholars Award Program, 1988

49. P. David Pearson becomes the
eleventh Dean of the College of
Education, 1989-1995.
Pearson also co-directed the
Center for the Study of Reading.
P. David Pearson, Eleventh Dean,
1989-1995

50. Office of Community College Research
and Leadership (OCCRL), 1989
In 1989, the OCCRL was founded with
funding from the Illinois State Board of
Education to provide action research for
community colleges in the State. Dr. Debra
Bragg, Professor of Higher Education in
EOL is the current OCCRL Director.
The mission of OOCRL is to provide
research, leadership, and service to
community college educators and assist in
improving community college education
policy and practice, particularly in the
Illinois community college system.
This year OCCRL celebrates 20 years.

51. Epsilon Delta, 1989
Epsilon Delta was established in 1989 for
undergraduate students to prepare them for
the education profession. The purpose of the
organization is to promote professional growth
and understanding in the field of education
while informing its members of the practical
and theoretical advances being made in the
field of education
Epsilon Delta provides an opportunity for
students to exchange ideas and concerns
regarding educational issues. This exchange of
information is presented in the format of
lectures by guest professionals, workshops
prepared by practicing teachers and University
of Illinois faculty, and informal discussions
among the members.

52. Grayce Wicall Gauthier Professorship, 1992
The Grayce Wicall Gauthier Professorship in
Education was endowed in 1992 by C.J. (Joe)
Gauthier to honor his first wife who was a
graduate of the College of Education.
The professorship is a five year appointed
position giving the opportunity for research in
education with a focus on technology and
business.
Nick Burbules, became the second Grayce
Wicall Gauthier Professor of Education in 2002.
The first was in Human Resource Education
(HRE).

53. 75th Anniversary of College, 1993
The “College of Education”
celebrated its 75th anniversary in
1993.
While the School of Education was
founded in 1905, this anniversary
(1918 – 1993) recognized the official
shift from the title “School of
Education” to “College of
Education” in 1918 and the seventy-
five years of excellent instruction,
research, and innovation as a
College.

54. Student Education Association,1994
The Student Education Association (SEA) of the University of Illinois at Urbana-
Champaign is for students who want to broaden their knowledge and experience
in the field of education.
As members of SEA, students will meet and hear from other educators-in-
training, current teachers, College of Education staff members and graduates
about how to better prepare for a career in education, whether at the
elementary, middle or secondary levels.
2008, Picnic on the Quad 2008, Picnic on the Quad

55. Minority Association of Future Educators, 1994
Founded in 1994, the Minority Association of Future Educators (MAFE)
offers educational experiences for its members and provides a support
system for minority students in education.
Members of this organization undertake service projects, such as
tutorial and reading programs, which serve the children of the
surrounding community.

56. SAGE was formed in 1995 by the College of
Education to be a student ambassador group for the
College. SAGE is the official organization of the
Education Alumni Association – the College’s arm of
the University of Illinois Alumni Association.
SAGE facilitates interaction between education
alumni and students and also assists with hosting
alumni groups and alumni events. The group also
plans tours and panels for freshman on Illini days
and holds numerous fund raisers for over 20-25
schools per year which includes read-a-thons.
Student Advancement Group for
Education (SAGE),1995

57. The Distinguished Alumni Awards
were established by the Education
Alumni Association (EAA) in 1995 to
publicly recognize some of the
outstanding contributions of our
graduates.
These awards, given each year, honor
graduates of the College who have
excelled in their personal and
professional endeavors.
Distinguished Alumni Awards, 1995
2009 Distinguished Alumni Award Recipients
Bottom row, left to right: Carrie Riggins, Dr. Olafur Proppe, Dr. Hans Wagemaker. Top
Row, left to right: Dr. Seung-Ming (Alvin) Leung, Dr. K. Brigid Flannery, Dr. Thomas
Andre, Dr. Allan Wigfield, Dr. Shirley McBride

58. Mildred B. Griggs becomes the twelfth
Dean of the College of Education, 1995-
2000.
She is the second female and first African
American Dean of the College of
Education.
In 2000, Mildred was among 12 women
from Champaign County who received an
Athena awards.
Dr. Griggs received her law degree from
the Illinois College of Law after serving as
Dean. She remains an active member
within the Champaign area.
Mildred B. Griggs, Twelfth Dean,
1995-2000

59. Susan A. Fowler becomes the thirteenth
Dean of the College of Education, 2000 –
2006.
In 2007, she was Co-Principal Investigator
of the DELL-D Developing Early Language
and Literacy in Danville project and
Principle Investigator in the Illinois Early
Childhood Asset Map Project (2006) and
Illinois Early Learning Website (2001).
Last year, she was the President of the
Council for Exceptional Children.
Susan A. Fowler, Thirteenth Dean,
2000-2006

60. The Carnegie Initiative on the Doctorate (CID), a multi-year research and action
project aimed at improving doctoral education at American universities selected the
Department of Educational Psychology as one of the 22 “Allied Departments” in a
five-year national study that will analyze doctoral programs and link specific
activities to desired outcomes.
Through this project, participants will analyze all aspects of their doctoral programs
and link specific activities to desired outcomes. Departments will begin this analysis
by clarifying their goals for doctoral education in their respective disciplines, and will
commit to creating “design experiments” in doctoral education to better meet their
identified goals.
Carnegie Initiative on the Doctorate,
2003

61. The Early Childhood and Parenting Collaborative
(ECAP) is established in 2003 is home to more
than a dozen projects focused on the education,
care, and parenting of young children.
Located at the Children's Research Center in a
setting conducive to interdisciplinary research,
teaching, and public service, these projects
share their expertise and experience, a library,
and common meeting spaces.
Dianne Rothenberg is the organizer of ECAP.
Early Childhood and Parenting
Collaborative, 2003

62. Charles Hardie left a $4 million
endowment to the College of Education to
advance educational scholarship.
Part of the endowment established the
Charles Hardie Professorship of
Educational Policy.
Walter Feinberg, Professor of Philosophy,
was named as the first Charles Hardie
Professor.
Hardie Professorship of Educational
Policy, 2004

63. An Online Master’s Program in Global
Studies in Education (GSE) helps
teachers across the world to explore
ways global perspectives can be
incorporated into existing curricula and
pedagogies.
GSE is headed by Dr. Fazal Rizvi (director)
and coordinated by Nicole Lamers (grad
student).
Global Studies in Education, 2004

64. James D. Anderson, Professor and Head of
Educational Policy Studies, is named as the
Gutgsell Professor of Education in 2004.
Anderson is the author of “The Education of
Blacks in the South, 1860-1935” (1988), which
received the Outstanding Book Award that
year from the American Educational Research
Association.
The Gutgsell Professorship is awarded by the
Chancellor of the Urbana-Champaign campus
to recognize distinguished service and
outstanding contributions by university faculty.
Gutgsell Professor of Education, 2004

65. Stanley Ikenberry, Professor in EOL
HEC founding member
In 2004, the Higher Education Collaborative
(HEC) is formed by EOL faculty and students
“as an interdepartmental, cross-disciplinary
affiliation of individuals with teaching,
scholarly research and other professional
interests in higher learning in the United
States and around the globe.”
Each semester HEC sponsors speakers to
present their research and discuss critical
issues affecting higher education.
Higher Education Collaborative, 2004

66. The Goldstick Initiative is an
endowment in the Department of
Special Education to help children and
their families bridge communication
gaps.
The endowment is used to train
university faculty members who will
expand the entire body of research and
practice in the area of education and
communication. It also is used to fund
an annual lecture and doctoral
fellowship.
James Halle, Professor in Special
Education, becomes the first faculty
member to hold the position.
Phillip C. and Beverly Goldstick
Goldstick Initiative for Study of
Communication Disorders, 2005

67. Hua-hua Chang along with other scholars are
developing and applying new methodologies
to be able to engage with multiple research
activities.
Queries is providing support to the main
challenges in Educational Measurement.
Queries is developing theories and methods
for the new mode of large scale
implementation of computerized
assessment.
Education Psychology and
Quantitative Evaluative & Research
Methodologies (QUERIES)

68. Mary Kalantzis became the fourteenth
Dean of the College of Education in 2006.
Dean Kalantzis is internationally known
for her research in the areas of literacy
and multicultural education, and in
particular for her work on a pedagogy of
multiliteracies. She also has written on
ethnicity, gender, culture, workplace
change, training and curriculum.
Mary Kalantzis, Fourteenth Dean,
2006-Present

69. Planning for Preeminence: Strategic
Planning for Sustained Excellence, 2007
The strategies and objectives set out in our
strategic plan strengthen the core
activities of the College, as well as support
strategic innovations that will lead to
institutional preeminence in four critical
areas:
•Teaching and learning in critical scientific
disciplines
The STEM Collaborative
•Education in small urban communities
Center for Education in Small Urban
Communities
•New learning ecologies
Ubiquitous Learning Institute
•The future of public education
Forum on the Future of Public Education

70. The Science, Technology, Engineering, and
Mathematics (STEM) Collaborative
Entrepreneurial Leadership in
STEM Teaching & Learning
(EnLiST) National Science
Foundation
Fouad Abd El Khalick, Co-PI
Fostering Fluency with Basic
Addition & Subtraction Facts
Institute of Education
Sciences
Arthur Baroody, PI
A Learning Progression for
Scientific Modeling,
National Science
Foundation, Northwestern
University (contractor)
Barbara Hug, PI
A Community of Practice
Model for Teacher Education:
Developing Teacher
Candidates’ Understanding to
Teach Quality mathematics to
Urban Students, American
Educational Research
Association
Rochelle Gutierrez, PI

71. Noting that 75% of all schools are
found in urban areas, the Center for
Education in Small Urban
Communities is formed as a research,
teaching, and outreach unit to build
partnerships with surrounding
schools.
The Center for Education in Small
Urban Communities
Julia Johnson, 2004 Ph.D. graduate of
Curriculum of Instruction and former
Assistant Director of the Center on
Democracy in a Multiracial Society, serves as
the founding Director
Top: Local Teachers in session at the Chancellor’s Academy. Bottom: Teacher Collaborators
work together with educators by observing classrooms, sharing research, co-planning,
demonstrating lessons, side-by-side teaching, and debriefing. Haney Yoon, Phillip Wilder,
Bradley Thompson, Catherine Hunter, Susan Gregson, and Rebecca Chairs-Tate.

72. The Ubiquitous Learning Institute (ULI)
As part of an interdisciplinary community of scholars, the Ubiquitous Learning Institute
engages in forward-looking research and evaluation, technology development, and
professional training.
ULI builds on the foundation of interdisciplinary scholarship and policy formation to
understand how we learn and how we teach in this new landscape of technology.
One of the first efforts of ULI is the publication of a collaborative book Ubiquitous Learning,
edited by Bill Cope, Research Professor, Educational Policy Studies. A second effort includes a
lecture series. Invited speakers listed below.
Dr. James W. Pellegrino,
University of Illinois
Chicago
From Research to
Practice: Redesigning AP
Science Courses to
Promote Advanced
Learning and Conceptual
Understanding
Dr. Nancy Butler
Songer; University of
Michigan
Guiding Complex
Thinkers in a
Knowledge Society:
What do Children
Need to Learn Today
for Tomorrow?
Dr. Okhee Lee,
University of Miami
Promoting Science
Among English
Language Learners in
Urban Schools:
Conceptual,
Methodological and
Policy Issues
Ubiquitous Learning/STEM Education Seminar Series

73. Too often, discussions around the future of
public education are strong on passion but
short on actual evidence. The Forum for
the Future of Public Education is filling that
gap by building a resource of objective,
research-based insights on key educational
issues.
The Forum establishes an open venue- a
true public forum to debate controversial
and consequential policy issues that will
shape American’s future.
Stanley Ikenberry, Inaugural Director and
Regent Professor
Forum on the Future of Public
Education

74. Stafford Hood, Sheila M. Miller
Professor of Education, 2008
On September 15, 2008 Dr. Stafford
Hood became the inaugural Sheila
M. Miller professor of education
and new head of the department
of Curriculum and Instruction.
Dr. Hood is co-founder and co-
director of a well regarded forum
on the Relevance of Assessment
and Culture in Evaluation (RACE),
established in 2002.
Most recently, Dr. Hood was the
Associate Dean for Research and
Professor of Psychology in
Education at Arizona State
University.

75. Spotlight on Faculty Collaboration
Christopher (Co-Pi) and Sarah
Lubienski (Pi), Professors in
Educational Organization &
Leadership and Curriculum and
Instruction, A New Look at School
Type, Mathematics Achievement
and Equity, U.S. Department of
Education.
The Illinois Early Childhood
Asset Map team, from left,
led by Susan Fowler,
professor of Special
Education; Bernard
Cesarone, the project’s
technical manager; Dawn
Thomas, project coordinator;
and Diane Rothenberg, past
project coordinator.
Education professors Sharon Tettegah,
left, and Carolyn Anderson, and Brian
Bailey, professor of computer science,
have collaborated to make Tettegah's
idea of creating a tool for children and
adults to make and share vignettes
about their personal and painful stories
a reality.

76. Dr. James D. Anderson named to
National Academy of Education, 2008
James D. Anderson is elected to
membership in the National Academy of
Education, considered the highest honor
in the field of educational scholarship.
On March 31, 2009, Anderson was
invited to present at the Chancellor’s
Seventh Center of Advanced Study
Special Lecture. The presentation entitled
“From Looney Coons to Tacos & Tequila:
The Aesthetics of Race in Middle Class
America” explored the ways in which
evolving forms of race and ethnic
performance entered into and shaped the
culture of middle class America from the
late 19th century to the present.

77. Youth Literature Festival
The College of Education
proudly hosted its first Youth
Literature Festival, October
2-4, 2008. Twenty-two local
and national authors
participated in the festival,
visiting more than 40 schools
and 10 libraries within a 70
mile radius of Champaign
County. Over the course of
the three-day festival, more
than 5,000 children and their
families celebrated the value
of literature in the lives of
youth.
Following the success of the Youth
Literature Festival, a new children’s
writing contest, garnered more than
400 entries from students in grades
K-5. All participants received a
certificate signed by Jolette Law,
coach of the University of Illinois
women’s basketball team.

78. Re-Imagining the Education Building
Under the leadership of Professor Jeffrey
Poss, 12 graduate students in Architecture
worked with us in examining the current
Education Building, and in envisioning
what an expanded facility might look like.
Richard Williams, the original architect of
the Building, now living in Tucson,
Arizona, returned to campus to join
Professor Poss, the students, Director of
the School of Architecture, David Chasco,
and Dean Kalantzis.
On November 30th, 5 teams of students
presented their final projects to an
audience of faculty from Architecture and
Education.