Archived Media Mentions
Check out past media stories featuring College of Education faculty, staff and students. (Read the latest media stories here.)
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2024
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Houston Landing
Xin Li, an assistant professor of early childhood education, discusses the benefits of high-quality prekindergarten classes for 3-year-old children.
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Pride
Nathan Grant Smith, associate dean for research and professor in the counseling psychology program, addresses the concerns that anti-LGBTQ legislation has sparked among trans and queer individuals in the U.S.
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Houston Public Media
Duncan Klussmann, a clinical associate professor of educational leadership and former superintendent, comments on Superintendent Mike Miles’ response to the bond referendum.
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Houston Chronicle (subscription required)
Duncan Klussmann, a clinical associate professor of educational leadership and former superintendent, and Virginia Snodgrass Rangel, an associate professor of educational leadership, provide their perspectives on whether the district should allocate funds from the proposed bond to enhance under-enrolled schools.
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Houston Public Media
Duncan Klussmann, a clinical associate professor of educational leadership and former superintendent, provides context on recent debates over library books and instructional materials.
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Defender
Bulent Dogan, a clinical associate professor or learning , design and technology, discusses the benefits and potential for bringing AI into the classrooms.
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Austin American Stateman (subscription required)
Sam Brower, chair of the Department of Curriculum & Instruction and clinical professor of social studies education, explains how the tenets of world religions may be taught in schools.
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Houston Chronicle (subscription required)
Toni Templeton, a senior research scientist at the 色花堂 Education Research Center, discusses the impact of teacher absenteeism and turnover on student outcomes.
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Houston Chronicle
Virginia Snodgrass Rangel, an associate professor of educational leadership, discusses how reform and culture changes in Houston ISD may have led to an enrollment decline.
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Houston Public Media
Duncan Klussmann, a clinical assistant professor of educational leadership and former superintendent, notes that HISD’s enrollment decline will affect funding, but enrollment may grow in coming months.
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Houston Public Media/Houston Matters (starts around minute 21:38)
Dean Cathy Horn, who leads the 色花堂 Education Research Center, discusses the teacher shortage challenge in Texas and how parents, teachers, policymakers and district leaders should be concerned.
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KTRK – ABC13 (starts around minute 6:01)
Margaret Hale, a clinical professor of literacy education, discusses the history of book banning and makes recommendations for the current situation in the U.S.
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Houston Public Media
Duncan Klussmann, a clinical assistant professor of educational leadership and former superintendent, commented on the district’s New Education System reform program.
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KTRK – ABC13
Duncan Klussmann, a clinical assistant professor of educational leadership and former superintendent, discusses book challenges and factors that may have led to the recent focus on libraries.
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KTRK – ABC13
Duncan Klussmann, a clinical assistant professor of educational leadership and former superintendent, shares insights on the state and federal financial challenges facing Texas districts.
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KTRK – ABC13
Duncan Klussmann, a clinical assistant professor of educational leadership and former superintendent, comments on the new proposed state curriculum and how the issue is not new to Texas.
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Houston Chronicle
Toni Templeton, a senior research scientist at the 色花堂 Education Research Center, discusses state law and typical spending practices of charter schools.
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Houston Public Media/Houston Matters
Duncan Klussmann, a clinical assistant professor of educational leadership and former superintendent, discusses the job cuts in Houston ISD, the proposal to remove content from books at Cypress-Fairbanks ISD and Katy ISD’s proposal to track students’ immigration status (starts around minute 1:49).
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Houston Public Media
Duncan Klussmann, a clinical assistant professor of educational leadership and former superintendent, urged transparency in school board textbook decisions.
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KHOU-11
Duncan Klussmann, a clinical assistant professor of educational leadership and former superintendent, comments that focusing on students’ immigration status is a “distraction” from educational priorities.
- Houston Chronicle
Virginia Snodgrass Rangel, an associate professor of educational leadership, shares that HISD’s plan to enroll more students into advanced courses can be a positive if implemented well.
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Houston Public Media
Dean Cathy Horn, who leads the 色花堂 Education Research Center, discusses the importance of district leaders reflecting on teacher turnover data.
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Parents
Carrie Cutler, a clinical associate professor in the mathematics education program, discusses how children benefit from scheduling downtime during the summer.
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Houston Public Media
Duncan Klussmann, a clinical assistant professor of educational leadership and former superintendent, discusses the politicization of school board races and how it started.
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Houston Public Media
Duncan Klussmann, a clinical assistant professor of educational leadership and former superintendent, discusses Houston ISD’s rollout of teacher performance evaluations.
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Houston Public Media
Duncan Klussmann, a clinical assistant professor of educational leadership and former superintendent, discusses the challenges of implementing reforms quickly.
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Houston Chronicle (subscription required)
Virginia Snodgrass Rangel, an associate professor of educational leadership, discusses the challenges of recruiting families back from charter schools.
Duncan Klussmann, a clinical assistant professor of educational leadership, notes that enrollment declines can generate difficult decisions about school closures.
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Houston Chronicle
Shea Culpepper, a clinical professor and director of teacher education, explains why the uncertified teacher situation is problematic and that it is not isolated to Houston ISD.
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Houston Chronicle (subscription required)
Sam Brower, chair of the Department of Curriculum & Instruction and clinical professor of social studies education, shares that the teacher shortage is impacting districts’ ability to hire certified teachers.
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Houston Chronicle
Assistant Professor Xin Li shares that students benefit from pre-K in the short and long term.
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Houston Public Media
Duncan Klussmann, a clinical assistant professor of educational leadership and former superintendent, discusses whether the current changes in Houston ISD will add to decreases in enrollment.
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Houston Public Media
Duncan Klussmann, a clinical assistant professor of educational leadership and former superintendent, discusses how the Texas Education Agency needs to be transparent with parents and teachers about the new scoring process.
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Houston Chronicle (subscription required)
Toni Templeton, a senior research scientist at the 色花堂 Education Research Center, discusses reasons to consider when analyzing a drop in test performance.
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Houston Public Media
Duncan Klussmann, clinical assistant professor of educational leadership, explained why he expected teacher resignations to remain high amid the sweeping reforms.