Meghann Seril is one of the research fellows and teaches at Broadway Elementary School in California. She is looking forward to the Baker coursework. Photo courtesy Teach Plus.

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Training Teachers in Education Policy and Research: Teach Plus and American University Launch Fellowship to Enhance Teachers’ Skills

Teach Plus and American University's Baker School of Education have launched a new program to train teachers in education policy, practice, and research.
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Communications ·

SOC Staff Member Dedicated to Telling Stories Through the Lens of Climate Crisis With Humanities Truck Fellowship

Jeffrey Madison is on a mission to tell stories through the lens of the climate crisis through his current Humanities Truck Fellowship project. The project is titled “Climatize: How D.C. Riverfront Neighborhoods Are Left To Their Own Devices.”
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Pres. Sylvia Burwell, AU Trustee and JPMorgan Chase Vice Chair Peter Scher, and Baker Dean Cheryl Holcomb-McCoy celebrate at Martha's Table in the District.

Education ·

Baker School of Education Receives Funding to Close Equity Gap in Early Education Field

JPMorgan Chase donates $5 million to AU and partners for their efforts to make early childhood education more equitable
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Education ·

CityTutor DC Partners with AU Baker School of Education to Expand High-Impact Tutoring to More DC Students

The Baker School of Education and CityTutor DC are partnering to bring high-impact tutoring to D.C. elementary school students at Perry Street Preparatory Public Charter School in Northeast DC.
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Education ·

Baker School of Education Partnerships Provide Promise

Dean Cheryl Holcomb-McCoy says that “education has risen to the top of the list as a way to change communities,” and with that in mind, she’s leading AU’s Baker School of Education down paths to that change.
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City Teaching Alliance Launches New Academic Partnership with American University

Aspiring educators will begin equity-focused coursework in 2022
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Government & Politics ·

2021 Sine Summer Series Imagines a Better America Post-Covid

Experts from across the globe join series discussing health, education, governance and policy, and the culture that draws thousands of viewers
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Artist Suzanne Firstenberg's 2020 exhibition outside of RFK Stadium commemorated those who died from COVID-19.

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Education Resources to Help Teachers and Students Navigate the Impact of COVID-19

Baker School of Education partners with In America: Remember Artist Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg.
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Education ·

AU Baker School of Education Welcomes New Faculty

AU Baker School of Education Welcomes New Faculty
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Artist Suzanne Firstenberg's 2020 exhibition outside of RFK Stadium commemorated those who died from COVID-19.

Education ·

AU Instructors Partner with Artist on COVID-19 Education Materials

Two Baker instructors developed educational materials to go with a massive art installation on the National Mall commemorating COVID-19 deaths.
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