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4400 Massachusetts Avenue NW Washington, DC 20016-8030 United StatesThe American University School of Education is currently accepting graduate applications!
Believed to be one of the first of its kind to focus on antiracism, the “practice-oriented” doctoral program in education policy and leadership launched in August of 2019, with the first cohort commencing in May of 2022. The program offers aspiring education leaders a pathway to disrupting and transforming U.S. education systems. Associate dean Dr. Corbin Campbell said, “Antiracism and social justice were woven into every course from the start. Some schools have a course or two or developed a curriculum later, but I think we were the first.” Read about the impact these cohort members are already having on the education field. “It was an important moment in history to center practice with an antiracist lens,” said Dr. Samantha Cohen, executive director of the EdD program.
American University’s School of Education was awarded the 2022 Educator Preparation ‘Grow Your Own’ program grant in support of the Teacher Pipeline Project from the Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE) in Washington, DC. SOE’s dual enrollment program, implemented over the last four years, introduces DC high school students to education. Our Teaching Fellows Program fully supports DC students who want to pursue a degree in teaching, and DCPS has agreed to hire our Teaching Fellows, meaning that they have a job upon graduation. The impact is already being felt as more than 20 DC public and public charter high school students have successfully completed our AU education courses and six Teaching Fellows are in their freshman and sophomore years at AU.
AU students and alum created tools to prevent targeted violence.
