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  Kangas Receives AERA Mid-Career Award

  Feb 13, 2026

  Sara Kangas is this year's recipient of the AERA Second Language Research Special Interest Group (SIG) Mid-Career Award. She received this award for her research on equitable learning opportunities for multilingual learners with disabilities.

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  • Special Education
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  Kangas Receives AERA Mid-Career Award

  Sara Kangas is this year's recipient of the AERA Second Language Research Special Interest Group (SIG) Mid-Career Award. She received this award for her research on equitable learning opportunities for multilingual learners with disabilities.

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  Hammond Kicks Off Mountain Talk Education Miniseries

  Join Tom Hammond, an associate professor in the Teaching, Learning, and Technology, for the launch of a special Mountain Talk Education Miniseries on Thursday, February 26 at 7-7:30 p.m. on Zoom. The title for Hammond's talk is AI Literacy Must Be a Critical Literacy: Why, How, and How Not to Do It.

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  Building the Next Generation of Educators, Together

  Professor and Associate Dean for Graduate Studies Brook Sawyer shares the challenges facing education and outlines a path forward—including two COE-sponsored events scheduled for this week.
  

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  Navigating DEI in Urban Classrooms

  As DEI initiatives face increased scrutiny, educators seek a path forward. Nowhere is this path more necessary than in urban schools that face unique challenges to provide a curriculum that addresses the needs of racially and economically diverse student populations. In the latest issue of TEACH magazine, Floyd Beachum, COE professor of Educational Leadership, outlines his thoughts on the challenges educators face and where we can go from here.

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