Teaching, Learning, and Technology doctoral student Edward Brandt was recognized as a 2025 New Jersey Exemplary Educator by the New Jersey Department of Education. Brandt serves as the Hunterdon Central Regional High School Principal.
A student athlete pursuing a journalism degree, Jake is also enrolled in the COE's 4+1 Accelerated Master's Program for early childhood education. He grew up in the Lehigh Valley and always wanted to go to Lehigh. When he was younger, he thought he would become an engineer, but an experience coaching youth football inspired him to become a teacher instead.
The fall issue of COE News is a celebration of Centennial School's 60th anniversary. Julie Fogt, director of Centennial School and affiliated COE professor, introduces the issue.
Read the full issue at: https://conta.cc/4nIdaQR.
COE students and faculty recently presented at the 2025 EARLI conference, a premier international education conference, held in Graz, Austria.
Minyi Dennis has received a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support her project titled, "Exploring Sources of Heterogeneity in Supplemental Interventions for Students with Mathematics Difficulties within Multi-tiered Systems of Support: A Meta-Analysis." Dennis will be leading the efforts at Lehigh, working along with Zilong Pan as co-principal investigator.
Lehigh's College of Education is leading a new era of educational research and innovation with ImmersED, a pioneering project harnessing immersive technology and social-emotional learning (SEL) to reimagine how students experience and succeed in science. Built on collaboration between faculty researchers, classroom educators, and Lehigh undergraduate and graduate students, and supported by the Office of Creative Inquiry, ImmersED aims to engage diverse learners through active participation in dynamic, 360-degree science lessons that build both academic and social-emotional skills.
In 2025, the field of education faces unprecedented challenges. For instance, the National Center for Education Statistics reports that during the 2024-2025 school year, 74% of public schools in the United States faced difficulty hiring teachers to fill vacant positions. Furthermore, teachers indicate that a common reason why they leave the profession is they feel that teaching is an undervalued profession.
Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming the world around us, from the way we search for information to how we design products, diagnose diseases, and even learn in the classroom. Yet, as AI becomes more powerful and pervasive, a new challenge emerges: How do we ensure that the next generation is not only comfortable using AI but also equipped to use it strategically, ethically and thoughtfully?
A series of six immersive learning experiences teach students of all ages about environmental and industrial history of the Lehigh Valley.
Immersive learning experiences through Lehigh let students and visitors hike Lehigh Gap or kayak down the Lehigh River — without actually stepping foot outside.