The UTSA College of Education and Human Development will host award-winning children’s author Kathi Appelt at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, March 31 in the Main Building Auditorium (0.106) on the UTSA Main Campus. The event is free and open to the public.

Meet Kalpana Iyengar. She’ll soon have the opportunity to combine two aspects she’s most passionate about during the San Antonio Writing Project’s summer trip to India: professional development and her native country.

Dr. Anne-Marie Núñez, associate professor in the College of Education and Human Development’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, co-edited a book on Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) that was published earlier this month.

More than 450 COEHD students were invited to join the UTSA chapter of the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society. Phi Kappa Phi is the nation’s oldest and most prestigious all-discipline honor society. Both graduate and undergraduate students were selected to join based on their outstanding academic achievements.

The UTSA College of Education and Human Development (COEHD) will host the third annual Principals, Counselors, and School Psychologists: Collaborating for Student Success Conference from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Saturday, March 21, in the Buena Vista Street Building Aula Canaria (1.328) at the UTSA Downtown Campus.

   |    COEHD

UTSA

Technology has enabled the spread of options for how children can learn, but in many cases, the research has yet to catch up. When it comes to educational content, not all families consume media in the same way and differences can exist within ethnic and socioeconomic groups.

When students sealed up their phones in manilla envelopes for three days, they had a chance to reflect on the role of tech in their relationships and their lives.

Mobile apps have proved to be valuable educational tools, but laboratory instructors thus far have been limited to using mobile devices only for virtual laboratories with simulated experiments. Now, researchers have developed a series of mobile applications that allow students to remotely interact with real data and equipment in real laboratories. Students reported deeper engagement levels using mobile apps and the virtual lab.

The American Educational Research Association has published a special edition of its peer-reviewed journal Educational Researcher (ER) devoted to examining value-added measures (VAM).

The NEWTON Ask A Scientist website answered student questions for almost 25 years.

Anna J. Cooper was a remarkable student and, later, a legendary teacher and principal of the Dunbar School.

A new report from Texas Appleseed, Class, Not Court: Reconsidering Texas' Criminalization of Truancy, found that Texas filed approximately 115,000 truancy cases in 2013 - more than twice the number of truancy cases in all other states combined.

Teachers on Spring Break are using their week of vacation to detail a legislative agenda at the State Capitol. Hundreds of members of the two largest teachers’ unions in the state met one on one with lawmakers, and rallied at the Capitol on a number of issues they said would improve education and the lives of educators. Chartered bus after chartered bus pulled up near the Capitol to drop off teachers from all across Texas, hoping to convince lawmakers to vote “Yes” on a number of proposals involving education and benefits for educators.

Patients with asthma, Parkinson's, breast cancer and other conditions can use iPhones to take part in medical research studies using their devices, Apple announced Monday.