The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) Academy for Teacher Excellence (ATE), the Office of P-20 Initiatives and the Prefreshmen Engineering Program (PREP) USA have been recognized as Bright Spots in Hispanic Education by the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics. The recognition comes during Hispanic Heritage Month and as the White House initiative marks its 25th anniversary.

The UTSA College of Education and Human Development will host award-winning children’s author and illustrator Yuyi Morales at 6 p.m. on Thursday, September 24 in the Buena Vista Building Aula Canaria (1.328) on the UTSA Downtown Campus. The event is free and open to the public.

The UTSA College of Education and Human Development (COEHD) has acquired the ownership of the “Association of Mexican American Educators (AMAE) Journal” from Arizona State University.  The journal will be housed in the Department of Bicultural-Bilingual Studies (BBL) under the direction of lead editor Dr. Patricia Sánchez, associate professor.

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Forget the nursery rhyme “Rain, rain, go away” — at the Pre-K for SA North Education Center, showers are always welcome. As long as there isn’t lightning or anything else other potentially dangerous in the air, the 4-year-olds head outside. They don brightly colored rain gear, slip their feet into tiny red galoshes and get to work. Play is hard-wired into mammals, said John Sutterby, an associate professor at UTSA who studies play. It’s such a biological imperative that children who aren’t permitted time to do it will play in secret, he said, and will find ways to turn chores into games.