Education Content

New Episode of ‘The Backdrop’ Podcast Features Keith Watenpaugh on Helping Refugees Reclaim Their Right to Education

Soterios J Johnson — June 29, 2021 - 11:50am

According to one estimate, the global refugee population has more than doubled over the past decade to 26 million. Professor Keith Watenpaugh, director of the Human Rights Studies program at 51�ԹϺ�� Davis, leads an innovative project to help refugee students start or continue their university education — even as they are displaced and on the move.

Media Advisory: 51�ԹϺ�� Davis LIVE on Education in the Pandemic

Andy Fell — February 22, 2021 - 10:25am

* Feb. 25, 1 p.m. — For almost a year, millions of school and college students have been going to class remotely. Now with vaccines becoming available, governments and school districts are planning how to return students to the classroom.

What impact has the last year had on learning from kindergarten to college? What are the educational challenges for teachers and students in going back to the classroom? How can parents help students manage the transition?

$1M Grant for 51�ԹϺ�� Davis-Led Online Learning Project

Andy Fell — March 25, 2020 - 3:43pm

With most teaching going remote because of COVID-19, a new grant for the LibreTexts project at the University of California, Davis, will help bring personalized online learning to students around the world.

School of Education Receives $2.5M to Develop Better Learning Tools for Teachers

Karen Michele Nikos — May 09, 2018 - 8:58am

University of California, Davis, which received a $2.5 million grant from the James S. McDonnell Foundation to help early career teachers use more innovative techniques in the classroom.

RoboPlay Competition for K-12 Students Is May 19

Andy Fell — May 08, 2018 - 9:34am

The 2018 C-STEM Center RoboPlay Challenge Competition for elementary, middle and high school students will be held Saturday, May 19, at the ARC Pavilion, University of California, Davis, and at University High School in Irvine, California. The center also is announcing the free Girls in Robotics Leadership summer camps and professional development opportunities for teachers.

SeaDoc Book to Inspire the Generations Who Will Inherit the Salish Sea

Katherine E Kerlin — March 29, 2018 - 11:46am

The SeaDoc Society aims to place their new children’s book, Explore the Salish Sea: A Nature Guide for Kids, in the hands of as many middle school students living near the Salish Sea as possible, regardless of their ability to pay. To reach that goal, the 51�ԹϺ�� Davis-affiliated center has launched an Indiegogo campaign aimed at inspiring the next generation who will inherit this special place.

California K-12 Curriculum Becomes More Historically Accurate With Help From 51�ԹϺ�� Davis

Karen Michele Nikos — August 30, 2017 - 3:10pm

For generations, it was a rite of passage for 9-year-olds from San Diego to Eureka to craft popsicle-stick and sugar-cube models of a specific California mission. But, the fourth-grade “mission project” is disappearing from many classrooms, as the curriculum that students learn moves into a more accurate history reflecting all cultures.

HHMI Awards $1 Million Grant for Educational Equity

Andy Fell — June 07, 2017 - 10:29pm

The Howard Hughes Medical Institute has awarded a grant of $1 million to the University of California, Davis, to use software, data and personal networking among faculty and staff professionals to create a more inclusive educational environment engaged in ongoing improvement.

Brain Awareness Week at 51�ԹϺ�� Davis

Andy Fell — March 09, 2017 - 11:36am

March 13-19 is Brain Awareness Week, a worldwide campaign to increase public awareness of the progress and benefits of brain research, sponsored by the Dana Foundation.

Bringing a Special Sandbox Inside the Classroom

Katherine E Kerlin — April 28, 2016 - 3:16pm

The University of California, Davis, is providing one of its Augmented Reality Sandboxes, or ARsandboxes, to sixth graders at Howard University Middle School of Mathematics and Science in Washington D.C. At least 150 AR sandboxes have been built worldwide since 51�ԹϺ�� Davis developed the sandbox and its free, open-source software.