Archived Media Mentions
Check out past media stories featuring College of Education faculty, staff and students. (Read the latest media stories here.)
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2019-20
Clinical Assistant Professor Carrie Cutler discusses her plan to keep students feeling connected in her online classes.
- University of Houston professor offers 5 tips for teachers to improve online learning
Community Impact Newspaper
Clinical Assistant Professor Bulent Dogan offers tips for teachers to help students succeed in online classes.
- When Work From Home Meets Home School
KERA Think
Sam Brower, director of the M.Ed. in curriculum and instruction program, discusses the challenges of another school year during the COVID-19 pandemic (starts at minute 16:15).
- Houston-area schools lost contact with tens of thousands of students during COVID, TEA data shows
Houston Chronicle
April Peters-Hawkins, associate chair of the Department of Educational Leadership & Policy Studies, warns that students who weren’t engaged or in contact with their schools during the pandemic could suffer long-term impacts.
- 13 Investigates Houston campuses with fewest students engaged
ABC Eyewitness News
Clinical Assistant Professor Duncan Klussmann explains how K-12 attendance is crucial in Texas because it is tied to school funding.
Curriculum & Instruction Department Chair Margaret Hale explains why an asynchronous learning model, where students are more self-paced and self-guided, presents concerns for marginalized students.
- The Toll Separation Takes on Families with COVID-19
Houston Public Media
Assistant Professor Leslie Frankel discusses the impact on children who have to separate from parents who come down with COVID-19.
- COVID-19 can spread in air if schools don't have proper AC, report says
ABC Eyewitness News
Kelli Drenner, director of the College’s B.S. in health program, explains how ventilation may play an important role in stopping the spread of COVID.
- Thursday’s Houston Matters: Back-To-School Plans At Fort Bend ISD, And Parenting In A Pandemic
Houston Public Media
Sam Brower, director of the M.Ed. in curriculum and instruction program, shares insights about K-12 students returning to school in an online environment and the challenges parents will face.
Clinical Assistant Professor Carrie Cutler shares technology tips and other advice for successful online learning.
- Q&A: University of Houston professor says high school fall sports in Texas is not possible
Beaumont Enterprise
Kelli Drenner, director of the College’s B.S. in health program, discusses the feasibility of continuing Texas high school sports during the pandemic.
Kelli Drenner, director of the College’s B.S. in health program, discusses the public health crisis.
- Challenges ahead for thousands of 'uncontactable' students
ABC 13 Eyewitness News
Sam Brower, director of the M.Ed. in curriculum and instruction program, shares insights on the importance of helping students make up for lost learning time.
- Texas schools will look different come August. Here’s how.
Houston Chronicle
Clinical Assistant Professor Duncan Klussmann suggests that schools should prepare a long-term strategy in response to the pandemic.
- 1A Across America: School’s Out For Summer
1A WAMU NPR
Former Superintendent Duncan Klussmann, a clinical assistant professor of school leadership, discussed education in the COVID-19 era on the nationally distributed NPR show “1A.”
- K-12 Educators Begin To Map Out The New School Year
Houston Public Media
Clinical Assistant Professor Duncan Klussmann, a former superintendent, shares insights on a blueprint for the next academic year amid COVID-19.
- Opinion: We shouldn’t want to return to normal after COVID-19. Let’s invest in everyone’s health.
Houston Chronicle
Associate Dean for Research Ezemenari Obasi calls for a better, more equitable normal in this op-ed.
- Expert believes COVID-19 testing sites must be mobile to help vulnerable communities
Fox26 Houston (video)
Associate Dean Ezemenari Obasi, who leads the UH HEALTH Research Institute, discussed ways to address health disparities related to COVID-19 testing.
Assistant Professor Ruth López offers advices for parents trying to help their children with schoolwork while schools are closed during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Unintended Consequences Of School Security Policies
Houston Public Matters
Clinical Assistant Professor Keith Butcher discusses rethinking active shooter drills, metal detectors and other school safety issues (segment starts at 6:06).
- University of Houston's online graduate program is top ranked
FOX 26 News Houston (video)
Curriculum & Instruction Department Chair Margaret Hale discusses the College’s online master's degree programs, ranked eighth best in the nation by U.S. News & World Report.
- Not many women fought California’s deadly fires
The Lily (The Washington Post)
Associate Dean Consuelo Arbona shares her research on female firefighters.
- How A State Takeover Of HISD Would Work
Houston Public Media
Clinical Assistant Professor Duncan Klussmann provides clarity on the proposed state takeover of the Houston Independent School District.
- 'It saddens me’: Thousands of HISD students never check out books from school libraries
Houston Chronicle
Clinical Professor Margaret Hale comments on the importance of school librarians to assist teachers and promote literacy.
- Bracing for a slowdown: As economists predict reduced speed ahead, here's what Houston can expect
Houston Business Journal
Associate Professor Lyle McKinney shared his insights on the impact of a slowing economy on higher education.
- BridgeYear helps graduating high schoolers find their path
Houston Chronicle
Doctoral student Victoria Doan, founded a nonprofit in 2016 to help high school students figure out what they want to do after graduation.