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In her first year of teaching, Emmeline Mejia, MEd ’24, has already earned one of Fairfax County Public Schools' top honors: 2025 Outstanding New Secondary Teacher of the Year. It's a milestone that speaks volumes about her passion for education and her commitment to multilingual learners at Justice High School in Falls Church, Virginia.

With the support of a U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) training grant, Â鶹ÊÓƵ researchers are working to integrate comprehensive school-based mental health systems as part of proactive violence prevention programming in public middle schools in Prince William County, Virginia.

The College of Education and Human Development (CEHD) at Â鶹ÊÓƵ is excited to welcome the inaugural class of students for their Accelerated College and Employability Skills (ACCESS) Academy.

A faculty team from several programs within the School of Education at Â鶹ÊÓƵ has been awarded a U.S. Department of Education grant to train mental health services providers in Manassas City Public Schools. The grant is part of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act to expand student access to mental health services in high-need K-12 public schools. 

Before an audience of ministers, ambassadors, educators, and global innovation leaders, Ingrid Guerra-López, dean of Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s College of Education and Human Development (CEHD), delivered a keynote address that called for a bold, system-wide transformation of K–12 education to secure Africa’s workforce future—and the world’s.

George Â鶹ÊÓƵ's AI4Defense program is an innovative incubator that empowers high school and early undergraduate students to explore artificial intelligence (AI) applications in national defense.

The Governor’s School at Innovation Park, located at Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s Science and Technology Campus, holds a special distinction: It’s Virginia’s only academic-year Governor’s School located on a four-year college campus. That means that high school juniors and seniors spend part of each school day experiencing life as Â鶹ÊÓƵ students. The Governor’s School at Innovation Park celebrates its 15th anniversary this year.

George Â鶹ÊÓƵ researcher Erdogan Kaya is part of an interdisciplinary research team that is planning to introduce elementary students to the foundational concepts of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning using educational robotics.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ was recently recognized as a member of the Northern Virginia team that earned one of the four national Pete Taylor Partnership of Excellence Awards for 2024 from the Military Child Education Coalition (MCEC).

Nora McDonald, an assistant professor in the Department of Information Sciences and Technology (IST), is exploring the impact of smartphone-free schools in Prince William County.