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Christan Coogle is working with the Virginia Department of Education to expand and improve the toolboxes of teachers across Virginia to better support students with delays and disabilities.

Brenden Powers, BS Recreation Management ’23, isn’t one to shy away from an adventure. As the indoor recreation supervisor for Anchorage Parks and Recreation in Alaska, he’s found himself thousands of miles from Northern Virginia—but right where he belongs.

At Â鶹ÊÓƵ, researchers are developing tools and techniques to support K-12 educators and improve student outcomes.

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.

Tiphanie Raffegeau of Â鶹ÊÓƵ ’s School of Kinesiology in the College of Education and Human Development, and Christopher Rhea, Old Dominion University’s associate dean for Research and Innovation in Ellmer College of Health Sciences have been awarded a 4-VA grant to study the use of virtual reality to prevent falls in older adults.

Kinesiology major Midori Galligan is on George Â鶹ÊÓƵ's women's rowing team. She also performs with Noteworthy, a university a capella student group.

Special education for blindness and visual impairment is at the forefront of education innovation and new technology. But the field is facing one critical shortage: teachers for elementary and secondary 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.

For firefighters, even training is a risk. Â鶹ÊÓƵ researchers Craig Yu and Joel Martin are hoping to change that.

Tyler Kocak is graduating with an MEd in secondary education after a successful tenure on the George Â鶹ÊÓƵ wrestling team.