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Ellen Dooley

COLUMN: We need to teach all of Black history

Ellen Dooley, Columnist February 1, 2022

In most classrooms, you are taught about the colonization of the world by Europe. Then you get to the colonization of the Americas. We are taught that the African people were brought here against their...

Ellen Dooley

COLUMN: COVID-19 is a hindrance, not an excuse

Ellen Dooley, Columnist January 25, 2022

There is no doubt that COVID-19 has affected all of us in some way or form. We all missed life milestones and experiences. It has impacted how we learn and grow. One thing that will be impacted for...

Ellen Dooley

COLUMN: Too much and not enough time

Ellen Dooley, Columnist January 18, 2022

Sitting...waiting...until the clock strikes. I can finally get out of this class. Do you ever have a class that drags on and feels like it will never end?   At my high school we had eighty-minute blocks...

COLUMN: COVID-19 Spikes and Strikes

Ellen Dooley, Columnist January 11, 2022

As we begin a new year and a new semester, there is also a third looming “new.” That is the new COVID-19 variant omicron. That also may conjure up new emotions for this upcoming semester. Some may...

American Education Week is the week before Thanksgiving where people celebrate public school communities.

How teachers affect students’ lives

Elizabeth Wood, Multimedia Reporter November 17, 2021

Students and faculty reflected upon teachers that have made an impact in their lives in recognition of American Education Week. According to the National Day Calendar, American Education Week was founded...

Six awards for research funded by the Council on Faculty Research

Six awards for research funded by the Council on Faculty Research

Luke Taylor, News Editor November 1, 2021

The Council on Faculty Research has announced the faculty members who received an award to fund a proposed project. Twelve faculty members applied for the award and the council was able to fund six...

Ellen Dooley

COLUMN: A safe place in the classroom

Ellen Dooley, Columnist September 22, 2021

Do you remember your kindergarten classroom? Was it decked out in bright colors and fun posters? Did your teacher hang up everyone’s art projects? It seemed like a fun and exciting room, right? If your...

Gen ed courses are necessary, important

Zoë Donovan, Columnist March 12, 2020

Now and again it creeps up in the minds of students, why do English majors need math classes? Why do accounting students need to take sociology classes? Why do we need to take classes that don’t apply...

Education job fair slated for Wednesday

Kate Figlewski, Staff Reporter November 6, 2019

EIU Career Services is hosting the annual Fall Education Job Fair Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union Grand Ballroom. Career Services Director Bobbi Kingery...

Charleston’s PFLAG here to support LGBTQ community

Logan Raschke, Editor-in-Chief June 20, 2019

Charleston's PFLAG chapter, established in 2015, is a safe place for members of the LGBTQ community to go to for support, education and advocacy. Co-president Judy Looby said she and her husband became...

CAA approves new options, course

Corryn Brock, Associate News Editor March 28, 2019

The Council on Academic Affairs approved three new options and one new course for non-licensure teaching during its meeting Thursday. The three new options will focus on early childhood education, elementary...

Students share thoughts on LGBT history education bill

Shamaine Ware, Contributing Writer March 25, 2019

The Illinois House of Representatives passed a bill that would require public schools to teach lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) history to school children, grades K-12. Education majors at...

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