“I used to live a double life as both firefighter and student,” said Josiah Davidson, a middle-level science and social studies major. That often meant working a 24-hour shift, then driving 100 miles from his hometown of Sullivan to campus for class. Davidson was inspired to change careers after leading firefighter trainings alongside an experienced captain.
Career Services provides support to assist Redbirds in their job search and careers.
As a second-year graduate student at Illinois State University, I can confidently say that the end of our college career has been nothing like what we were expecting it to be.
The National Center for Urban Education (NCUE) awards Illinois State University faculty grant funding to redesign their educational courses to reflect the current situations of urban schools in Chicago, Decatur, and Peoria. One of the main components of these redesign courses happens through a clinical visit to the urban site in order to authentically learn
The North River Commission Education Committee hosted a community wide education event addressing the question: How are you an ally to public education?
For decades, educators have discussed, debated, and implemented the use of technology in school.
How do we maintain some semblance of normalcy? It’s a question on the minds of millions of Americans during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. For many families, schools are the first places they turn.
Every aspect of learning and teaching has changed as a result of the pandemic. While educators are concerned about their students still gaining academically, there are other equally important worries. Among them is how to make certain the children have essentials such as food, one-to-one electronic devices, WIFI access, and personal connections during this time of isolation. Schools are often the place to find solutions to these issues. They still are, even though the doors are temporarily locked due to the coronavirus (COVID-19).
Department of Special Education assistant professor Mindy Ely is working on two exciting projects: a new master’s program in low vision and blindness and a cerebral visual impairment clinic with Easter Seals.
How do you teach future educators to teach when they cannot be in physical K-12 classrooms? That is the question that many teacher education instructors started facing a little over a month ago amid the announcements of schools moving to remote learning across the country. Illinois State University’s Cecilia J. Lauby Teacher Education Center had
