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A MESSAGE FROM THE DEAN
Friends and Fellow Educators,
As we begin another academic year at the UNC School of Education, I continue to be humbled and inspired by the faculty, staff, students, and alumni in this community. While each person’s work may look different, they all are dedicated to ensuring every learner has the opportunity to reach their maximum potential.
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The pages within this annual report, I believe, show this dedication. And they also show the excellence, creativity, and commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion that our work — no matter the field — demand and deserve if we are to realize the transformative power of education.
The past few years have been especially challenging for our world, perhaps even more so for our country. We have experienced dual pandemics. One has set back the work of our educators; students have suffered learning loss and educators have (again) been asked to do more. And one pandemic has shown us that we, as a country, still have work to do; people of color experience injustice in myriad ways, including in our schools.
Schools and colleges of education must help solve these challenges.
At the UNC School of Education, our community of driven faculty, scholars, staff, students, and alumni are facing those challenges head on — in classrooms, schools, districts, academia, industries, and more. Please keep reading to meet some of the extraordinary people who represent the vanguard for a better North Carolina, United States, and world. You will read about education professionals, future educators, researchers, and programs working to advance education and our society.
In the past year, our School has worked to bring continuous improvement to North Carolina school districts, to create school climates that ensure student well-being, to understand teaching and learning post-pandemic, and so much more.
Together, we will help to solve education’s most pressing and persistent problems and work to ensure every learner becomes an informed, responsible, compassionate, and engaged citizen who contributes to a thriving democracy.
I remain proud of this School of Education and the people who make it all that it is. They, along with all educators, truly propel the world. I am excited to share this community’s accomplishments with you and to see where we will go next.
All my best,
Fouad Abd-El-Khalick Dean and Alumni Distinguished Professor
