Department of Educational Theory & Practice

Albany, NY (May 31, 2022) - Gladys I. Cruz (MS CDIT '97, PhD Curriculum & Instruction '00) received several honors in the past few weeks, including election as 2022-23 president-elect of The School Superintendents Association (AASA), a Capital Region Chamber Women's Business Council 2022 Women of Excellence Award in Management, and a CASDA Excellence in District Administrative Leadership Award. She recently shared her expertise and experiences in leadership with members of the Dean's Student Leadership Council.

Over the past 15 years, Jianwei Zhang of Educational Theory & Practice (ETAP) has worked with more than 600 graduate students on KNILT, an open-knowledge network that advances productive learning in the 21st century.

Moving up two spots, UAlbany's School of Education placed in the top 10 in U.S. News & World Report's rankings of fully online master’s programs in education. UAlbany ranked 8th among 337 institutions and is the leading program in New York State.

Albany, NY (December 3, 2021) – Six scholars from across the country were recognized with the Arthur Applebee Award for Excellence in Research on Literacy this year.

The first endowed professorship in the School of Education has gone to Professor Robert Yagelski, a 20-plus-year member of the Department of Educational Theory & Practice