LSU’S LUTRILL & PEARL PAYNE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION NAMESAKE CELEBRATED

The LSU Writing Project held its first place-based Invitational Summer Institute on Mallard Island in the Rainy Lake Watershed, north of International Falls, Minnesota. Margaret-Mary Sulentic Dowell, PhD, director of the LSU Writing Project, received a grant from the Ernest Oberholtzer Foundation to host the week-long writing institute.

At the center of the Lutrill & Pearl Payne School of Education is the desire to prepare LSU students to educate the young minds of Louisiana to ensure their future successes.Joshua Ellis, PhD, Associate Professor of Science/STEM Education in the Lutrill & Pearl Payne School of Education, is a member of an LSU faculty team that has been awarded a $1,187,387 grant from the National Science Foundation for the preparation of future STEM teachers.

Lutrill & Pearl Payne School of Education Professor, Margaret-Mary Sulentic Dowell, PhD, recently presented cutting-edge research on writing assessment at the Inaugural Joint National Council Teacher of English (NCTE)-National Council Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) Conference held in New Orleans in late June, 2024. Both professional organizations collaborated to provide the opportunity for members from both associations to come together and share research and recommend practices in both disciplines, a first for these two premier professional entities.

Louisiana A+ Schools (LAA+) at Louisiana State University (LSU), a program of the College of Human Sciences and Education, in partnership with Arkansas A+ Schools (ARA+) at University of Arkansas, a program of the College of Education and Health Professions, are proud to announce they have received a grant from the National Park Service (NPS). This grant is part of the Lower Mississippi Delta Initiative (LMDI), aimed at supporting cultural heritage and educational projects in the Delta region.

Program faculty from the School of Education collaborated and presented at the recent National Association for the Education of the Young Child (NAEYC) Professional Learning Institute, held in New Orleans in June. The NAEYC's Professional Learning Institute brought together seasoned and emerging early childhood professionals and leaders in a community of learners. Approximately 200 sessions were held over 4 days, featuring individuals and teams from across the nation who focused on deepening the early childhood knowledge base, addressing challenging and controversial issues facing the field, and developing skills to improve professional development and practice.

Adronisha T. Frazier, PhD, has been selected as a STEM Student Success Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Minnesota - Duluth. Frazier earned her doctorate in Curriculum and Instruction with a focus on Science Education in Dec 2023. Selection of STEM Student Success Postdoctoral Fellowships was highly competitive and Frazier was selected from a field of potential candidates. Frazier will resign her position as Assistant Professor of Biology at Northshore Technical Community College (NTCC) and as the Natural Sciences Department Chair, and she will assume her postdoctoral fellowship in July 1, 2024.