UMass Lowell started as a state teachers’ college. More than a century later, faculty in the College of Education are helping other UML faculty become better teachers.

“Confronting Gun Violence Against Kids” was the theme of the College of Education’s 23rd Panasuk Symposium on Educational Research, Policy & Practice, which featured Peter Cunningham, former assistant secretary for communications and outreach for the U.S. Department of Education.

English teachers and professors from around the world came to UMass Lowell this summer to learn how to teach critical thinking skills – and to experience American culture, from urban dance to shopping.

The National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded the Tsongas Industrial History Center, a partnership of UMass Lowell's College of Education and Lowell National Historical Park in Lowell, a highly competitive $158,367 grant to support a series of one-week workshops for educators that enhance and strengthen humanities teaching at the kindergarten through grade 12 levels.