This summer marked the sixth year of the St. Anthony Spanish Immersion Camp, a dynamic and engaging week-long experience for elementary students held in the Drake University School of Education’s (SOE) Collier-Scripps Hall. Led by long-time language educator Sra. Marisol Guerra, with the help of Sra. Elena Nebot, the camp welcomed 25–30 K–5 students from...
What happens when two people sit back-to-back and attempt to communicate the essence of an image without revealing what the image actually depicts? This simple yet profound exercise, known as “Through Another’s Eyes,” reveals a fundamental truth about leadership communication that extends far beyond the classroom. Extensive leadership research confirms that communication remains one of...
Drake-DMPS partnership to support growth in DMPS Montessori options Drake University announced today the launch of a new Master of Science in Montessori Education program—an initiative designed to support teachers within Des Moines Public Schools (DMPS). The three-year agreement with DMPS is exclusive to Drake University and will serve a new cohort of at least...
Des Moines, IA — Drake University is proud to announce that Dr. Jerrid Kruse, a leading science educator, has been honored with the Innovation in Teaching Science Teachers Award from the Association for Science Teacher Education (ASTE). Additionally, Kruse has secured a three-year grant renewal from the William G. Stowe Foundation to support water quality...
Drake Threads is an on-campus pop-up thrift shop created by Professor of Education Tom Buckmiller’s LEAD capstone class. The pop-up thrift shop drew more than 300 customers, collected more than 1,000 items, and raised $533 for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Iowa. All items not sold were donated to Central Iowa Shelter and Services....
Drake University’s School of Education announced that the National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a $628,791 grant to Professors Jerrid Kruse and Lindsay Woodward. The grant will fund research into how teachers understand and teach complex topics with social, cultural, scientific, and technical elements, a concept known as socioscientific literacy. Kruse and Woodward will work...
Program allows candidates to secure paid teaching role in one year while earning a master’s degree Drake University’s School of Education announced today the introduction of a new Teacher Intern Program. The program will allow individuals with a bachelor’s degree in another field and three years of post-bachelor work experience to complete coursework toward teacher...
Drake University’s online business and education graduate programs have ranked among the top in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2023 Best Online Programs rankings. The rankings assessed more than 350 schools and measured overall academic quality based on a variety of factors, such as student engagement, faculty credentials, and services and...
Since its inception in 2014, the Dream to Teach program at Des Moines Public Schools (DMPS) has introduced minority students to a profession where minorities are largely underrepresented. Dream to Teach has chapters in seven of the 10 district middle schools and all five of the district’s high schools. The Dream to Teach program introduces...
Two business degrees ranked in the top 100 in their categories and received the highest rank of any school in the state U.S. News & World Report released its 2022 Best Online Programs rankings today (Jan. 25), and three of Drake University’s online graduate degrees were recognized as one of the best in the nation:...