College of Education

Educators Learn About Common Core Standards at Daylong Arena Event

Nearly 1,000 educators from Arizona and California descended on GCU Arena for an opportunity to learn a little themselves from Dr. Heidi Hayes Jacobs' seminar […]

Graduates Making High Marks in Schools Across Country

Graduates of GCU have been making a name for themselves across the country, and here are a half-dozen of them who received recognition recently.

Through the Tears, a Major Triumph for Online Student From Illinois

Carrie Thouvenot was diagnosed with Primary Biliary Cirrhosis – a chronic autoimmune disease in which the body's immune cells attack the bile ducts of the […]

COE Distributes Over 700 Books at Fall Festival

The annual Fall Festival celebration is a time of joy for the College of Education. “It’s always a lot of fun to meet thousands of […]

COE Students Hear a Call to Commitment at Conference

“A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.” The quote by Henry Brooks Adams was the theme of keynote speaker Amanda […]

Orientation Central: Kimberly LaPrade

Meet the dean of the College of Education, Dr. Kimberly LaPrade. Dr. LaPrade knows GCU like no one else, she attended here herself and takes […]

GCU Did the Little Things Right for This Graduate

One of the neat things about convocation and graduation week is the opportunity to meet and talk with our graduates from all over the country, […]

Future Teachers Told of ‘Defining Moments’ Ahead

The executive director of the Arizona K-12 Center told prospective College of Education graduates on Thursday morning to expect “defining moments” involving unlikely sources as […]

Arizona Teacher of the Year Talks to COE Students

For evidence that good teachers make a difference, Exhibit A might be Joy Weiss. Weiss, 35, was recognized as the 2010 Arizona Teacher of the […]