2021 Impact Report

Table of Contents
- Message from Dean Anderson
- College Leadership
- World-Class Programs
- 2021 Growth in Research, Enrollment, and Expertise
- Priorities & Milestones
- Plugging the Teacher-Shortage Gap in Illinois
- A Shortage of Computer Science Teachers is a Problem Illinois Can Fix
- Illinois Early Childhood Asset Map: Turning Data Into Insight
- Building a Legacy in Education Finance and Law
- New book examines race's impact in school choice movement
- Promise Fulfilled
- Research to Help Upgrade Law Enforcement Training Infrastructure
- What History Professors Really Think About ‘The 1619 Project’
- States Debate Bills to Restrict How Teachers Discuss Racism, Sexism
- Public Engagement and Engaged Research
- Education and Design Thinking
- 2020-21 Faculty
- New Scholars
- Undergraduate Education
- Graduate Education
- Online and Off-Campus Programs
- Our Centers and Initiatives
- Champaign Freedom School
- Donor & Alumni Impact
- Mr. Roundtree: How this one-time rapper transformed himself into the principal of Booker T. Washington STEM Academy
- Dr. David Zola Coffee Bar Honors His Legacy
- Education Alumna Appointed by White House as Director of the NIDILRR
- A Heart for Children—and for Social Justice
- Scholar-Practitioner: Kim Ferraro
- Alumna and Donor Rebecca Cline on Giving Back
- How to Invest in College of Education Students