College of Education

2023 Impact Report

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Graduate Programs

On-campus students apply to one of four departments:

  • Curriculum & Instruction
  • Education Policy, Organization & Leadership
  • Educational Psychology
  • Special Education

Degrees offered:

  • Certificate of Advanced Study (CAS)
  • Doctorate of Education
  • Doctorate of Philosophy
  • Educational Administration and Leadership
  • Master of Arts
  • Master of Education
  • Master of Science

Learning Language and Culture Through Games

Two Ph.D. students from the College of Education are developing an application to teach children how to read Farsi. “TooTak,” a mobile application featuring a talking parrot helps children ages 6-10 learn how to read Farsi. “TooTak” in one of the Iranian languages means “talking parrot,”

Shafagh Hadinezhad, a Ph.D. student in Curriculum & Instruction, is a co-founder of TooTak. Sourabh Garg a Ph.D. student in Curriculum & Instruction, is designing games for TooTak. Their project is part of the current cohort of iVenture Accelerator projects, the educational accelerator for student startups at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.