News Releases
Latest Releases
Loading posts...
-
Kennesaw State study shows cell phone ban improves teacher well-being
November 11, 2025
A new partnership between Kennesaw State University and Marietta City Schools is shedding light on how banning cell phones in classrooms can benefit both students and teachers. Preliminary findings from a study led by Mei-Lin Chang, professor at KSU’s Clarice C. and Leland H. Bagwell College of Education, suggest that restricting cell phone use during the school day has not only boosted student engagement but also improved teacher well-being and job satisfaction.
-
New literacy microcredential launches in partnership with KSU, Learn4Life, and Atlanta Speech School
October 21, 2025
Kennesaw State University (KSU), the Atlanta Speech School, and Learn4Life are proud to announce the launch of the Impactful Read Alouds in Early Literacy Microcredential, a first-of-its-kind professional learning opportunity designed to strengthen early literacy in Georgia communities.
-
Esteemed educator named dean of the Clarice C. and Leland H. Bagwell College of Education
October 13, 2025
Kennesaw State University has named distinguished educator and administrator Eric Moyen as dean of the Clarice C. and Leland H. Bagwell College of Education, effective Jan. 1.
-
New Literacy Microcredential Launches in Partnership with KSU, Learn4Life, and Atlanta Speech School
October 06, 2025
Kennesaw State University (KSU), the Atlanta Speech School, and Learn4Life are proud to announce the launch of the Impactful Read Alouds in Early Literacy Microcredential, a first-of-its-kind professional learning opportunity designed to strengthen early literacy in Georgia communities.
-
Kennesaw State researchers developing a system to improve classroom discussion
September 18, 2025
More than 200,000 middle and high school science teachers in the U.S. invest hours into planning lessons for students and spend even more time reflecting on how effective their teaching has been. Few, however, can analyze live classroom discussion and make real-time changes to their teaching to help struggling students understand the subject matter, something that Kennesaw State University Associate Professor of Science Education Soon Lee and a fellow researcher are seeking to address.
-
Kennesaw State looks to bring Interactive Research Methods Lab to high schools
September 11, 2025
The award-winning Interactive Research Methods Lab (IRML) experience is engaging, hands-on, and it jogs the mind, as it gives students an opportunity to see their research in a new, ordered way.
-
Kennesaw State associate professor appointed to national mathematics education commission
August 19, 2025
A Kennesaw State faculty member was recently appointed to a national commission that advances national and international conversations in mathematics education. Lateefah Id-Deen, associate professor of mathematics education, was appointed to the U.S. National Commission on Mathematics Instruction (USNC/MI), which is housed within the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in Washington, D.C.
-
From criminology to the classroom, Kennesaw State graduate finds purpose in special education
August 07, 2025
Raised by a mother and stepfather who were therapeutic foster parents, Corey Creek has always seemed destined to impact the lives of those in need. In fact, his mother long ago had a premonition that he would follow in her footsteps teaching special education. Fifteen years later, Creek would go on to earn his Master of Education in Special Education from Kennesaw State University’s Bagwell College of Education, bringing his mother’s dream to fruition. He credits his nurturing home environment for exposing him to children with Individualized Education Plans (IEP) and inspiring him to carve his own path in special education.
-
Kennesaw State student's research aims to create more confident math teachers
July 21, 2025
Rising Kennesaw State University senior Summer Funk decided to research the phenomenon of math anxiety among student teachers because she had personal experience with the topic.
-
Kennesaw State alumna triumphs through adversity to inspire as Gwinnett County educator
June 18, 2025
Walking across the stage at Kennesaw State University’s Commencement ceremony was a remarkable moment for Sladjana Ray ’24. Having earned an education specialist degree, it marked her third successful round in higher education, to strengthen her skillset as a history teacher. In the crowd were her daughter, Mima Hrnjak, a nursing student in Kennesaw State’s Wellstar College of Health and Human Services, and Ray’s parents. They made the trip from their native Serbia, known as Yugoslavia when Ray migrated to the states in the ’90s as a 16-year-old basketball player.