Clinical Assistant Professor Hope Rigby-Wills ran a summer pilot program to help address literacy gaps among Houston-area elementary school students while giving real-world coaching to UH education students.

Future educators spent a week teaching elementary students in Costa Rica as part of a College of Education learning abroad program focused on culturally responsive teaching. “This experience showed me that I am capable of teaching in a diverse classroom,” said teaching major Areeba Sohail.

Carrie S. Cutler, a clinical professor at the University of Houston College of Education, received a top award from the Texas Council of Teachers of Mathematics for nearly 30 years of work advancing the field. “When teachers develop confidence and a math-positive mindset, that influence extends to countless children and families,” she said.