Wichita State School of Education

Partners in life & learning: Bob and Jacque Lane establish the Lane Family Scholarship For more than six decades, Bob and Jacque Lane have shared a deep and enduring belief in the power of education. Their partnership in life and in purpose has touched generations of teachers and students. Their legacy at Wichita State continues to grow through the creation of the Lane Family Scholars...

Early Childhood Foundation students braved the cold to host a Celebration of Knowledge, showcasing adaptive toys & exhibits on cognitive development. The event ended with a free book fair, courtesy of instructor Cindy Malcolm, to help future educators build their own student libraries. 💛🖤💛🖤

Dr. Danny Bergman invited WSU 2025 Alumni to visit with Science Education Core 3 Interns last week to allow students to ask questions over various topics - graduation, Praxis testing, TLC, first year of teaching, finding jobs and much more!

Thank you to our guest panelists: Thao Tran (Wichita Southeast High School - Biology) and Jayce Doolittle (Lawrence Free State High School - Physics and Earth Science). Keep up the great work during your first year of teaching 🖤💛🖤💛

Dr. Danny Bergman taught his Secondary Science Education students the importance of a good science lesson this week, using the game of JENGA to demonstrate what happens when a lesson has too many "holes".

Bonus picture of students enjoying the balcony of the Corbin Education Center 😎

We had the pleasure of engaging with nearly 300 high school juniors and senior students from Wichita Public Schools and surrounding areas with the passion to become teachers at the Ed Rising South Central Regional Conference and Competitions.

Students spent time exploring teacher education degree programs at WSU but also had the opportunity to attend breakout sessions presented by several of our School of Education faculty: Dr. Danny Bergman (Middle/Secondary Science), Dr. Aubrey Neihaus (Middle/Secondary Math) , Dr. Fuchang Liu (Elementary Education), and Robin Folkerts (Elementary Education).

See you on Campus, Future Shockers 🖤💛🖤💛

Instructor Cindy Malcom took her Early Childhood Foundations class on a field trip today to the Little Early Childhood Center. Little provides an environment where every child regardless of ability, thrives!

A big thank you to Shonda Hayes and staff for making our students feel wanted and welcomed.

Thank you to the WSU faculty, and students, teachers and community members that joined us for our largest fall colloquium yet! Dr. Karlos Hill gave an inspiring talk on the Tulsa Massacre and led an engaging discussion on how Healing History Pedagogy can move topics and events from divisive to humanizing, modeling for us how compassion and community can heal these deep historical traumas in our society.

Be on the look out for details for our upcoming Spring Colloquium Speaker soon!