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Robert Reich to deliver keynote address at 2025 commencement

Reich is Professor of Public Policy Emeritus at the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley. He has served in three national administrations, including as secretary of labor under President Bill Clinton, for which Time Magazine named him one of the 10 most effective cabinet secretaries of the 20th century.

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It takes two to OЯTHO

Can two people learn math together by acing an arcade game? It's a question being investigated through an interactive tabletop digital game called OЯTHO, where players pick up fundamentals of the Cartesian coordinate system as their secret sauce for entering the hallowed hall of fame. Developed by Professor Dor Abrahamson and two scientists at the Copernicus Science Centre (CSC) in Warsaw, Poland, Katarzyna Potęga vel Żabik and Ilona Iłowiecka‐Tańska, OЯTHO challenges players to collaboratively navigate a virtual ball through maze-like paths, with the objective of completing the course in the shortest time and with the fewest moves.

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Professor Thomas M. Philip elected vice chair of UC Berkeley Academic Senate

Philip has been elected the next vice chair for the Berkeley Division of the Academic Senate for the 2025-2026 term and will serve as chair for the 2026-2027 academic year. It is the first time in the Berkeley Division’s 62-year history that this role will be filled by a member of the Education faculty.

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$2.9 million federal Hawkins grant to build pipeline of diverse teachers

The grant will support pathways for BSE's undergraduate and master's degree students in pursuit of their teaching credential with the goal of building a pipeline of credentialed bilingual/multilingual teachers, especially teachers of color. Graduates will be supported through the critical first three years of their classroom teaching.

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Online@BSE: Beyond Zoom to a new kind of immersive digital learning

Professor Glynda Hull has established a state-of-the-art, immersive virtual classroom at Berkeley Way West, among the first of its kind at a school of education. Called O@BSE, the immersive classroom offers innovative online courses to students and working professionals who might not have access to a Berkeley education. The program also integrates cutting-edge pedagogy and research in the design and study of online education.

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BSE now offers a Bachelor's degree in Educational Sciences

We know that education not only happens in schools and higher education, but also includes myriad forms of learning across contexts and the life span. Educational Sciences as an academic discipline explores the field of education via academic inquiry and direct engagement with schools, families, and local and global communities. 

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Open-source Adaptive Tutoring System launches

Associate Professor Zachary Pardos discusses his latest research — the field’s first open-source intelligent tutoring system and creative commons content library. Three years in the making, the release comes at a time of evolving demand for AI experimentation in learning scenarios and was the active ingredient allowing Pardos to deploy a ChatGPT-based hint-generation experiment within weeks.

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