NLU Scholarship & Thought Leadership Annual Report 2025

2024-2025 BY THE NUMBERS

FACULTY GRANT AWARDS: 5 Grants across 2 Strength Areas

Ensuring Successful Practice in K-12 Classrooms and Schools Funder: Chicago Public Schools Project Lead: Harrington Gibson, National College of Education Purpose: Coaching educational leaders in school contexts. Grant Award: $23,500; 1 year Funder: U.S. Department of Education, Mental Health Professionals Project Leads: Dana Hagerman and Tracee Farmer, National College of Education Purpose: With Ohio State as lead, training teachers in one-to-one intervention for beginning readers in special education setting. Grant Award: $64,415; 1 year Funder: U.S. Department of Education, Mental Health Professionals Project Lead: Jennifer Engelland-Schultz Purpose: Implement innovative partnerships to train school-based mental health services providers. Grant Award: $50,000; 6 months Funder: U.S. Library of Congress, Teaching with Primary Resources Project Leads: Hyeju Han, Xiaoning Chen, Mark Neuman, National College of Education Purpose: Develop a visual literacy framework to support teachers in using Library of Congress primary sources to explore diverse narratives. Grant Award: $24,536; 18 months

Ensuring Higher Education Success Funder: U.S. Department of Education, Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad Program Project Lead: Juanita Marquez, Joao Goebel, Undergraduate College Purpose: Provide faculty and teacher candidates with overseas opportunities for

research and program development. Grant Award: $119,297; 18 months

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