Join us on Monday, December 1, 2025 at 1:30pm for this TRANSCEND event showcasing presentations by the Challenge Team presentations by our current Transcend cohorts. The Open House starting at 3:00pm will provide an overview of the program, presentations by Transcend faculty, and opportunities to ask questions and network.
There will be some snacks and coffee!
Advancing Equity in Secondary Mathematics
The Connecticut Math Teacher Leaders (MTL) Program partnered with the State to plan, organize, and present at the 2025 Alliance District Symposium. The symposium took place on April 2, 2025, with over 240 attendees from across all participating districts. Each district brought a diverse group of attendees, including classroom teachers, curriculum leaders, coaches, principals, and superintendents.
A raved keynote presentation was given by Ted Coe. MTL Fellows and their district representatives participated in a special panel discussion. Twenty-two current and alumni MTL Fellows showcased 46 research-based posters, sharing data, insights, and classroom-based projects. Fellows co-led breakout sessions in top priority for the state and Alliance districts:
The day concluded with a collaborative session where all Alliance Districts teams analyzed maps of their mathematics programming and course sequencing. This prompted valuable discussions about in(equitable) student pathways and opened space for collaboration to support more equitable course taking pathways for students in their districts.
The materials that were used throughout the day are posted on the state department site at: https://portal.ct.gov/sde/alliance-districts/alliance-districts-symposiums/symposium-materials-for-2025
Join us on Friday, March 28th, 2025 for this years’ big event at the Palace Theater and UConn Waterbury Campus.
The event will feature keynote speaker Jack Horner, renowned paleontologist, and Jurassic Park advisor, alongside Miss Connecticut 2024 Shavana Clarke, a mental health advocate, and Dr. Sally Reis, UConn expert in gifted education. A panel discussion on neurodiversity and innovation will follow, moderated by UConn Waterbury Dean Dr. Fumiko Hoeft.
Afterward, you can enjoy hands-on learning and career exploration at UConn Waterbury, with interactive exhibits and industry-led sessions.
A special TRANSCEND session led by Professors Nicole Landi and Fabiana Cardetti will take place at the UConn Waterbury campus.
Join me at the largest gathering of education researchers for the 2024 AERA Annual Meeting! This year’s theme—“Dismantling Racial Injustice and Constructing Educational Possibilities: A Call to Action”—“asks research, practitioners, and policy makers to imagine boldly what education spaces free of racial injustice can look like.” Hope to see you there!
Professor Fabiana Cardetti is one of 9 researchers of an interdisciplinary group from across UConn who have been awarded $3 Million from the NSF Research Traineeship (NRT) Program for their project. TRANSCEND will bring together transdisciplinary research training in Cognitive Neuroscience, Education, Engineering, Computer Science, and Mathematics to transform doctoral training. This work builds on and extends ongoing efforts that engage our department in interdisciplinary research in the neuroscience of learning that Professors Fabiana Cardetti and Fumiko Hoeft have been involved in over the past year.
Arash Esmaili Zaghi, left, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, left, Fabiana Cardetti, professor of mathematics, and Jie Luo, a graduate student, with the fMRI, and Fumiko Hoeft, professor of psychological sciences, Nicole Landi, associate professor of psychological sciences, are in the control room at the UConn Brain Imaging Research Center on March 7, 2022. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)
Congratulations to the 20 MTL Fellows who have been selected to participate in the Connecticut Noyce Math Teacher Leaders Program!
The kickoff event featured Charlene Russell-Tucker, Commissioner of Connecticut Department of Education; Jason Irizarry, Dean of Neag School of Education; Ambar Sengupta, Head of Department of Mathematics; Steve Leinwand, Math Education Change Agent with over 30 years of leadership positions in mathematics education; and Georgina Rivera, Vice President for the National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics (NCSM).
Excited to start working with this amazing group!
Professor Fabiana Cardetti has been awarded an NSF grant to support the project Developing Mathematics Teacher Leaders for Connecticut Alliance School Districts. She is Co-PI with Megan Staples and Gladis Kersaint from the Neag School of Education and Jennifer Michalek from the State Department of Education. The project aims to serve the national interest by developing highly effective mathematics teacher leaders who can address the mathematics-specific instructional needs of high-needs and low-performing school districts in Connecticut. The 5-year mathematics leadership development program is bolstered by, and advances, the growing body of research on teacher leadership and its impact on supporting equitable outcomes in mathematics education.
Fabiana Cardetti with neuroscientist Professor Fumiko Hoeft (Psych) have been awarded a CLAS grant to work collaboratively in this interdisciplinary research study. The funds help provide a summer educational opportunity in reading and math for children with disabilities and financial hardship. The investigation will focus on the impact of variations in psycho-social factors, as well as mental health and math achievement changes over time. Beyond the theoretical and clinical significance of the research, this project expands our engagement with the community by applying our scholarship to positively impact the welfare of Connecticut.
ral Citizenship: Designing Interdisciplinary Units to Link Languages + Culture + ContentJoin me and my colleagues Manuela Wagner and Michael Byram in this virtual learning course hosted by ACTFL based on our co-authored book. It features recorded modules released regularly starting on March 1, 2021 and Live Sessions with us every other Saturday (March 27 through May 8), plus course wrap up on Wednesday, May 12, 2021. Hope you can join us! Register here.