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At the department of Educational Psychology, we believe that education is both an art and a science. Our focus: preparing the next generation of researchers and scientist-practitioners with degrees in psychological foundations of education, quantitative methods in education, counseling psychology, school psychology, and special education. We welcome your opinions, and encourage open discussion about the topics we post. Comments that are off-topic, inappropriate or offensive are subject to removal without notice, including comments that:

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10/06/2026

Congratulations to Ed Psych’s Pani Kendeou, lead coordinating author on this report, as well as coordinating authors Laura Allen, Stephen Hutt, and Caitlin Mills, along with coordinating research assistant Ali Fulsher.

Read the report at z.umn.edu/genai-report

Out now: Expert consensus report on ways Generative AI can support and threaten learning in K-20 US education.

30 experts in learning, technology, and education weighed in on where GenAI helps learning, harms it, and what to do about it: see where they agreed and where they did not.

Led by coordinating authors from the College of Education and Human Development UMN, UNC School of Education, and UCI School of Education, this report is available for educators, parents, policymakers, and researchers who want evidence-based guidance on AI and learning.

Read the report at z.umn.edu/genai-report

09/24/2026

Learn more about NXT GEN Teach and how paraprofessionals are being supported in obtaining their special education licenses:

CEHD’s NXT GEN Teach allows school district employees to earn a teaching license while working full-time.

09/23/2026

Ed Psych associate professor Caitlin Mills is one of the authors of this article, "Daydreams, mind‑wandering and rumination: What you think about can affect your feelings and mood."

Read it here:

Different types of thoughts are meaningfully tied to our emotional well-being. By understanding these connections, we can identify new ways to support and improve our mental health.

09/11/2026

Ed Psych teaching associate professor Carolyn Berger speaks on the anxieties students face with back to school transitions:

At Mayo High School in Rochester, students who are feeling nervous or anxious can turn to the TOPS, or Teens Offering Peer Support Program

08/20/2026

In late July, Ed Psych research assistants Grace Divine Boutouli, Courtney Ginestra, and Sabrina Brown, along with speech language sciences PhD candidate Jamie Linert, attended the PRISMS (Parents and Researchers Interested in Smith-Magenis Syndrome) Conference welcome reception in Bloomington, MN.

The PRISMS Conference is an annual gathering of individuals with Smith-Magenis syndrome, family members and advocates of individuals with SMS, and researchers who are interested in this syndrome.

The four had a booth and poster set up at the conference's welcome reception, where they shared information about research related to neurodevelopmental disorders and neurodiversity currently being conducted at the University of Minnesota.

Learn more about PRISMS here: https://www.facebook.com/SmithMagenisSyndromePRISMS

left to right: Jamie Linert, Grace Divine Boutouli, Courtney Ginestra, Sabrina Brown

08/10/2026

Congratulations to our newest PhD! On August 10, Regina Lisinker successfully defended her dissertation.

Best wishes. We're of you!

08/04/2026

Ed Psych’s Debbie Golos and Leah Dolezal presented recently on the Minnesota READ Act:

07/29/2026

Ed Psych's Marguerite Ohrtman spoke with MPR recently about bullying and emotional regulation following the deaths of two Brainerd middle schoolers by su***de, the second-leading cause of death in the U.S. for children and teens ages 10 to 14. Read more here:

Two Forestview Middle School students, 11-year-old Ava Starr and 13-year-old Alexis Thornton, died just three weeks apart. Both families say the girls were bullied by other students.

07/27/2026

Several students from the Learning Informatics Lab (LIL) will be presenting research at the Society of Text and Discourse (ST&D) conference, taking place July 29 to 31 in Charlotte, North Carolina. ST&D is an international society of researchers who investigate all aspects of text and discourse, including processing and analysis.

View list of LIL presenters:

06/29/2026

The Tools Competition, in partnership with the Department of Ed Psych, recently announced winners of its 2026 competition cycle:

The Tools Competition, in partnership with the University of Minnesota, recently announced winners of its 2026 competition cycle.

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Monday	8am - 4:30pm
Tuesday	8am - 4:30pm
Wednesday	8am - 4:30pm
Thursday	8am - 4:30pm
Friday	8am - 4:30pm

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http://cehd.umn.edu/edpsych/

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