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SESP's Big Ten Players of the Week

October 06, 2026

School of Education and Social Policy alumnus Braydon Brus and undergraduate Ashley Sessa were named Big Ten Player of the Week in their respective sports.

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NCARE Launches Four New Rural District Partnerships

September 25, 2026

The Northwestern Collaborative for Applied Research in Education (NCARE), a research-practice partnership that uses data to support students and teachers, is expanding its statewide reach through four new partnerships with Illinois school districts.

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Sherin to Lead Master's and Professional Programs

September 04, 2026

Miriam Gamoran Sherin has been named associate dean for master’s and professional education at Northwestern's School of Education and Social Policy, a new role that reflects the growing scope and importance of the master’s and professional programs.

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Terri Sabol: The Dangers of Deregulating Head Start

September 04, 2026

A new federal proposal to loosen rules governing Head Start, the nation’s early childhood education program, will gut the program rather than streamline it, Northwestern University professor Terri Sabol argued in a Chicago Tribune opinion piece.

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Learning and Leading on the Field

September 03, 2026

Northwestern's football program named six captains for the 2026 season — all current students or alumni of the School of Education and Social Policy.

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Annual Loeschner Lecture Features Lacrosse Alums

August 31, 2026

Former Northwestern lacrosse teammates and School of Education and Social Policy alumnae Selena Lasota and Nicole Beardsley Montag will headline the 2026 Ray and Nancy Loeschner Lecture Series on Leadership, speaking at 6 p.m. Sept. 30 in Galvin Recital Hall.

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The Anxious Generation Tries Logging Off

Spring 2026

Amid growing signals that using smartphones and social media is bad for mental health, some SESP students, alumni, and faculty are seeing the upside of taking a break.

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Crossing The Divide

Spring 2026

After the 2016 presidential election, Sara Shacter (MS90) felt the need to get out of her blue bubble. Could so many people really have a different set of values than she did? When she learned a friend's husband leaned conservative and loved talking politics, she invited him out for brunch.

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