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UMD Launches Master’s Program in Dance Education with Teacher Certification

Mar 3, 2026

The University of Maryland will launch a Master of Education with teacher certification (MCERT) in dance education beginning Summer 2026, offering a...

Maryland Initiative for Literacy and Equity Co-Directors Donald J. Bolger, associate professor at UMD, and Simone Gibson Ph.D. ’09, associate professor at Morgan State University, lead literacy activities with children.

Grand Challenges: Maryland Initiative for Literacy and Equity

Feb 18, 2026

Fewer than 1 in 3 Maryland students could read at grade level coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic. The researchers of the Maryland Initiative for...

A teacher leads a literacy activity at Cool Spring Elementary, a local dual-language elementary school, which works with the Maryland Initiative for Literacy and Equity.

At 3-Year Anniversary, Grand Challenges Grants Program Reaps Major Returns

Feb 16, 2026

The University of Maryland's Grand Challenges Grants program is accelerating solutions to humanity’s most pressing issues in our communities and...

A screen shot from IRIS Reads, a virtual reality game that helps address dyslexia, shows four Terracotta Warriors holding the letters b, l, u and f and standing on the Great Wall of China.

Virtual Game, Real-Life Success

Jan 15, 2026

Dyslexia isn’t just frustrating for children struggling to decipher squiggles as letters. At schools that can’t support students one-on-one, it can be...

UMD Earns Carnegie Community Engagement Classification

Jan 14, 2026

The University of Maryland has earned one of the nation’s highest recognitions for institutional excellence in community-engaged teaching, research...

Students at Lakelands Park Middle School participate in a robotics demonstration at the Co-Learn Code and Mind afterschool program.

UMD and MCPS Partner to Launch New Afterschool Program Integrating Robotics, Youth Voice, and Social and Emotional Learning

Dec 23, 2025

In October, the University of Maryland and Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) launched a new yearlong afterschool robotics program in five middle...

A screen used in eye tracking research shows a person's face as they read and listen to text

Listening While Reading

Dec 16, 2025

If you’ve tried a language learning app recently, or listened to a podcast, you may notice that you have choices. In a reading task, you might see the...