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Biola Announces New Dean of the School of Education
Dr. Nathan Herzog will assume the position on March 1, 2026
Biola Staff — October 01, 2025
Biola University has selected Dr. Nathan Herzog as the next dean for the School of Education, effective March 1, 2026. Herzog comes to Biola with a...
First Private University to Earn Accreditation for New Early Childhood Credential
The School of Education received a $250,000 grant toward student scholarships and curriculum development for a new credential
Sarah Dougher — June 17, 2025
Biola University is one of only eight of the over 750 universities in California to offer the PK-3 Early Childhood Education (ECE) Specialist...
Biola Earns Recognition in the Carnegie Foundation 2025 Classifications for Institutional Excellence and Student Success
Sarah Dougher — April 24, 2025
LA MIRADA, CALIF. — Biola University has been recognized by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching in its 2025 Institutional...
School of Education Advancing the Kingdom One Teacher at a Time
The School of Education sent team of professors to Cambodia for 12th consecutive year
Katelyn Ho — March 11, 2025
For the past 12 fall semesters, the Biola University School of Education has sent out a team of professors to lead a professional development...
Alumna Wins 2024 Eureka! Gold Award for New Children’s Book
Marie Chan (’00) wins 2024 Eureka! Gold Award for "Mamie Takes a Stand"
Grace McBride — December 12, 2024
Biola University alumna Marie Chan (’00) is a recipient of the 2024 Eureka! Gold Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for her new children’s book, ...
Making the Choice for Christ: How This Student Found His Way to Biola
Alex Dumania, Army veteran and current student in the School of Education, found his life in Christ, path in the military and education at Biola
Sarah Dougher — November 08, 2024
Alex Dumania, current elementary education student in the School of Education, has faced many choices in his life. As he moved to Poland in 2012...
New Grants Cover Tuition, Create New Pathway for Select Education Students
Biola’s School of Education is recipient of new grants for teacher educators to receive their credential while working, altering the traditional model
Biola Staff — October 23, 2024
Bucking the traditional model of student teaching for teacher credentialing, a new residency pathway for teachers allows �һ��Ƶ students to...
Alumna Kaiyan Wang Named Compton Unified School District’s Teacher of the Year
School of Education alumna named 2024 Teacher of the Year
Staff Writer — April 14, 2024
Biola University School of Education alumna Kaiyan Wang ('13) was named 2024 Teacher of the Year for Compton Unified School District (CUSD). She...
Biola University to Close TESOL Program
The program will enter a “teach-out” phase and will not accept any new students starting Summer 2024
Sarah Dougher — March 27, 2024
On March 22 Biola University announced the closure of the online and in-person Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) degrees,...
A Biola Alumna’s Journey Overseas and Back Again
Dorothy Leal went from La Mirada to Nepal to Mexico and to Oklahoma to use her passions and skills in teaching.
Charlotte McKinley — March 31, 2023
After graduating from Biola University’s School of Education in 1967, Dorothy Leal did not anticipate the way that God would use her degree to help...
New Program Prepares Educators to Work with Multilingual Learners
Biola’s Master of Arts in P-12 Multilingual, Multicultural Education degree will strengthen educators’ ability to serve and support multilingual, multicultural and immigrant families
Sarah Dougher — October 25, 2022
According to data recently released this year by the United States Census Bureau, nearly 43% of California residents speak a language other than...
Student Creates Tutoring Business During Pandemic to Serve Students with Autism
School of Education student Ashley Cox receives scholarship for her innovative venture
Joy Blea — February 03, 2021
Biola University student Ashley Cox, a liberal studies elementary education major, recently received a scholarship from Biola’s Office of...
Biola Alumna Honored as Woman of the Year
April Reutter (’93) was honored by the city of Norwalk as Woman of the Year for her many contributions to the community
Kiana Karn — April 29, 2020
Devoted teacher and Biola University alumna April Reutter was recognized by the 57th California Assembly District as Woman of the Year this March....
Alumna Opens New Preschool in Southern California
School will serve as one of Biola’s early childhood laboratory schools
Joya Jackson — December 12, 2019
Biola University alumna Koryn Parker (’02, M.A. ’03) recently opened her own preschool, Little Learners Exploration Academy in Whittier, Calif. To...
Education Professors Conducted Research on the Effects of Dual Language Immersion Programs on Student Attitudes Toward Multiculturalism
Professors’ research shows Dual Language Immersion programs in schools help students grasp a better understanding of both another language and its culture
Sarah Dougher — October 14, 2019
Biola University School of Education professors Nicholas Block and Lorena Vidaurre recently published research on Dual Language Immersion (DLI)...