CEDER will conduct a comprehensive quantitative and qualitative evaluation of outcomes related to the Shiawassee Scholars program. Led by evaluation specialist Kolby Gadd, PhD, CEDER’s evaluation work will focus on academic outcomes that rely on data that have not been available to the program in the past, including information from U-M and other databases about students' grades, majors, and graduation status. This evaluation work will further focus on a description of the experiences and accomplishments of Shiawassee Scholars.

CEDER will perform a program evaluation of the Essentials in Action Project with the Michigan Association of Intermediate Schools Administrators (MAISA). The evaluation team will use the five levels of the Guskey Framework to guide and organize the evaluation work and also add a teaching math self efficacy component. CEDER will specify descriptive and quasi experimental designs with comparison groups for formative and summative evaluation.

A team of CEDER staff were selected to present at the North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE) Conference. In 2022 the conference gathered educators, policymakers, and partners from throughout the world in Tucson, Arizona to share strategies for accomplishing NAAEE’s mission of using the power of education to advance environmental literacy and civic engagement to create a more equitable and sustainable future.

A team comprising leaders of the Disciplinary Literacy Task Force, including CEDER Design Coordinator Darin Stockdill, will develop a series of courses for secondary classroom educators as part of a statewide professional learning initiative of the Michigan Association of Intermediate School Administrators' General Education Leadership Network.

Carl Haynes-Magyar and Nathan Haynes-Magyar, developers of Codespec, were awarded the James A. Kelly Learning Lever Prize for their adaptable and adaptive computer programming practice environment.

The recent Michigan News article highlighting the Dow Innovation Teacher Fellowship was the Mid-Michigan feature in University of Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman's Michigan Impact April newsletter.

The Dow Innovation Teacher Fellowship (DITF) is a program created for K-12 teachers of all disciplines interested in teaching sustainability issues.