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School ranked No. 21 by U.S. News & World Report
The School advanced to No. 21 in the latest U.S. News & World Report rankings, its highest ranking in two decades. The ranking marks the fourth consecutive year the School has been included in the top 25 among the nation’s schools and colleges of education.
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Among public universities, the UNC School of Education now ranks No. 13.
Watson (’18 M.S.A.) named principal of Carolina Community Academy
“‘No one cares how much you know until they know how much you care.’ I’ve heard that a million times, and it’s been attributed to a ton of people. But it’s true. If we don’t build every relationship — with students, families, teachers, bus drivers, cafeteria workers — where people know that you genuinely care about them, everything else is moot.”
That’s the approach alumnus Daniel Watson said he brings to work every day as an educator. The Person County native, who worked in the Alamance-Burlington School System for a decade, became principal of Carolina Community Academy in January. Carolina Community Academy is an innovative school for K-2 students at North Elementary in Roxboro, N.C., and a partnership between UNC-Chapel Hill and Person County Schools.
Can VR help prevent suicide attempts in young people?
Faculty member Marisa Marraccini, Ph.D., received a £225,000 fellowship award — from MQ: Transforming Mental Health, an international mental health research charity based in London, and the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention — to expand her work to develop and test virtual reality (VR) interventions in the treatment of adolescents hospitalized for suicidal thoughts, especially ones from groups at greater risk. Globally, suicide is the fourth leading cause of death among 15- to 29-year-olds. In the U.S., it is the third leading cause of death for young people, behind accidents and homicide. Some groups are at a higher risk of suicidal thoughts than others, particularly LGBTQ+ youths, and risk for suicidal thoughts has increased for people who experience discrimination such as ethnic minorities.
