Gary E. Arnoldson of the McKay School of Education will present a Brigham Young University campus devotional address, “The M&M’s of Missionary Minded Members,” Tuesday, May 14 at 11:05 a.m. in the Joseph Smith Building Auditorium.
Arnoldson became controller for the McKay School of Education in 2010. He oversees all of the school’s financial transactions in order to ensure that the resources are being used properly, in accordance with university policy …

An effective mentor contributes much to the success of a first-year teacher. According to new research from the McKay School, this influence can be attributed to the development of trust.
Professor Pam Hallam and graduate student Felipe Chou from the Department of Educational Leadership and Foundations recently published research showing that trust and proximity are important in an effective mentoring model. Over three years they compared the mentoring models of two …

Did you know the Santiago Chile Temple is built on the site of an old Church high school? Did you know Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery were school board members in Kirtland?
People know The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints runs private colleges and universities such as BYU; however, many people are not aware the LDS Church has had its own K-12 schools and academies since the 1800s. For …

Today more than a million K-12 students are enrolled in online classes. In higher education, nearly one third of all students are taking at least one online course. With the advances in online learning, education is becoming available to a rapidly increasing number of individuals. But there are inherent problems with online learning, particularly the challenge for online instructors to connect with students they do not encounter face to face. …

In an office on the third floor of the McKay building, two professors from the special education program remember a former student. “Joe was a very personable guy and a sharp student,” Darlene Anderson recalls.  “He’s going to make a great difference in the field of special education,” Michelle Marchant says.
Joseph Lambert, a former student of the CPSE undergraduate special education program who graduated in 2007, is already gaining a …