A Tapestry of Service
Spring 2021
McKay School dean Mary Anne Prater is retiring. Her career has been a tapestry of service to special needs children, their families, and their educators. Her…
Spring 2021
Mary Anne Prater's Final Dean Message
Spring 2021
Mary Anne Prater, after twenty years of working at Brigham Young University, writes her final dean's message for the McKay Today magazine.
Kristine Tanner Receives Two Awards Highlighting Her Research
Spring 2021
Kristine Tanner, associate professor in the Department of Communication Disorders, recently received BYU’s Early Career Scholarship Award and the Faculty Women…
Artist’s Award-Winning Career Sparks Creative Light in Students
Spring 2021
Doug Allen—educator, administrator, teacher of teachers, College Board reader who grades thousands of AP art portfolios, and professional artist himself—is the…
Lee Robinson Elected President of BYU FWA
Spring 2021
Lee Robinson, associate clinical professor and director of the BYU Speech and Language Clinic, is the newly elected president of the BYU Faculty Women’s …
Gallery Brings Children's Work and Inspiration to the McKay School
Spring 2021
The David O. McKay School of Education Children's Art Gallery, now showing its second round of work by students from BYU–Public School Partnership schools…
Read Any Good Books Lately?
Spring 2021
In addition to contributing dozens of articles to national publications, McKay School faculty members have also participated in the publication of several…
Digesting the Alphabet Soup
Spring 2021
During her last year at BYU, Christiana Forbush, ’08, felt prepared to achieve her lifelong goal of becoming a teacher. She had studied secondary education at…
Tribal Voices Speak Through Arts Lessons
Spring 2021
One of the most powerful ideals of the Navajo Nation is hózhǫ́ , a way of living in which one is ordered, in balance, and “walking in beauty.” The spirit of…
Truths Regarding Effort
Spring 2021
We have a prophet who, perhaps more than any other prophet recently, has emphasized effort. He not only talks about effort but absolutely has demonstrated…
The Pandemic Made Me Homeschool
Spring 2021
Gretchen Killingbeck brought her classroom expertise, and her McKay School education, to bear in home schooling her two children during this last school year…
Squirrels and Crickets Build Flexibility
Spring 2021
Sheri Hinckley has applied lessons about flexibility that she learned at the McKay School throughout her career as an elementary school teacher. These…
Fueling the Fire of Learning
Spring 2021
The spirit of the Y has carried Cort Monroe, ’99, far. As a McKay School elementary education graduate, Monroe has had the opportunity to work as a bilingual…
Leaving a Legacy of Education
Spring 2021
What would you do if you received an inheritance from your late father? For one BYU alum, the decision was clear: make a memorial donation to the McKay School…