Curry School of Education

Highlights:

• All incoming Ph.D. students generally receive fully funded packages including a stipend, tuition and a health insurance voucher.
• The faculty at the Curry School have received $38 million in grant funding over the past two years.
• The Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS) and MyTeachingPartner, two tools created by faculty at the Curry School aimed to improve preK-grade 12 teaching and learning, are being used in more than 50,000 classrooms nationwide including in every Head Start classroom in the U.S.
• Curry faculty are consistently cited nationally for their work, including President Obama’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, the New York Times, MSNBC.com, the Washington Post, CNN, United Press International and Education Week.
• Curry has four robust research centers: The Center for Advanced Study of Teaching and Learning (CASTL), CASTL-Higher Education, the Center on Education Policy and Workforce Competitiveness, in partnership with the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, and Youth-NEX: The U.Va. Center to Promote Effective Youth Development.

2013 US News & World Report Rankings

Curry School of Education 23

Special Education 5
Secondary Education 8
Elementary Education 10
Administration & Supervision 12
Education Policy 12
Curriculum & Instruction 13
Educational Psychology: Applied Developmental Science 17
 

Charlottesville

General size of Charlottesville:
City of Charlottesville: 40,600
Charlottesville MSA: 200,600 (consists of the City of Charlottesville, Albemarle, Greene, Fluvanna and Nelson counties)