Biola News: School of Education

Biola Announces New Dean of the School of Education

Biola Staff — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 12:25:00 -0700

Biola University has selected Dr. Nathan Herzog as the next dean for the School of Education, effective March 1, 2026. Herzog comes to Biola with a distinguished record of service and leadership in Christian higher education. He currently serves...

First Private University to Earn Accreditation for New Early Childhood Credential

Sarah Dougher — Tue, 17 Jun 2025 12:00:00 -0700

Biola University is one of only eight of the over 750 universities in California to offer the PK-3 Early Childhood Education (ECE) Specialist Instruction credential. The School of Education received official accreditation from the Commission on...

Biola Earns Recognition in the Carnegie Foundation 2025 Classifications for Institutional Excellence and Student Success

Sarah Dougher — Thu, 24 Apr 2025 12:00:00 -0700

LA MIRADA, CALIF. — Biola University has been recognized by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching in its 2025 Institutional Classifications, released on April 24, 2025. The university was distinguished in two categories: the...

School of Education Advancing the Kingdom One Teacher at a Time

Katelyn Ho — Tue, 11 Mar 2025 13:21:40 -0700

For the past 12 fall semesters, the Biola University School of Education has sent out a team of professors to lead a professional development training for Asian Hope International and Life International schools in Cambodia. The team of professors...

Alumna Wins 2024 Eureka! Gold Award for New Children Book

Grace McBride — Thu, 12 Dec 2024 13:57:00 -0800

Biola University alumna Marie Chan (’00) is a recipient of the 2024 Eureka! Gold Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for her new children book, Mamie Takes a Stand . In November, the School of Education graduate received word from the California...

Making the Choice for Christ: How This Student Found His Way to Biola

Sarah Dougher — Fri, 08 Nov 2024 17:39:36 -0800

Alex Dumania, current elementary education student in the School of Education, has faced many choices in his life. As he moved to Poland in 2012 with his mother at age 19 after growing up in Orange County, CA, he made a choice. His mother...

New Grants Cover Tuition, Create New Pathway for Select Education Students

Biola Staff — Wed, 23 Oct 2024 13:45:32 -0700

Bucking the traditional model of student teaching for teacher credentialing, a new residency pathway for teachers allows graduate students to achieve their credential tuition-free at 91��Ƭ�� University School of Education. In partnership with Hope...

Alumna Kaiyan Wang Named Compton Unified School District Teacher of the Year

Staff Writer — Sun, 14 Apr 2024 12:00:00 -0700

Biola University School of Education alumna Kaiyan Wang ('13) was named 2024 Teacher of the Year for Compton Unified School District (CUSD). She was notified of the honor in a private surprise event in her classroom at Compton High School on April...

Biola University to Close TESOL Program

Sarah Dougher — Wed, 27 Mar 2024 17:07:00 -0700

On March 22 Biola University announced the closure of the online and in-person Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) degrees, minors, certificates and concentrations due to continued low enrollment. Biola will no longer be...

A Biola Alumna Journey Overseas and Back Again

Charlotte McKinley — Fri, 31 Mar 2023 10:00:00 -0700

After graduating from Biola University School of Education in 1967, Dorothy Leal did not anticipate the way that God would use her degree to help those around her. “I've always wanted to be a teacher, since I was very young,” Leal said. “My...