![Jack Scott, Ph.D., FAU CARD Executive Director](/education/newsevents/images/jscottoped-sm.jpg)
Scott, FAU CARD Executive Director, pens a letter-to-the-editor to offer insight into the pattern of children with autism wandering or eloping following a recent elopement from an elementary school in Poughkeepsie, NY.
![US News 2023 Best graduate Schools](/education/newsevents/images/usnewsgrad-sm.jpg)
College of Education overall graduate education programs ranked No. 138 for 2032 (up from No. 163 in 2022).
![FAU College of Education building.](/education/newsevents/images/teacherprep-ranksm.jpg)
Florida Atlantic University ranks No.1 in Elementary Education in the state of Florida.
![Jenny Bloom, Ed.D., distinguished member of the ACPA Foundation Diamond Honoree Class of 2022](/education/newsevents/images/jbloom-acpa-sm.jpg)
Jenny Bloom, Ed.D., was inducted as a distinguished member into the ACPA Foundation Diamond Honoree Class of 2022.
![Florida Atlantic University student Hasan Dickinson on campus In Boca Raton, Fla., on Feb. 16.](/education/newsevents/images/dropouts-sm.jpg)
At FAU, the share of students who drop out between their first and second years has fallen to 18 percent from 25 percent.
![Ali Danesh, Ph.D.](/education/newsevents/images/alidanesh-sm.jpg)
Many individuals impacted by COVID-19 experienced changes in their sense of smell, taste, hearing, balance and in some cases, tinnitus.
![teacher in classroom](/education/newsevents/images/teachers-cert-sm.jpg)
A partnership between FAU and Broward County Public schools (BCPS) provides new educators the opportunity to participate in the Broward Educator Certification (BEC) program through online classes offered by FAU’s College...
![Pine Jog Environmental Education Center](/education/newsevents/images/pj-plugin-sm.jpg)
FAU Pine Jog offers “Teaching Empathy through Nature” to public and private elementary schools and organizations that have out-of-school time programs for children in grades K-5.
![teacher reading to pre-school student](/education/newsevents/images/bezosacademy-sm.jpg)
Bezos Academy, a tuition-free, Montessori-inspired preschool for low-income families, will open adjacent to FAU’s A.D. Henderson University School.
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COE ranked 80th out of 321 for online master's programs, 21st for online master's in curriculum and instruction, and 13th for online program in education administration.