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The department is committed to the preparation and ongoing professional and intellectual development of teachers and educational specialists in PreK-12 schools. The faculty focus on teacher education, curriculum frameworks, organizational improvement, and issues of equity facing students, teachers, and schools today. They are committed to providing instruction, conducting research, and offering service that supports the development of educators who, through their leadership, contribute to equity and excellence in education in the Commonwealth and throughout the nation. The department offers an undergraduate program in Early Childhood Education and also supports graduate programs in the areas of: Bilingual, English as a Second Language, and Multicultural Education; Children, Families and Schools; Child Study and Early Education; Elementary Teacher Education; Language, Literacy and Culture; Learning Media and Technology; Mathematics, Science and Learning Technologies; Reading and Writing; Secondary Teacher Education; Science Education; and Teacher Education and School Improvement.