YES Stories

Rowan Claypool (‘80) founded Teach Kentucky to bring prospective teachers to the Bluegrass State.

Here, we continue the story of Education Studies at Yale, which continued to evolve after Yale’s Education department closed in 1950.

Education Studies senior Olivia Sally was awarded the  Marshall Scholarship, making her the first recipient from the Yale Education Studies Program.

Julia Wang is proudly premed, and she is earning her Education Studies certificate on the Intensive Scholars track.

When asked what she wanted to be when she grew up, Lizbeth Lozano responded “teacher.” Since then, her interests have not wavered.

Thanks to URBN and EDST funding, Josie worked for Small Development Counts, a non-profit advocating for small-scale, incremental urban revitalization.

Christina Cipriano is an Assistant Professor at the Yale Child Study Center and Director of the Education Collaboratory at Yale.

Growing up in Phoenix, AZ, Tony Ruan was a proud public school student. In his freshman year, the Red for Ed teacher strike came to fruition.

Piloted in 2022-2023, the Partner Teachers Program allows Yale undergraduates to learn from New Haven Public Schools teachers.

Education Studies alum Christian Robles (YC ‘23) was recently featured in The Wall Street Journal.