Phones in the Classroom Aren’t the Problem, Student Engagement Is

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In The 74, School of Education Professor Carrieann Sipos argues that disengagement—not cell phones—is the real classroom challenge and urges educators to focus on student connection over bans.

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Haub Law Professor and Director of the Immigration Justice Clinic Amelia Wilson tells The Chronicle of Higher Education that nonimmigrant visas remain vulnerable to abrupt revocation, noting agencies have wide discretion and need little justification.

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"[The Federal Highway Administration] can't flout the authorization by Congress," Bennett Gershman, a law professor at Pace University, told FOX 5 NY. "Congress has to repeal this law, or they have to work out a plan to implement the law the way they want to, but this is something that Congress has given to the city, the power to do this."

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The Trump Signal Leak, That Cringey ‘Fire’ Emoji And The Perils Of Large Group Chats

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In USA Today, Dyson Professor Melvin Williams weighs in on the growing legal weight of emojis, cautioning that their meanings—especially in sensitive contexts—should not be underestimated.

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With Prison Strike Over, NY State Must End Solitary Confinement

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Westchester County Department of Correction Hosts Women's History Month Event

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Alunos De Universidade De Nova Lorque Estão Nos Açores Para Realizar Documentário Sobre A Viola Da Terra

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Pace to Launch Computer Engineering Degree in Fall 2026

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From Blazing Rockets To Blazing Trails: Indian American Community Applauds Sunita Williams

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Pace alumna and Public Affairs Fellow Hitasha Nagdeo is featured in News India Times, discussing her journey from graduate school to media intern and how astronaut Sunita Williams inspires her.

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An Eye on the Future

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When Carrieann Sipos needed to hire great teachers, Pace grads were always at the top of the stack. Now, after a 34-year career in public schools, she’s back—this time as a full-time professor at Pace’s School of Education, preparing the next generation of equity-driven educators.

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Carrieann Sipos, a clinical assistant professor at Pace’s School of Education
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For students, what happens at Pace may be second only to what comes after college. Carrieann Sipos, a clinical assistant professor at Pace’s School of Education, understands this, too.

Whenever Sipos needed to fill an opening at the Ossining school district, in Westchester County, where she worked for 34 years before becoming a full-time professor, she’d make two piles of resumes on her desk. The first included applicants with degrees from Columbia University, Bank Street College of Education, and Pace.

The second pile? Everyone else.

“Pace students were always among the best hires we made,” said Sipos. “Anyone graduating from the School of Education was incredibly well prepared.”

As a new full-time faculty member, it’s now her job to ensure that Pace’s students remain at the top of the stack.

“My students are ambitious and want to make a difference; I see a lot of my younger self in them.”

“My students are ambitious and want to make a difference; I see a lot of my younger self in them,” said Sipos. “But the teachers I train will be up against very different challenges than what I faced. Take diversity. Ossining, when I began teaching, looked very different from the Ossining of today.”

Sipos tells her students that to thrive as a modern educator, they must become “equity warriors,” committed to embracing diversity in all its forms. She emphasizes the importance of community, student-centered learning, and equity in education.

“To really know what a child needs in a highly diverse classroom, teachers must have a deep relationship with their students,” she said. “It’s that sense of care I hope to instill in my students at Pace.”

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