About Urban Education

Learn how to work within the dynamic environment of the urban classroom—with its diversity of culture, language, and opportunity—to provide transformative learning experiences for students. This five-year program allows students to earn both a bachelor's and master’s degrees with just one additional year of study.

Early Childhood Option

Qualify for New Jersey certification in grades P–3 and teaching English as a second language (ESL).

Elementary Option

Qualify for New Jersey certification in grades K–6 and teaching English as a second language (ESL).

Secondary Option

Qualify for New Jersey certification in grades K–12 in a content area.

We Are Here Documentary: TCNJ Urban Education 5 Year Program

This week partners from Trenton Public Schools stopped by to chat with preservice candidates in the Urban Education program about pathways into teaching. The visitors James DiDonato, Executive Director of Human Resources; Sandra Iturbides, Supervisor of ESL/Bilingual Programs, Secondary, and Joyce M. Caine, Supervisor of Coaching and Development,

Dr. Tabitha Dell’Angelo is a professor of Urban Education within the School of Education. Her research centers on urban education, specifically focusing on the experiences of teachers and social justice in the classroom.