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Transforming Futures

Do You Dream of Changing the World?

The Lutrill & Pearl Payne School of Education opens a world of possibilities. We will help you develop the knowledge and skills to have a profound and lasting impact on the next generation of leaders. Whether you are driven to reach students in the classroom, lead in educational settings, or improve wellness across the lifespan, we have a program to meet your needs.

Our focus goes beyond producing highly qualified teachers. We are a hub of educational excellence, preparing professionals across various domains, including: educational leaders, curriculum studies scholars, educational technology experts, applied researchers, higher education professionals, school counselors, and clinical mental health counselors.

Join us in shaping the future of education.

Academics

Our alumni are changemakers; they have a passion to make a difference in their communities as teachers, leaders, researchers, and counseling professionals. No matter your goals, our distinguished faculty are committed to support you throughout your academic and career journey.

Lutrill & Pearl Payne

64%

increase in research expenditures from FY19-23

ESL

Only program in Louisiana where education students will graduate with the additional ESL certification

$1.1M+

Scholarships awarded

- 2014-2024

Featured News

Best Buddies LSU was named the Outstanding Chapter of Louisiana at the Best Buddies Leadership Conference in Bloomington, Indiana, recognizing the chapter's efforts to advance the organization's mission of creating inclusive, lasting friendships between individuals with and without intellectual and developmental disabilities. Allie Lowery, a pre-physical therapy student in the LSU School of Kinesiology and Best Buddies LSU chapter president, accepted the award on the chapter's behalf and attended the three-day conference.

Meet the new faculty and staff members joining LSU's College of Human Sciences & Education for the 2026-27 academic year.

Qian leads the graduate programs in Educational Technology in LSU's Lutrill & Pearl Payne School of Education. Her scholarship spans emerging technologies and pedagogy, instructional design, and technology leadership. Her recent research focuses on AI models, prompt engineering, human-robot collaboration, and AI policy, literacy, and pedagogy.

"Growing up, my teachers were some of the biggest influencers, so I wanted to be there for others in the same way. It was finding which niche I wanted to teach that took a while. But luckily for me, the process at LSU was smooth."

Aaron AngelTeaches 9th and 10th grade geometry and Introduction to Robotics for 10th - 12th grades.
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