UCLA Ed&IS Class of 2024 Celebrates Commencement
Congratulatory remarks by Wasserman Dean Christina Christie and student speakers highlight resilience, achievement and opportunity.
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UCLA Lab School: Nature-based Education Summit Emphasizes Importance of Climate Instruction
Experts and educators at the inaugural event on May 4 highlighted the importance of fostering a healthy relationship between children and nature.
Jeff Share: Ecowriting to Preserve and Honor the Earth
New book presents international perspectives on the natural world, ways to teach and promote environmental and social justice through storytelling.
UCLA CalKIDS Institute and Asset Building Clinic (ABC) Share Promising Practices for Financially Empowering CA Children
Students, educators, and practitioners learned about the CalKIDS Program and research being done at ABC to support a brighter future for all of California’s children at an event on April 18.
Jeannie Oakes: 1943-2024
Founder of UCLA’s Center X and Institute for Democracy, Education, and Access created the University’s signature teacher education program, committed to creating social justice educators for urban schools.
AERA 24: UCLA Scholars Address Racial Injustice, New Opportunities for Equality
Theme chosen by AERA 2023-2024 President Tyrone C. Howard leads annual meeting, featuring a spotlight on UCLA innovative research on issues of race in education.
New study by the UCLA Center for the Transformation of Schools Identifies Nine Rural California Counties as Teacher Education “Deserts”
Teacher Education “Deserts” Have a Profound Impact on Teacher Development, Recruitment and Retention in California’s Rural Counties
UCLA Civil Rights Project Assesses School Segregation 70 Years After Brown
“We are witnessing a multi-decade retreat from school integration”
Powering Learning Through Creativity and the Arts: K-12 Educators Looking at the Legacy of Sir Ken Robinson and the Future of Prop 28
SEIS and UCLA partners across campus welcomed Kate Robinson, who shared her father’s vision of transforming education through creativity and joy.
Chase Griffin: SEIS Alum Testifies Before Congress Opposing NIL Regulation
Spend enough time researching Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) in collegiate athletics and you’re more than likely to come […]
Are we providing equality of opportunity? An Interview with Ozan Jaquette
Ozan Jaquette is an associate professor of higher education at the UCLA School of Education and Information Studies. A great part […]
Nayiri Nahabedian: Improving California Families’ Ability to Save for College
Executive director of the new CalKIDS Institute at UCLA will help to ensure that all children – including those in foster care and the unhoused – can plan a bright future.
New research details harm of post-pandemic punitive suspensions in CA
Findings underscore excessive punishment of homeless and foster youth
UCLA Pritzker Center Welcomes LA County Supervisor Lindsey P. Horvath
Campus briefing on Oct. 6 for Horvath, the youngest woman to lead the County Board of Supervisors, showcased UCLA expertise and partnerships in support of children and families.
UCLA CTS and UC Berkeley Awarded $1 Million to Support California Educators in Reducing School Suspensions
The Race Education and Community Healing Network will help create alternatives to suspensions, establish public schools as hubs for racial and community healing.
UCLA Transformative Coaching and Leadership Alums Making Waves in the NFL
Flip on an NFL game any given Sunday and you’re more than likely to spot at least one UCLA alum somewhere on the gridiron.
UCLA Education Joins Regional Effort to Transform Schools Into Community Hubs
The California Community Schools Partnership Program leverages assets of the UCLA Center for the Transformation of Schools, the Los Angeles County Office of Education, and the Los Angles Trust for Children’s Health.
DeMarcus Jenkins: Penn Professor and Researcher Examines Relationship Between Housing and Education
Urban Schooling alumnus is co-PI on national study of HUD’s Choice Neighborhoods Initiative.
Noopur Raval Joins the UCLA Department of Information Studies
New assistant professor of information studies brings expertise in global AI development and information systems in postcolonial contexts to UCLA.
ACE and UCLA Ed&IS Announce New Partnership to Strengthen Higher Education Research Institute
New collaboration will strengthen capacity and impact of noted research effort
Leonardo DiCaprio Scholarship Fund & Inaugural Climate Education Program to Launch at UCLA Lab School
The Leonardo DiCaprio Scholarship Fund will help provide financial aid to students in need. The climate education program will work to inspire the next generation of young climate leaders and educate our youth about how to protect our planet.
A Message About Today’s Supreme Court Decision from Wasserman Dean Christina Christie
Today’s announcement from the U.S. Supreme Court, although widely expected, is disheartening to say the least. For decades, affirmative action […]
UCLA Shines at AERA 2023
From undergraduates to esteemed scholars, representatives of UCLA Ed & IS were everywhere at the annual meeting of the American Education Research Association (AERA) earlier this month in Chicago.
CDE Awards up to $12 million in additional funding to the 21st Century California School Leadership Academy
Three-year investment will further effort by UC Berkeley School of Education, UCLA School of Education and Information Studies, California Subject Matter Projects to Advance School Leadership