Department of Education

Learning Happens Everywhere

Through scholarship, teaching, institution, and community, our Department of Education prepares tomorrow’s leaders to fearlessly pursue the incredible potential of an educational system that embraces and adapts to difference.

We train educators and researchers to cultivate equity and confront systemic inequity, to reshape how classrooms and communities function and who they serve, to frame intellect as a treasure and access to resources as an inherent right. It is our mission to help humankind thrive by uplifting knowledge and empowering truth.

UCLA is a global public research university that began as a teacher’s college, a degree in Education was the first awarded at UCLA. Ed&IS is the longest running school on campus.

With over a century of experience in championing bold new viewpoints in education, the Department is a renowned leader in the study and practice of urban education, student testing and assessment, teacher and continuing education and development — particularly in urban communities and multi-ethnic environments. We are esteemed for our focus on early childhood development, including issues of access, equity, and quality that face K-12 and higher education. In the Department’s research centers, groundbreaking research is more than a concept — it’s a plan of action.