Virginia Walter: New Book Highlights Teen Activism in Libraries
As a public librarian, Virginia Walter integrated the role of the library as a repository of knowledge with its potential […]
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Women’s School Leadership Academy: Next Webinar Discusses “The Courage to Lead”
The UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies and the UCLA Women’s School Leadership Academy (WSLA) will present the […]
Webinar Series on Schools and COVID-19 Continues with The View from the Principal’s Office
In a first look at the impact of COVID-19 on American high schools, the Institute for Democracy, Education, and Access at […]
Eddie R. Cole and David G. García Discuss Books on Educational Segregation
Eddie R. Cole, UCLA associate professor of higher education, and David G. García, UCLA associate professor of education, will hold […]
David G. García: “Strategies of Segregation” Inspires Students to Mobilize for a New School Name
David G. García’s book, “Strategies of Segregation: Race, Residence, and the Struggle for Educational Equality” (2018, Berkeley: University of California Press) […]
Second Webinar on Schools and COVID-19 Explores the Issue of Equity
While introducing a panel including L.A. Times columnist Sandy Banks and reporters Howard Blume and Paloma Esquivel, Annamarie Francois commended […]
Maryanne Wolf Elected to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences
UCLA Professor-in-Residence Maryanne Wolf has been elected a permanent member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, a body of 80…
Ron Avi Astor Shares Findings on Hunger in School Communities at Congressional Hearing
Ron Avi Astor, professor of social welfare at the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies and Marjorie Crump […]
Convocation 2020 Welcomes All New and Returning Students
The 2020 Convocation welcoming students, faculty, and staff to the Fall quarter at the UCLA Graduate School of Education and […]
UCLA GSEIS Event Looks at How Educational Inequity is Playing Out Amid the Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed stark educational inequities across the nation. Please join the UCLA Graduate School of Education & […]
In Case You Missed It: Webinars Showcase UCLA Ed & IS Expertise
This spring saw the launching of several new webinar series presented by faculty and experts at the UCLA Graduate School […]
Ron Avi Astor to Take Part in Congressional Briefing on Social Work in Schools
Ron Avi Astor, UCLA professor of social welfare in the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies and the Marjorie Crump […]
Amid Pandemic, New Bruin Tutor Network Steps Up to Help Students in Need
As schools across Los Angeles County transitioned from the classroom to online distance learning amid the pandemic this spring, the […]
UCLA Connections: Center X Experts Share Tips and Triumphs for Parents Navigating School at Home
The collective knowledge and empathy of UCLA Center X scholars was featured in a UCLA Connections conversation focused on, “How […]
Ron Avi Astor: Student Hunger Demands a National Solution
Ron Avi Astor, professor of social welfare at the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies and the Marjorie Crump […]
Arpita Bose: Helping Medical Professionals and the Public Learn Through the Pandemic
As director of the Health Sciences Library at NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, UCLA alumna Arpita Bose (’04, MLIS; ’93, B.S., Biochemistry) is responsible […]
A Message From Christina Christie, Wasserman Dean
With Labor Day marking the end of summer, the new academic year is soon to begin at the UCLA School […]
Robert D. Montoya Joins Faculty of UCLA’s Department of Information Studies
Robert Montoya (’03, B.A. American Literature and Culture; ’15, MLIS; ’17 Ph.D.) joins the faculty of the UCLA Department of […]
Inmaculada García-Sánchez Joins the Faculty of UCLA’s Department of Education
Inmaculada García-Sánchez (’09, Ph.D., Applied Linguistics), has joined the faculty of the UCLA Department of Education as an associate professor […]
UCLA Center for Community Schooling: Justice and Care in Pandemic Learning
Karen Hunter Quartz, director of the UCLA Center for Community Schooling, and Marisa Saunders, the center’s associate director of research, […]
Anna Markowitz: Losing Kindergarten in Pandemic May Have Longterm Effects
UCLA Assistant Professor of Education Anna Markowitz was quoted in the Los Angeles Times in an article on falling kindergarten […]
Jeff Share: Environmental Interconnections in the Pandemic
Jeff Share’s students were not newcomers to Zoom this spring, having used the technology in his courses for several years. […]
Maryanne Wolf: Building Deep Reading Skills in a Digital World
Maryanne Wolf, director of the Center for Dyslexia, Diverse Learners and Social Justice at UCLA, has published an op-ed in The…
AERA Publishes UCLA Research on Asian American Students Who Are Not Admitted to Their First-Choice Institution
A new study led by UCLA Education alumnus Mike Hoa Nguyen (’19, Ph.D., Higher Education and Organizational Change) reveals evidence that contradicts […]