New Online Formative Assessment Tool to Assist Teachers of English Learners Amid COVID-19 and Beyond
As school begins online this fall amid the COVID-19 pandemic, it is likely that many students will struggle to adjust […]
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UCLA Center for Critical Internet Inquiry Receives $2.9M Award to Launch Minderoo Initiative on Technology and Power
The UCLA Center for Critical Internet Inquiry has been selected by Minderoo Foundation as one of several recipients to participate […]
UCLA Education and Health Experts Discuss a Safe Return to Schools in Light of COVID-19
The collective expertise of education and health professionals was offered in a webinar on “Opening Schools in Light of COVID-19,” […]
Women’s School Leadership Academy to Hold Information Session
An online Information Session for the 2021 UCLA Women’s School Leadership Academy, will be held on Wednesday, August 12, 11- 11:45 […]
Carlos Alberto Torres to Participate in UNESCO-UNAOC Panel
recorded event Carlos Alberto Torres, UCLA Distinguished Professor of Education and former UNESCO Chair on Global Learning and Global Citizenship […]
Christina Christie Begins Tenure as Interim Wasserman Dean of UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies
Taking the reins of an educational institution that traces its roots back to the Los Angeles Normal School and the […]
UCLA Community School Featured in Online Gallery on Schools Before and After COVID-19
Student and teachers at the UCLA Community School are featured in the newly released Alliance for Excellent Education (All4Ed) online photo gallery “American […]
Rashmita Mistry: COVID-19’s Effect on Children Goes Beyond the Virus
Rashmita Mistry, UCLA professor of education and vice chair of Undergraduate Education at UCLA’s Graduate School of Education & Information […]
Webinar on Opening Schools Safely Amid COVID-19 Pandemic Highlights UCLA Expertise
The UCLA Graduate School of Education & Information Studies will present a webinar series on “Opening Schools Safely in Light […]
Eddie Cole: Football in the Pandemic Devalues Black Student Athletes
Eddie R. Cole, associate professor of education, has published an op-ed in The Washington Post on the effects of the […]
Anna Markowitz: Child Care Provider Surveys Can Inform COVID-19 Policy Responses
Anna Markowitz, UCLA assistant professor of education, will take part in a free webinar at 1 p.m., EST, on July […]
Jake Tompkins Awarded Fellowship by the Coalition for Networked Information
Jake Tompkins, a MLIS student in the UCLA Department of Information Studies, has been honored with the Paul Even Peters […]
Ron Avi Astor: Reopening Schools in the COVID-19 Era
Ron Avi Astor, professor of social welfare at the UCLA Graduate School of Education and at the UCLA Luskin School […]
Joseph P. Bishop: The Academic Success and Well-being of Homeless Students
Joseph P. Bishop, director of the UCLA Center for the Transformation of Schools, has published a commentary in EdSource on […]
Ron Avi Astor: Racial Unrest, COVID-19 Need to be Addressed as Part of School Cimate
Ron Avi Astor, professor of social welfare in the Graduate School of Education & Information Studies, will participate in two […]
Tyrone Howard: Back-to-School Safety Topmost Concern of Parents
Tyrone Howard, faculty director of the UCLA Center for the Transformation of Schools and the director of the UCLA Pritzker […]
Transformative Voices: New Webinar to Address Racism and Equity in Schools
Linda Rose, Ph.D., director of the UCLA Women’s School Leadership Academy (WSLA), notes that life with the twin pandemics of […]
Eddie R. Cole, Nationally Recognized Scholar, Joins Faculty in Higher Education and Organizational Change
The UCLA School of Education and Information Studies has appointed Eddie R. Cole, Ph.D., as Associate Professor in the Division […]
Sarah T. Roberts: Algorithms Imperfect in Monitoring the Infodemic
Sarah T. Roberts, associate professor in UCLA’s Department of Information Studies, took part in the webinar, “Can Algorithms Tackle the […]
Damani White-Lewis: More Diversity Needed in the Faculty Hiring Process
While institutions often tout their efforts at attracting a diverse student population, many still do not employ a faculty that […]
Maryanne Wolf: Helping Families Build Children’s Reading Brains
Maryanne Wolf says that when she was in the second grade, she was “always in trouble for talking much too…
Eddie Cole: Removing Names From Buildings is Not Enough
UCLA Professor of Education Eddie R. Cole has published an op-ed in The Los Angeles Times on the recent and […]
Anna Markowitz and Rashmita Mistry: Protect California’s Childcare Workforce from Coronavirus
As schools across the nation begin to prepare for the next academic year mid-pandemic, early childhood caregivers and educators are […]
Jeffrey Prager Appointed Interim Chair of UCLA’s Department of Information Studies
UCLA sociology professor Jeffrey Prager has been appointed interim chair of the Department of Information Studies at the UCLA Graduate […]