Indigenous-language Immersion Can Narrow Achievement Gap for Native American Students
What can a study of Indigenous-language immersion schooling teach us to improve education practice for underserved Native American students? This […]
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Sarah T. Roberts: Monitors of Objectionable Online Content Absorb It Themselves
Sarah T. Roberts, assistant professor in UCLA’s Department of Information Studies, was interviewed on the BBC Radio 4 program, “The […]
UCLA Writing Project: Looking Forward at 40
While life may not actually begin at 40, the UCLA Writing Project is making the most of middle age. A […]
CRESST: Do After-school Programs Make a Difference for Kids?
CRESST will present “What’s the Evidence: Do After-school Programs Make a Difference for Kids?” on Sept. 28 at the UCLA […]
GSE&IS Salutes UCLA for No. 1 Public Research University Ranking
UCLA has been named the top public research university in the United States according to this year’s annual ranking by […]
UCLA Writing Project: Nurturing The Writing of Middle And High School Students
A student in the UCLA Writing Project’s summer writing program for middle and high school students invented a story about […]
James Catterall: Renowned Researcher Showed How Arts Narrow the Achievement Gap
UCLA Professor James Catterall died on Aug. 23 at the age of 69 in Santa Monica, following a heart attack […]
Ulia Gosart: Celebrating Indigenous Peoples
Ulia Gosart, a lecturer in UCLA’s Department of Information Studies, has published a commentary in The Los Angeles Times on […]
New Year, New School: Mann UCLA Community School Begins
The first day of the 2017-18 school year at Mann UCLA Community School was marked with new backpacks, hugs of […]
Alexa Romero: MLIS Alumna Lands Job as Disney Innovation Research Analyst
When Alexa Romero, an intern at Disney Digital Parks & Resorts Digital, a subset of Walt Disney World Parks and […]
UCLA Community School: Class of 2017 Celebrates Achievement, Path to College
The graduation of UCLA Community School’s Class of 2017 was celebrated on June 3 with the annual Senior Dinner and […]
Linda Sax: Research Seeks to Increase Women, Minorities in Undergrad Computing Programs
Close your eyes and picture a computer science college student. In all likelihood, you imagined a male. Sadly, statistics about […]
BMI Think Tank: Researchers Present Findings on Black and Latino Youth
Martin Capuchino is a UCLA undergraduate who while in high school, took part in the Counter Narrative Project, a study […]
Marianne Afifi Honored With UCLA IS Distinguished Alumni Award
Marianne Afifi (’93, MLS) recalls the excitement that she and her colleagues at USC’s Center for Scholarly Technology experienced in […]
Ulia Gosart: IS Lecturer Organizes UN Discussion of the Protection of Indigenous Knowledges
Ulia Gosart (’13, Ph.D., Information Studies), a lecturer in the UCLA Department of Information Studies, organized a discussion on the […]
Mike Rose: The Danger of Not Knowing
Professor of Education Mike Rose has published a commentary, “Why Trump Alarms So Many Educators,” in The Washington Post’s “Answer […]
Cindy H. Lee: Support for English Learners As Simple As Child’s Play
When Cindy H. Lee emigrated from Taiwan to the United States at the age of 12, she experienced a lot […]
Don Morris: Senior Olympian and Cold War Aviator Looks Back
A YouTube video posted in February features 87-year-old UCLA alumnus Don Morris (’68, Ed.D., Higher Education) shooting hoops with KSBY […]
UCLA Community School Research, Practice and Policy Brief: Hope for Undocumented Students
California is home to about 3 million undocumented immigrants. Here in Los Angeles, an estimated 70,000 undocumented students, ages 3 […]
Morgan Currie: IS Alumna Selected for Stanford Fellowship
IS alumna Morgan Currie (’13, MLIS; ’16, Ph.D., Information Studies) has been awarded a post-doctoral fellowship in the Digital Civil […]
William Sandoval: Research on Teaching NGSS Provides Professional Development for Teachers
Updated 5/15/17 UCLA Professor of Education William Sandoval has created a video about his research on the adaptation of Next […]
Jeff Share: New Book Encourages Critical Media Literacy Skills in Schools
In his former career as a freelance photojournalist, Jeff Share has documented issues such as poverty and social activism, including […]
UCLA Lab School Celebrates 135 Years
The traditional blacktop playground at UCLA Lab School – which is just about the only feature that resembles a typical […]
HERI: Survey Reveals Stark Gender Gap in Political Views Among College Freshmen
The political divisions that emerged and intensified during the 2016 U.S. presidential election were particularly apparent at colleges and universities: […]