Brenda Linares: New Roads in Health Science Librarianship
Associate dean of library services at the University of Missouri-Kansas City oversees UMKC’s Miller Nichols Library and Health Sciences Library.
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The latest stories, announcements, and opinions from
the UCLA School of Education and Information Studies.
UCLA Civil Rights Project Assesses School Segregation 70 Years After Brown
“We are witnessing a multi-decade retreat from school integration”
UCLA Ed & IS Addresses Issues of Race, Justice and Opportunity at AERA 24
In setting the theme for the 2024 annual meeting of the American Education Research Association (AERA), UCLA Professor of Education […]
Four from SEIS Honored with UCLA Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Student Leadership Award
Sonya Brooks, Cameron Burris-Greene, Satema Lopez, and Hernando Sevilla-Garcia represent the School’s EDI focus.
Groundbreaking UCLA Scholars to Be Honored by AERA Awards
Distinguished Professors of Education Sandra Graham and Noreen Webb and UCLA alumna Dolores Delgado Bernal to deliver major lectures at Annual Meeting in Philadelphia; David G. García to be honored with the Henry T. Trueba Award.
UCLA Researchers Present Findings on the Promise of California’s Community College Baccalaureate at AERA
Professor Cecilia Rios-Aguilar and UCLA student researchers share their work on the potential of CCBs.
UCLA ELP Research Dissertation Brief Makes Case for Helping Students Develop Tech Social Capital
“It’s Not Just About Skills: Tech Social Capital, a Growing Aspect of Technical Workforce Development”
UCLA Ed&IS Magazine: The Art of Seeing Differently
Maryanne Wolf, director of the UCLA Center for Dyslexia, Diverse Learners, and Social Justice, shares how the arts reveal and develop the hidden strengths of students with dyslexia and other diverse learners.
UCLA @ AERA 24 – A Focus on Teachers and Teaching
UCLA Scholars will spread out across AERA 24 in Philadelphia to share what they are learning about teachers and teaching
UCLA Turns Out in Force for AERA 2024 Annual Meeting
UCLA Scholars respond to call to “imagine boldly what education spaces free of racial injustice can look like”
AERA Presidential Sessions Highlight UCLA Expertise, Commitment to Equity
Sylvia Hurtado will share the vision and innovation that supports “The Role of HSIs in Advancing Inclusive Science and Research.”
UCLA Scholars Collaborate in New Report Pushing Back Against Attacks on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Initiatives
“Truths About DEI on College Campuses: Evidence-Based Expert Responses to Politicized Misinformation” pushes back at what it perceives as false and damaging misinformation and lies about diversity, equity and inclusion in educational institutions and businesses.
Can the Art of Improv Benefit English-Learner Students?
Educational Leadership Program study by David Metz suggests improv’s play-based, spontaneous activities can reduce anxiety and increase engagement among newcomer English-language learner students.
UCLA Ed&IS Magazine: Access to High Quality Arts Education
Q&A with Lindsay Lindberg, UCLA doctoral student researcher and president-elect of the California Dance Education Association, discusses the future of K-12 arts education for the teacher workforce, students, and school culture.
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.
New Grant Fuels Research of UCLA Alumna Brianna Harvey
CSU Fullerton assistant professor aims to better understand the experiences of Black foster youth in navigating and overcoming anti-Blackness in education
New Study by the UCLA Pritzker Center Examines Blind Removal, Anti-Racism in LA County Child Welfare
Report shows continuing disproportionality of Black and Brown children in the system, despite decrease in referrals and removals.
New Education Policy Initiative Connects Undergraduates to Education Policy
Education Policy Initiative engages undergraduate students in an internship examining the complexities of education policymaking in the United States at the local, state, and federal levels.
UCLA Ed&IS Magazine: The Benefits of Arts Education
UCLA Lab School principal Georgia Lazo, UCLA Community Schooling director Karen Hunter Quartz, educators, leaders, and researchers weigh in on the intrinsic value of the arts in K–12 learning.
UCLA Ed&IS Magazine: Engaging K-12 Audiences in Archival Studies and Memory Work
Thuy Vo Dang, assistant professor of information studies, discusses how memory work and archives will enhance K–12 learning, with ways to preserve and empower marginalized communities with teaching about identity, based on primary sources.
Tyrone Howard Makes Urgent Case for Equity Now
New book outlines a path toward equity
Ramesh Srinivasan Explores “Utopias”
UCLA professor of information studies and design media arts launches podcast, examining what it means to be human in a data-saturated world.
New report details extensive segregation in suburban schools of largest U.S. metro areas
Study underscores the need for a renewed civil rights agenda to combat the spread of suburban school segregation
Michelle Caswell Appointed Inaugural Special Advisor to EVC and Provost Darnell Hunt
Founder and co-director of the Community Archives Lab in the UCLA Department of Information Studies will share expertise in community-engaged scholarship.