More Than 269,000 Students in California Were Homeless in 2019
Los Angeles – Providing a comprehensive analysis of homelessness among students in California, the UCLA Center for the Transformation of […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 & […]
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 […]
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 […]
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,” […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]