Special Issue of Teachers College Record Examines Impact of COVID on Education
UCLA Center for the Transformation of Schools joins with scholars across the US and England to author special series exploring […]
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UCLA Education Researchers Publish Study of Family Life and Learning During the Pandemic
Professor Marjorie Orellana and doctoral students share their findings in the Harvard Educational Review.
Teaching and Learning at 31 Schools During the COVID-19 Pandemic
The different perspectives of teachers and students are highlighted in this study done by Jia Wang, Deborah La Torre, Linda Adreani, Lauren Kinnard, and Seth Leon at the National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST) at UCLA
APA Task Force Features UCLA Expertise for Congressional Briefing on Violence and Threats Against School Personnel
(Updated 03/18/22) Ron Avi Astor, professor of social welfare at UCLA SEIS, takes part in research supported by the American Psychological Association on the pandemic’s side effect of harassment and bodily harm against teachers and other school staff.
Johanna Drucker: The Ethics of Aesthetics
Conversation with “Scientific Sense” includes the role of visualization in communicating the pandemic, supporting a return to hands-on learning.
New Policy Brief on Building Diversity in the K-12 Workforce
UCLA’s Center for the Transformation of Schools discusses opportunites for recruiting and retaining more educators of color, more inclusive learning environments.
UCLA IS Expertise Serves Communities in the Pandemic with the Digital Resource Development Initiative
The Digital Resource Development Initiative was established in March 2020 by the UCLA Department of Information Studies, with the goal…
UCLA Researchers Explore Children’s Perspectives on School and the Pandemic
Educational researchers and policy makers have had much to say about the issues around teaching children through the pandemic, with […]
UCLA Researchers Share Voices of School Social Workers from National Study
A co-written paper on “School Social Worker Voice during COVID-19 School Disruptions: A National Qualitative Analysis,” has been recently published in […]
UCLA Public History Initiative and UCLA Center X Share Lessons on How “Food Connects Us”
Throughout the last year, home cooking has been on the rise in the wake of lockdowns and take-out only during […]
Michelle Caswell: New Book Examines Liberatory Memory Work in the Archival Field
In writing her forthcoming book, “Urgent Archives: Enacting Liberatory Memory Work,” Michelle Caswell, associate professor in the UCLA Department of…
UCLA Spark Campaign Supports the Class of 2021 at UCLA Community Schools
The UCLA School of Education and Information Studies is launching a new project, “Support College Scholarships for UCLA Community School […]
Principal Practices for Schools Series Continues, April 22, 29
The UCLA School of Education and Information Studies and the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health will continue their series […]
New UCLA Research Digs Deeper into Social Challenges Facing Black Students in LA County to Inform COVID-19 Recovery
The UCLA Center for the Transformation of Schools today released a new report examining the relationship between educational outcomes and social, health and environmental…
Lucrecia Santibañez: Expertise on Language Learners, Student Mobility to be Highlighted at AERA
Key findings by UCLA Associate Professor of Education Lucrecia Santibañez on teachers’ language and cultural skills, emergent bilingual students, and […]
UCLA SEIS and Fielding School of Public Health to Present Webinar on Safe Practices for School Sports in Pandemic
The UCLA School of Education and Information Studies and the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health will present a webinar […]
Cecilia Rios-Aguilar Honored by AERA as 2020 Wallace Foundation Distinguished Lecturer
Early last year, as plans for the annual conference of the American Education Research Association (AERA) were being finalized, UCLA’s […]
Jean Ryoo Honored with AERA’s Jan Hawkins Award
Jean Ryoo, director of research for the Computer Science Equity Project (CSEP) at UCLA Center X, has been honored with the […]
Maryanne Wolf: The Coming Literacy Crisis
Renowned literacy scholar Maryanne Wolf has co-written a commentary for Education Week on “The Coming Literacy Crisis: There’s No Going…
Ron Avi Astor: New Course in School Safety Takes Interdisciplinary Approach
When Ron Avi Astor recalls arriving on campus in July 2019, he says that the topic of a school safety […]
One Year Ago: School’s Closure Due to COVID-19 Hasn’t Stopped Teaching, Learning or Care for Students
One year ago on Friday the 13, 2020, school campuses across the Los Angeles Unified School District closed down to […]
A Message from Tina Christie, UCLA Interim Wasserman Dean
Dear Colleagues, It was one year ago today that we went home after a day’s work on campus, not knowing […]
UCLA Ed&IS, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health to Provide Training for Schools in COVID-19 Risk Communication
The UCLA School of Education and Information Studies and the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health will present, “Risk Communication […]
Tyrone Howard: Educators Need to Provide Radical Care for Students
UCLA Professor of Education Tyrone Howard has published the commentary, “This moment calls for radical care for all of our…