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UCLA Ed&IS Magazine

UCLA Ed&IS Magazine: The Benefits of Arts Education

March 5, 2024

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.

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UCLA Community School Recognized by the College Board’s AP School Honor Roll

December 14, 2023

101 seniors have applied to the California State University; 80 to the University of California.

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Faculty Awards

Two UCLA Ed Professors Honored with the Undergraduate Research Week Faculty Mentor Award

August 3, 2023

Karen Hunter Quartz and Cecilia Rios-Aguilar recognized by their students and UCLA community for supporting their mentees’ academic and professional goals.

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Research Center News

UCLA Center for Community Schooling: Strategies for Recovery From the Pandemic’s Learning Shortfalls

December 1, 2022

The third issue of the journal “Community Schooling” is now online, published by the UCLA Center for Community Schooling (CCS). […]

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Research Center News

Leyda Garcia Joins UCLA Center for Community Schooling

September 14, 2022

Former principal of UCLA Community School and PLI alumna to serve as the Center’s associate director for professional learning.

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Faculty Awards

UCLA Community School Principal Receives IEL Educator Leadership Award

June 2, 2022

Leyda Garcia, principal of the UCLA Community School in Los Angeles, has been named the recipient of the 2022 Educator […]

K-12 Partnership Schools

Mann UCLA Community School Highlighted in New Issue of “Community Schooling” Journal

May 20, 2022

Publication by the UCLA Center for Community Schooling shares challenges, research-based practices and bright spots at neighborhood school in South L.A.

Karen Hunter Quartz
Research Center News

Alameda County Office of Education, UCLA Center for Community Schooling To Co-Lead Technical Assistance Effort For California Community Schools Partnership Program

May 18, 2022

National Education Association, Californians for Justice also team in groundbreaking effort to further expansion of community schools in California

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Students from UCLA Community School Visit UCLA

March 16, 2022

Newcomer students meet with UCLA students taking part in SEIS class on community schooling to share and explore their education journeys

Students from UCLA Community School Visit UCLA
K-12 Partnership Schools

Students from UCLA Community School Visit UCLA

March 16, 2022

Newcomer students meet with UCLA students taking part in SEIS class on community schooling to share and explore their education journeys

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Research Center News

UCLA Center on Community Schooling To Launch New Multi-Media Journal

October 28, 2021

Open access journal will provide public scholarship on community schools.

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Research Center News

Making the Case for Social Justice Educators in America’s Schools

September 23, 2021

New book, “Preparing and Sustaining Social Justice Educators,” details UCLA Center X efforts to transform teacher preparation, educator support, and schools through focus on social justice

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First Senior Class Graduates from Mann UCLA Community School

June 10, 2021

Mann UCLA Community School held its commencement on June 9, celebrating its first class of high school seniors.

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UCLA Center for Community Schooling: Creating Persistent Community

December 2, 2020

Victoria Amador is a college success story. In 2020, she graduated from California State University, Los Angeles with a bachelor’s […]

Karen Hunter Quartz
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UCLA Center for Community Schooling: Justice and Care in Pandemic Learning

September 2, 2020

Karen Hunter Quartz, director of the UCLA Center for Community Schooling, and Marisa Saunders, the center’s associate director of research, […]

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UCLA Community School Featured in Online Gallery on Schools Before and After COVID-19

August 4, 2020

Student and teachers at the UCLA Community School are  featured in the newly released Alliance for Excellent Education (All4Ed) online photo gallery  “American […]

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UCLA Community Schools Serve as Cornerstone for Los Angeles Neighborhoods

May 6, 2020

The UCLA Center for Community Schooling recently highlighted its work at the UCLA Community School in Koreatown and Mann UCLA […]

Karen Hunter Quartz
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Karen Hunter Quartz: Social Justice Teachers in the Community Schools Movement

April 8, 2020

Karen Hunter Quartz, director of the UCLA Center for Community Schooling, has co-authored a look at “Classroom Teachers in the […]

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Expertise at UCLA Education Looks at the LAUSD Teachers’ Strike

January 30, 2019

The recent teachers’ strike in the Los Angeles Unified School District made national news and had a significant impact on […]

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UCLA Community School Showcased Among Nation’s Teacher-Powered Schools

February 10, 2017

The motto, “Where we grow together,” has applied to students, teachers, staff, and families at UCLA Community School since its […]

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UCLA Community School Initiative Launches Summer Institute with Horace Mann Middle School

April 15, 2016

The students were in South Los Angeles, but you could probably hear their 8-clap all the way over at UCLA. […]

Karen Hunter Quartz
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Karen Hunter Quartz: How Do You Measure a Teacher’s Worth?

June 2, 2015

An op-ed by Karen Hunter Quartz on teacher evaluations at UCLA Community School has been published in Time.com. The director […]

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UCLA Receives Governor’s Award for Innovation in Higher Education

March 21, 2015

Marcelo Suárez-Orozco, Wasserman Dean, UCLA Graduate School of Education & Information Studies has announced that UCLA was one of the […]

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