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This panel discussion addresses opportunities for innovation, broadening access, improving educational equity and promoting parent engagement across K-12 into postsecondary education. School of Education faculty and alumni share their research and experiences with technology in the classroom, availability of high-quality curriculum and the role of community partnership work in driving innovation. Panelists include: Frances Contreras, Dean and Professor; Mark Warschauer, Professor; Adriana Villavicencio, Assistant Professor; Keith Curry (‘11), President/CEO, Compton College; Frank Olmos ('10), Research and Evaluation Coordinator, Los Angeles County Office of Education; Adjunct Professor, CSU Los Angeles; President, Anteaters in Education Alumni Chapter.

School of Education News

• American Psychological Association awards Ph.D. candidate Sirui Wan 2021 APA Dissertation Research Award (Read more)
• SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union pledges $480K in support of UCI School of Education (Read more)
• "Ambition to Empower": Undergraduate Christopher Martinez profiled (Read more)
• Doctoral student awarded NSF GRFP Non-Academic Research Internship (Read more)
• ​Honoring a Legendary Teacher: The Aunt Mabel Looney Endowed Fund for Teacher Education (Read more)
• UCI-led study links school suspensions and expulsions with inequality in early adulthood (Read more)
• Research project co-led by Dist. Prof. Greg Duncan shows poverty reduction impacts infant brain activity (Read more)
• Two School of Education professors recognized as nation's most influential (Read more)
• Doctoral student Renzhe Yu awarded Public Impact Fellowship (Read more)
• Doctoral student Hye Rin Lee awarded Public Impact Fellowship (Read more)
• U.S. Department of Education awards CFEP a $5.2M GEAR UP grant (Read more)
• Doctoral student awarded Public Impact Distinguished Fellowship (Read more)
• Asst. Prof. Adriana Villavicencio awarded two grants aimed at reducing inequalites, dismantling racism (Read more)
• Dean Richard Arum and research team publish "A Framework for Measuring Undergraduate Learning and Growth" (Read more)
• Adjunct Professor leads development of community farm aimed at addressing food insecurity (Read more)​
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School of Education in the News

• Professor Young-Suk Kim offers insights into dyslexia in adults (Forbes Health)
• Alumna Lisa Moe featured on Mission Unstoppable (The Press-Enterprise)
• LISTEN: Dist. Prof. Greg Duncan discusses study findings in Baby's First Years project (KCRW)
• Dist. Prof. Greg Duncan discusses his research, early childhood brain development (Business Insider)
• Dist. Prof. Greg Duncan comments on study he co-leads, which shows poverty reduction impacts infant brain activity (New York Times)
• UCI awarded additional $5.2 million grant to support GEAR UP project (Diverse: Issues in Higher Education) 
• Professor Elizabeth Peña and project scientist Amy Pratt detail new IES-funded measurement project that aims to develop assessments to measure Spanish language and literacy skills. (Inside IES Research)
• Professor Stephanie Reich describes how children develop fine motor skills and ways in which teachers can help (U.S. News & World Report)
• Distinguished Professor Greg Duncan's $17 million project, "Baby's First Years", detailed (The 74)
• UCI Science Project Director Kelley Le, UCI CalTeach Director Doron Zinger both quoted on how to best teach about the pandemic in K-12 science classes (Mashable)
• Distinguished Professor George Farkas's study on children's oral vocabulary cited (L.A. Times)
• Assistant Professor Emily Penner's study on Ethnic Studies courses detailed (The 74)
• Assistant Professor Emily Penner shares expertise at OCDE colloquium focused on Ethnic Studies curriculum (OC Register)​​​​

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