Featured Video: Teaching & Learning in a Changing World

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

• ​CFEP, OC World collaboration will yield professional-level internships to students interested in pursuing careers in media, communications (Read more)
• Distinguished Professor Greg Duncan earns place on Highly Cited Researchers list (Read more)
• Carolyn Brothers ’78, ‘80 honored with Distinguished Alumni Award at Lauds & Laurels ceremony (Read more)
• Dean Frances Contreras PI of $5M, five-year Department of Education grant to create first statewide family engagement center (Read more)
• ​New faculty Symone Gyles, assisant professor, performs research at the intersections of community-based science, social justice, environmental justice, and equitable science teaching and learning (Read more)
• Professor Symone Gyles, Hosun Kang and Rossella Santagata part of NSF-funded team developing high school curriculum to inspire teens to consider career in environmental engineering (Read more)
• ​UCI Podcast: Associate Professor Emily Penner discusses new book, how educational categories create inequality (Listen now)
• Professor Rossella Santagata leads two NSF grants to create inclusive and accessible high school curricula (Read more)​
• Class of 2023 Master of Arts in Teaching, Multiple Subject Teaching Credential and Bilingual Authorization in Spanish alums discuss their paths to teaching (Read more)
• Professor Young-Suk Kim chair of committee that published report stressing the importance of early intervention of students with dyslexia (Read more)
• National Hispanic Heritage Month staff spotlight: Lizette Espino Delgado (Watch)
• New faculty Andy de Barros, assistant professor, works towards improving educational policies and programs in less-developed countries. (Read more)
• Distinguished Professor Greg Duncan, committee's report details methods to combat intergenerational poverty in U.S. (Read more)
• School of Education highlights research, community outreach in celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month (Read more)​

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School of Education in the Media

• Associate Professor Emily Penner discusses impact of educational categorization (KCBS Radio)
• Professor Julie Washington points out importance of dyslexia definitional issues as they drive research, funding, assessment (Scientific American)
• Interdisciplinary team led by Professor Rossella Santagata awarded three-year, $1.6 million grant focused on creating accessible, equity-centered model for high school environmental engineering education (India Education Diary)
• Boosting K-12 funding, increasing teacher diversity are demonstrated solutions for improving educational performance in low-income children, finds report co-authored by Distinguished Professor Greg Duncan (GoLocal)
• Professor Mark Warschauer presents on AI in education at Pepperdine University's annual faculty conference (seaver.pepperdine.edu)
• ​Professor Mark Warschauer on ChatGPT's ability to help students organize ideas, edit and revise writing (The Hechinger Report)
• Distinguished Professor Jacquelynne Eccles honored for lifetime contributions to psychology (Read more)
• Professor Young-Suk Kim stresses the need for inclusive classroom environments and personalized learning plans for dyslexic students (K-12 Dive)
• Project Scientist Tamara Tate on benefits of using large language models as learning partners (Nature Portfolio)
• Distinguished Professor Greg Duncan discusses promise of viable solutions to intergenerational poverty (KCBS)
• Affiliated faculty Professor Elizabeth Cauffman on Young Adult Court and preventing repeat offenses (KABC)
• Distinguished Professor Greg Duncan encouraged by breadth of potential solutions to intergenerational poverty (EdWeek)
• Ph.D. alumnus Gabe Orona uses data from UCI-MUST to demonstrate that taking courses outside of one’s major promotes critical thinking (Bemusings)
• Professor June Ahn offers insight on the use of AI in schools (ABC7)
• Professor Richard Arum discusses how social science is used to adress education policy, reform (Gardner Institute)

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