Newsletter - April 2016
Faculty, Students, Alumni Present at 2016 AERA
SoE is well-represented with presentations and administrative participation by faculty, students, and alumni at the 2016 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), held April 8-12, in Washington, D.C. The 2016 theme is "Public Scholarship to Educate Diverse Democracies."
SoE Titles/Abstracts/Presenters
SoE Titles/Abstracts/Presenters
Faculty and Doctoral Students Present at 2016 SRA
Faculty and doctoral students presented their research at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence (SRA) held March 31-April 2 in Baltimore, Maryland. SRA promotes high-quality research to advance understanding and enhance the well-being of youth in a globalized world. Presentation Titles/Presenters
UCI School of Education Advances to #25 on National Rankings
UCI School of Education has been ranked #25 among U.S. Schools of Education by US News & World Report. The School has experienced a phenomenal advancement of 63 places since receiving its first ranking of #88 in 2007, and a $42 million dollar growth in research funding. Read more.
New Book from Professors Gottfried and Conchas
When School Policies Backfire: How Well-Intended Measures Can Harm Our Most Vulnerable Students, edited by Michael Gottfried (UCSB) and Gilberto Conchas addresses important areas of education reform including middle school literacy, school accountability, minimum grading, school closures, school choice, and technology programs. Flyer
SoE's Submission Selected for 2016 UCI Class Gift
Ph.D. student Veronica Newhart and Professor/Interim Dean Mark Warschauer collaborated on submitting SoE's successful entry for the UCI Class of 2016 senior gift: telepresence robots for chronically-ill UCI students. Read more.
Delivers Helen LeBaron Hilton Endowed Chair Lecture at ISU
Distinguished Professor Greg Duncan's lecture and accompanying PowerPoint, "Income Inequality and Healthy Families", delivered at Iowa State University's College of Human Sciences, is available for viewing (45 minutes + Q&A). Greg Duncan Lecture
Research Cited in Supreme Court Amicus Brief
Research by Professor George Farkas and colleagues from their Social Forces paper on wage differences by legal status is cited in an Amicus Brief on the economics of (supporting) legalization that the Supreme Court will be hearing in April. Amicus Brief
Article Offers Practices & Activities for Promoting English Language Learning
Associate Professor Carol Booth Olson (pictured left), Professor Robin Scarcella, and Research Director Tina Matuchniak have published in Educational Leadership: "The Write Stuff." Their article offers research-based instructional practices and activities to help promote ELL's development of academic literacy. Abstract
