Professor of Education Robert Teranishi has been nominated by President Obama to the National Board for Education Sciences.
Teranishi is the Morgan and Helen Chu Endowed Chair in Asian American Studies at the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies (GSEIS), as well as the co-director of the school’s Institute for Immigration, Globalization, and Education.
The National Board of Education Sciences is the governing body of the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) at the U.S. Department of Education. The board’s 15 members work largely with the IES Director, advising on general areas of research to be carried out by the National Center for Education Research and presenting recommendations for strengthening education research and the funding of IES. In addition, the board recommends ways to enhance strategic partnerships among other federal and state research agencies and is responsible for regularly evaluating the work of IES, ensuring that its research, development, evaluation, and statistical analyses are consistent with the standards set out in the Education Sciences Reform Act, and that activities of the Institute are objective, secular, neutral, non-ideological, and free of partisan influence and racial, cultural, gender or regional bias.
Teranishi, a leading researcher in access and equity for minority students, particularly those from Asian American and Pacific Islander populations, said that he looks forward to working with IES to “improve the ways in which data can better inform the work of policymakers, practitioners and the research community. It is an honor and privilege to serve in this role and inform the work of the Institute of Education Sciences.”
GSEIS Dean Marcelo Suárez-Orozco said of Teranishi’s appointment: “Robert is a brilliant scholar, an engaged citizen, and a wise, compassionate and humane individual who will serve with distinction and grace in this important role.”
Read the complete story in the GSEIS news magazine, Ampersand.
