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UCLA staff is invited to attend an information session about the Geffen Academy at UCLA Initiative on Tuesday from noon to 1 p.m. in Charles E. Young Research Library Room 11360.

The honor recognizes the professor of education and Asian American studies for notable and sustained research achievements.

Math high school teacher Anthony Yom, who earned two master's degrees from the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, urges his students to aim high and to help each other.

The $2.8 million NSF grant will support Sandoval's UCLA research team working in collaboration with teachers in the Montebello Unified School District.

Professors Carola Suárez-Orozco and Joan Herman of the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies are among just 11 new members elected nationwide.

Five faculty members from various departments received grants in 2015 designed to increase the number of African Americans in doctoral programs and support their trajectory toward academic careers in the arts and sciences.

The best education reforms will encourage cooperation and sharing of innovations among all types of schools, argue two senior scholars at the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies.

Findings from the annual CIRP Freshman Survey suggest that participation in demonstrations may even intensify in the months ahead.

The new UNESCO chair was officially announced at a celebration marking the 70th anniversary of UNESCO and featured Director-General Irina Bokova.

Karen Hunter Quartz writes in an op-ed that those pushing free-market-style competition in LAUSD must not forget that our public education system is obligated to provide good schools for all.

In making her case that LAUSD should be cautious about pursuing single-sex education, gender studies professor Juliet Williams points out the flimsiness of evidence used to support gender-separated classrooms.

Chancellor Gene Block and students meet with congressional leaders, White House officials and executives from cultural and advocacy groups to talk candidly about race, diversity and immigration.

The UCLA Department of Education faculty were named to Education Week’s 2016 list of 'Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings.'

Funds will bolster an endowment created by an earlier gift from the Bernard Osher Foundation, and will be used to keep fees low and increase course offerings.

A lecturer in the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, she was recognized for her comparative work on teaching and learning in France and West Africa.

A delegation from UCLA met Monday with students at John Muir High School in Pasadena to urge them to consider going to a UC campus.

Chancellor Gene Block explains that the new secondary school will complement and extend UCLA’s long-standing efforts to improve public education locally and across the nation.

UCLA professor Teresa McCarty has done extensive work with Native-American communities on language education policy and youth language and literacy learning.

Landmark gift will support facility renovations, faculty and curriculum development, and a financial aid program for low- and middle-income families.

Helen 'Lena' S. Astin, Distinguished Professor Emerita at UCLA and senior scholar at the Higher Education Research Institute, died on Oct. 27 in Los Angeles at the age of 83 after a prolonged illness.

UCLA's John Rogers has devoted his research and writing to identifying inequalities in education and community-organizing for school reform.

UCLA's George Kneller Chair in Education and Anthropology will speak on issues of Indigenous education.

For the past 60 years, a UCLA Extension program has been helping technical professionals develop the “people” skills they need to become excellent managers and team leaders.

The UCLA Parent Project by Center X helps parents understand what’s going on in the classroom and how best to support new learning strategies to help their children succeed.

President Linda D. Rose of Los Angeles Southwest College knows the struggles of older, returning students.