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The research director at UCLA’s Center X writes that teacher training could learn from doctor training by adopting residency programs that combine university instruction and field-based learning.

The first survey of undocumented college students shows that worries about financial hardship and fears of deportation undermine students’ chances for success in college.

The study showed that children’s readiness for kindergarten was influenced not only by whether they attend preschool, but also by their families’ behaviors, attitudes and values.

UCLA Chancellor Gene Block writes in a Los Angeles Times op-ed that President Obama’s proposal to make two years of community college free is a bold step to equalize opportunity for all.

The gift will provide scholarship support to students in UCLA Teacher Education Program and help recruit the best and brightest students to pursue advanced degrees in education.

From a digital literacy program in Ecuador's rainforest to enhancing math education in Lusaka, Zambia, UCLA's 2014 Global Citizens Fellows demonstrate what can be done with $5,000 and one summer.

Olga Kagan says that offering language classes tailored for heritage speakers, who speak a language other than English at home but may not be able to read it, would have significant advantages for society.

John Goodlad, former dean of the UCLA Graduate School of Education from 1967 to 1983, died in Seattle on Nov. 29 at age 94. He was the author of a seminal book on the largest study of U.S. schools ever conducted at the time.

Researchers assessed 190 U.N. countries’ progress toward fulfilling their commitments to the right to education, protection from child labor and child marriage, and discrimination against children with disabilities.

Teachers in high-poverty schools are more likely than their peers in low-poverty schools to report instructional time that's lost due to poor access to libraries, technology and qualified substitute teachers, a new study by the UCLA Institute for Democracy, Education and Access found.

UCLA will host its free, annual “Exploring Your Universe” event — UCLA’s day for the public to learn about science — this Sunday, Nov. 16, from 12 noon until 5 p.m., with some activities continuing until 8 p.m., weather permitting.

A UCLA study has found a trend at colleges toward teaching practices such as class discussions and group learning and away from lectures and other teacher-centered styles.

Contrary to long-standing concerns, disadvantaged students don’t pay a penalty for attending community colleges, according to a UCLA-led study.

On the 25th anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, Dr. Jody Heymann, dean of the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and founding director of the WORLD Policy Analysis Center, and co-authors Kristen Savage and Aleta Sprague examine the progress made toward securing children’s rights around the world.

For over 15 years, the Senior Fellows Leadership Program has been helping to prepare UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs students for careers as change agents in the world by pairing them with leaders in their fields as mentors.

UCLA education professor Sylvia Hurtado’s research on the effect of campus climate on student academic progress as well as on student and faculty retention has caught the attention of many in higher education.

The UC President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program hope to increase the diversity of faculty by attracting high-caliber researchers and providing them with the professional development training and opportunities to help them compete for highly selective tenure-track positions.

The new Parent Worker Project, run out of the UCLA Labor Center in partnership with SEIU United Service Workers West/Building Skills Partnership, helps janitors become effective advocates in their children’s education, starting with pre-school through third grade.

UCLA professor of education Sandra Graham, who has spent her career studying the effects of inequity in schools, is now having a direct influence on carrying out UCLA’s commitment to equity and diversity on this campus.

The UCLA Labor Center produces the nation's only storytelling radio show that focuses on workers and the issues they face. Students and community members work on Re:Work Radio and learn storytelling skills and multimedia production.

Elijah Ozuna is one of 13 new Bruins who were admitted after completing UCLA's highly successful Vice Provost Initiative for Pre-College Scholars program. To date, 97 percent of the program’s 250 core participants have enrolled in four-year colleges.

Utpal Banerjee, the Irving and Jean Stone Professor and chair of UCLA’s Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology in the UCLA College, will look at the important role of the fruit fly in helping scientists answer core questions about developmental biology.

Tyrone Howard of UCLA’s Black Male Institute says that a failure to intervene to help boys and men of color may have disastrous consequences for them and the country.

UCLA education professor Robert Rhoads and three faculty members from Chinese universities recently took a close look at four universities in Beijing. Rhoads discusses their findings in this Q&A.

The authors say medical school and four-year university recruitment, outreach and admissions practices should be more inclusive of community college students.