UCLA School of Education & Information Studies

04/22/2025

🌍 Celebrate Earth Day at UCLA by immersing yourself in the beauty of nature!
🌿🌸 Take a peaceful walk through the Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden or explore the native plants & wildlife at Sage Hill. 🦋🌳

Looking for more ways to connect with nature? Visit the Donald R. Dickey Bird & Mammal Collection to explore UCLA’s incredible biological collections 🐦🦉 or support the Stunt Ranch Santa Monica Mountains Reserve, where we preserve California’s diverse ecosystems for future generations. 🌾🏞️

📚 We also invite teachers to check out this engaging lesson from our Lost LA curriculum: “Impacts of Building Los Angeles” by teacher Melissa Lizarraga. This lesson explores how the growth of Los Angeles has impacted the natural environment, encouraging students to think critically about the relationship between urban development and ecological change. It’s a powerful way to connect local history with environmental awareness and inspire meaningful conversations in the classroom. Lesson link in bio!

Let’s honor our planet and embrace the beauty that surrounds us! 🌎💙

04/22/2025

🌍✨ Celebrate Earth Day at UCLA by immersing yourself in the beauty of nature!

🌿🌸 Take a peaceful walk through the Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden or explore the native plants & wildlife at Sage Hill. 🦋🌳

Looking for more ways to connect with nature? Visit the Donald R. Dickey Bird & Mammal Collection to explore UCLA’s incredible biological collections 🐦🦉 or support the Stunt Ranch Santa Monica Mountains Reserve, where we preserve California’s diverse ecosystems for future generations. 🌾🏞️

Let’s honor our planet and embrace the beauty that surrounds us! 🌎💙 How are you celebrating Earth Day? Drop a 🌱 in the comments! ⬇️

04/14/2025

OP-ED in the Los Angeles Times by UCLA Ed&IS Dean Christina A. Christie

The second Trump administration is systematically eliminating funding and personnel for oversight and evaluating programs. This threatens our ability to make informed, evidence-based decisions about policies and programs, leaving the public vulnerable to unchecked misinformation and ineffective governance.

Read the full op-ed now. Link in bio.

04/02/2025

🎉 Congratulations to Gilbert Ramirez on his incredible achievement! 🎓

As a doctoral student in the UCLA Ed&IS Educational Leadership Program, Ramirez developed the Anti-Stereotype Threat Pedagogy (ASTP) intervention to counter racial and gendered stereotypes in mathematics education. His groundbreaking dissertation, “Anti-Stereotype Threat Pedagogy: A Neuroscience-Framed Approach to Closing Differential Learning Outcomes in High School Mathematics”, explores how neuroscience-based strategies can help students recognize their true math potential, boosting engagement and achievement. 🔬📚

Ramirez’s research is paving the way for a more equitable education system—one where all students can thrive. 💡✨

Click the link in our bio to read the full article! 🔗

03/28/2025

🌟 Today, we celebrate the enduring legacy of César Chávez, a champion for social justice, workers’ rights, and educational equity. At UCLA School of Education & Information Studies, we honor his commitment to empowering marginalized communities through our research, teaching, and advocacy for inclusive and equitable education. 💙💛

Let us remember his words, “The end of all education should surely be service to others.” Together, we strive to carry forward his vision of justice and dignity for all.

03/21/2025

📖 “Hear Our Stories” – A Must-Read on Campus Sexual Violence

How can we better address campus sexual violence, especially for women of color? Associate Professor in Education at UCLA, Jessica Harris explores this urgent issue in her new book, Hear Our Stories: Campus Sexual Violence, Intersectionality, and How We Build a Better University.

Through interviews with 34 survivors across three universities, Harris sheds light on their lived experiences and calls for an intersectional approach to creating safer, more supportive campuses.

Read more about her groundbreaking work—link in bio. 🔗

03/19/2025

🎉 Congratulations to UCLA Professors Lucrecia Santibañez and Louis M. Gomez on being named 2025 AERA Fellows! 🎓👏

Their outstanding contributions to educational research have earned them this prestigious recognition from the American Educational Research Association. Professor Santibañez’s work focuses on understanding and improving teaching and learning for low-income, English learner classified, and other vulnerable student populations in the United States, Latin America, and Southeast Asia. Professor Gomez’s scholarship focuses on helping to support community formation in schools and other organizations so that they can collaboratively create new approaches to teaching, learning, and assessment.

We are so proud to see their impactful research recognized at the highest level! ✨

💙 Read more about their achievements by clicking the link in our bio. 🔗

02/26/2025

Exciting news from UCLA! 🎉 Together with the American Council on Education (ACE) and the UCLA School of Education & Information Studies, we’ve released a groundbreaking new report: Understanding the Entering Class of 2024: Key Insights from The CIRP Freshman Survey 2024.

With responses from over 24,000 students at 55 institutions, this report highlights the growing diversity of today’s first-year college students, their financial challenges, academic confidence, and mental health struggles. These insights offer a vital, data-driven roadmap to help higher education leaders shape policies that support student success.

Proud to be part of UCLA, where research drives real change! 💙💛

ACE and UCLA Ed&IS Release HERI Report Highlighting Key Trends Among First-Year College Students Posted by HERI ADMIN Categories announcements, blog, News, Uncategorized Date February 25, 2025 The American Council on Education (ACE), in collaboration with the Higher Education Research Institute (HER...

02/22/2025

How AI is Shaping Our Future | UCLA Professor of Information Studies Ramesh Srinivasan is shedding light on the rapidly evolving AI landscape and its political implications. Recently interviewed by international news outlets, Srinivasan discussed DeepSeek, the Chinese AI company challenging industry giants like OpenAI and ChatGPT at a lower cost. He also explored the growing concerns around misinformation, the close relationship between big tech and the Trump administration, and the controversial Stargate project. As a thought leader in AI ethics and governance, Srinivasan continues to provide critical insights into how these developments will shape our future.

Learn more by clicking the link in our bio. 🔗

02/20/2025

Fifty years after Arthur Ashe (‘66) made history as the first Black man to win Wimbledon, his legacy as a global activist continues to inspire. 🎾

UCLA Education Professor Robert Cooper is now leading efforts to expand the Arthur Ashe Legacy Project, ensuring Ashe’s impact in education, civil rights, and social justice continues to shape future generations. As the new Faculty Director, Cooper is dedicated to honoring Ashe’s vision with meaningful action.

Learn more about this milestone and Cooper’s leadership at the link in our bio.

02/12/2025

🎉 Patricia Gándara Receives Mexico’s Ohtli Award! 🎉

UCLA research professor of education and co-director of the Civil Rights Project/Proyecto Derechos Civiles, Patricia Gándara, has been recognized with Mexico’s Ohtli Award, one of the country’s highest honors.

This prestigious award acknowledges her lifelong dedication to bilingual education, civil rights, and transnational students and educators. Her work has created pathways for future generations, advancing equity and opportunity for Latino communities and beyond.

🔗 Read more at the link in bio.

02/08/2025

🔥 Sarah Bang, Director of P-12 Public School Partnerships at UCLA Ed&IS, reflects on the resilience of the educational community after the LA wildfires while spending time at Nora Sterry Elementary, a host school for displaced students from Marquez Charter. 💙

Read more click the link in our bio. 🔗

02/06/2025

📚 Thuy Vo Dang, UCLA assistant professor of information studies, has been awarded the 2024-25 Society of Hellman Fellows Award and a social impact grant from the UCLA Center for Community Engagement. These awards support her research on the British Vietnamese diaspora through community archiving and oral history.

With her project, “Vietnamese Diaspora in the UK: Oral History and Archival Reciprocity for Community Archives,” Vo Dang will work with the An Viet Foundation archives—the largest known collection of Vietnamese diaspora records in the UK—advising on the description and activation of these historic materials housed at the Hackney Archives in East London.

Read more at the link in our bio. 🔗

02/05/2025

📚✊🏾 This Black History Month, we at UCLA’s School of Education & Information Studies honor the legacy of Black changemakers who have shaped history—and continue to inspire the future.

At Ed&IS, social justice and reform are at the heart of what we do. From specialized courses to groundbreaking research centers and faculty leading critical conversations, we are committed to not just teaching history, but driving change.

Together, we learn from the past to build a more just and equitable future. 💙💛

01/30/2025

🎉 Congratulations to our 10 UCLA Ed&IS faculty members for being recognized in the 2025 Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings! 🏆👏 Their impactful research and contributions continue to shape the future of education and inspire change.

✨ Honorees include: Eva L. Baker, Eddie R. Cole, Megan L. Franke, Louis M. Gomez, Tyrone C. Howard, Gary Orfield, Lori Patton Davis, John Rogers, H. Samy Alim, and Daniel Solorzano.

We are proud to celebrate their dedication to scholarship and public influence! 💙💛
Click the link in our bio to read more.🔗

01/29/2025

We’re celebrating the Year of the Snake—a year of wisdom, transformation, and resilience. 🐍🎊 This is a special time of reflection and renewal, and for many in our community, a precious opportunity to honor traditions, spend time with loved ones, and begin a new year with hope and optimism. May this year bring knowledge, growth, and success to all in our community.