Pasadena, CA — Twelve STEM educators from eight California school districts convened this week at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena for the launch of a three-day STEM Educator Institute. Organized by the University of California, Riverside (UCR) School of Education (SOE) in partnership with NASA JPL, the Institute aims to equip teachers with...
UCR language scholar Alice Lee explains why ‘correcting’ Black Language in the classroom is counterproductive to student success. If you’ve ever jammed to a favorite song, kept it real with friends, or were hustlin’ to get all your work done, you’ve used Black Language but probably didn’t acknowledge it as such. Alice Lee, an assistant...
Given the critical teacher shortage in the Coachella Valley, the UCR School of Education worked with leaders at UCR Palm Desert to add a cohort of students eager to earn their M.Ed. along with their CA teaching credentials. Last night, in an emotional ceremony celebrating the success of both the program and its graduates, that...
By JORDAN B. DARLING | jdarling@scng.com PUBLISHED: THE PRESS ENTERPRISE | February 29, 2024 at 5:30 a.m. A tour in Adventureland loads guests onto Jeeps for a peaceful safari led by Mickey Mouse himself. As Mickey begins to narrate, the safari stops when a tree falls, blocking the path. Mickey tells riders it’s about to...
More students at UCR and across the UC system will have access to a popular course offered by the UCR School of Education thanks to an award approved by the UC Online Leadership Team. The course, EDUC134: Abnormal Psychology for Educators, teaches students about psychological diagnoses from both a clinical psychology and special education/school psychology...
The 2024 AERA Annual Meeting will be in Philadelphia from April -14, 2024 Dozens of UCR School of Education faculty, students, and researchers will participate at this year’s annual American Educational Research Association, or AERA meeting. AERA is the largest national interdisciplinary research association devoted to the scientific study of education and learning. This year’s...
The School of Education's Teacher Education Program (TEP) recently hosted a roundtable on the critical shortage of teachers in dual language immersion (DLI) programs, where instruction is provided in English as well as in Spanish. Directors from school districts in the Inland Empire and Coachella Valley who are responsible for supporting the district's DLI programs...
The UCR School of Education completed their seven-year cycle of the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CTC) accreditation process in November 2023. The accreditation team has recommended the UCR School of Education - Teacher Education Program for renewal of Accreditation. This is the highest recommendation possible and affirms the quality and effectiveness of the program...
This year, we had over 330 students graduate from the School of Education. Of those students, 169 received theirs Bachelors, 101 received Master of Education (M.Ed.) plus Credentials, 29 received Master of Arts (M.A.), and 13 received their Doctoral (Ph.D.) Degrees. Below is a list of some of SOE's 2023 graduates, along with a few...
The 18th Summer Institute held by A Black Education Network (ABEN) focused on Pedagogies & Practices for Successfully Reaching African American Students. At the institute, 120 educators from throughout the country gathered to engage with, learn from, and share best practices with the nation’s most inspiring Black educators. This year’s institute included SOE’s Dean Joi...
Zaira Jimenez just graduated with a Ph.D. specializing in special education. While she now holds the highest possible academic degree a student can obtain, Zaira never imagined she would go to college at all. Like many students who grew up in low-funded schools, Zaira was never encouraged to pursue an education beyond high school. “My...
We are dismayed by the recent Supreme Court ruling, which effectively ends race-conscious affirmative action in the United States. These recent decisions on two cases, Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. (SFFA) v. President and Fellows of Harvard and SFFA v. University of North Carolina set a stage for future educational policies, practices and mindsets and...
LaTysa Flowers-Jackson has been named as the inaugural recipient of a first-of-it's-kind endowed scholarship fund. This is the first endowed scholarship for SOE’s new undergraduate program, and LaTysa is the first recipient. LaTysa is an undergraduate student in the School of Education where she is working towards her degree in Education Society and Human Development...
Over the past few months, the UCR community has warmly welcomed Dean Joi A. Spencer as its new Dean of the School of Education with a series of events: Dr. John and Kathy Allavie welcomed donors and community members to their home in Riverside, CA for an intimate gathering , and the School of Education...
