Julie Flapan, Director of the CS Equity Project, co-wrote an op-ed about the need for diversity in the technology field.
Kimi Waite, TEP Alum, Recognized for Her Work in Environmental Education
Kimi Waite was recognized as an “EE 30 Under 30” by the North American Association for Environmental Education and the U.S. Forest Service for being an impactful leader who is using the power of education for a sustainable future.
The Center for City Building Education: 6 ½ Steps of Backwards Thinking Explained
What is the Backwards Thinking™ process?
Sid Thompson: A Historic Look at School Integration and Busing
Center X Senior Fellow Sid Thompson, LAUSD’s first African American superintendent, recalls the reaction of schools and families to the possibility of federally mandated busing and integration.
Video: Catching Up with the Parent Project
What’s going on in the Parent Project with Dr. Annamarie Francois and Tunette Powell, Director of the UCLA Parent Project
A TEP Alum Discusses the Impact of Immigration Policies on LA classrooms
Angélica Reyes, a TEP Alum, wrote an Op-Ed published in the LA Times: “Op-Ed: Ending DACA would violently disrupt many public classrooms.” Read the Op-Ed
Coaching Across a Continuum: UCLA Center X Coaching Support, A Journey of Learning Through Forest and Trees – XChange Issue
In this XChange issue we display our learning as coaches and our support of coaches within the framework of a continuum, based on our two decades of coaching educators.
Annamarie Francois Appointed to California Commission on Teacher Credentialing
Executive director of UCLA’s Center X to serve ongoing term as ex-officio representative of the University of California.
STEM-Rich Maker Learning
In March 2019, our team hosted Angela Calabrese Barton and Edna Tan at UCLA to share about their most recent book publication entitled STEM-Rich Maker Learning: Designing For Equity With Youth Of Color. If you missed the talk but want to learn more about their important work, check out this video!
Many college students struggle to pass remedial math. Do they need to?
Introduction to Data Science was featured on PBS NewsHour’s Making the Grade segment. By Hari Sreenivasan, PBS NewsHour Colleges created remedial education classes to ensure students were sufficiently prepared for…
Daniel Solórzano Delivers AERA Distinguished Lecture
PLI professor and director of the UCLA Center for Critical Race Studies at UCLA shares his renowned expertise in racial microaggressions.
Professor Stuart Biegel: 1945-2019
PLI Professor Stuart Biegel taught the first official course on technology law at UCLA and championed equal access for underserved LGBT and disabled populations.
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We are excited about the publication of Preparing and Sustaining Social Justice Educators edited by our former executive director, Annamarie Francois, along with UCLA Center for Community Schooling director Karen Hunter Quartz.