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Three candidates in SOE’s doctoral program in educational leadership for social justice were honored on November 12 at the Barbara Jackson Scholars Recognition Ceremony, which took place at the 2021 … Read more
After a 36-year career as an education scholar and leading voice in the struggle for social justice in and out of the classroom, Antonia Darder, the Leavey Presidential Endowed Chair … Read more
The pandemic-necessitated transition to distance learning in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), beginning in the spring of 2020 and continuing through the 2020-21 academic year, caused a substantial … Read more
For the past several years, Catholic schools everywhere have faced challenges such as low enrollments and difficulty in retaining staff. Although dioceses agree that developing Catholic school leaders is a high priority, … Read more
As a second-year teacher at Nativity Catholic School in South Los Angeles, SOE alumnus Antonio Felix M.A. ’07 was part of the second cohort to graduate from LMU School of Education’s Catholic … Read more
For nearly three decades, the annual conference Jornada Pedagógica Internacional para la Educación Multilingüe has offered training and support for educators who teach in bilingual and dual-language immersion programs. Held entirely in … Read more
As a high school freshman, Fatima Galvez M.A. ’20 was determined to go to college. There was only one problem. “I had no idea how to get there,” she says. … Read more
As part of an unprecedented investment of resources by a public school district specifically targeted toward improving outcomes for Black students, the Los Angeles Unified School District andLMU School of Educationhave partnered … Read more
Moses Chikwe ‘04, auxiliary bishop of Owerri, Nigeria, came to the U.S. nearly two decades ago to pursue a graduate degree and then worked in California for several years before … Read more
On September 9, 2021, the Los Angeles Unified School District‘s Board of Education—three of whose seven members are alumni of LMU School of Education—voted unanimously to mandate the COVID-19 vaccine for all … Read more
A longtime bilingual educator and student advocate, Hilda Maldonado Ed.D. ’21 began her career more than 30 years ago in L.A. Unified School District (LAUSD) as a bilingual teacher. She … Read more