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Featured news articles about the WRITE Center's work and our team
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WRITE Center Leader Steve Graham receives prestigious Barry J. Zimmerman Award
March 1, 2023- We are thrilled to announce that Dr. Steve Graham, was awarded the Barry J. Zimmerman Award for Outstanding Contributions to the fields of studying and self-regulated learning research. This award recognizes his exceptional work researching self-regulation and writing instruction and acknowledges the significant impact of his research on countless students and teachers. Read more |
Mark Warschauer was a guest at the Campus Technology Insider podcast
March 29, 23- Mark Warschauer is a professor of education and informatics at the University of California, Irvine, and founder of UCI's Digital Learning Lab. We talked about the potential of AI for teaching and learning, overcoming faculty skepticism about AI tools, research questions that should be asked about AI in education, and more. Read more |
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Advisory Board member, Jennifer Fletcher presents at 2022 NCTE Conference
November 18, 2022- Jennifer Fletcher, , an Advisory Board Member at WRITE Center, presents at the 2022 NCTE Conference on 11/18 and 11/20. Fletcher is presenting three sessions including "Fire and Words: Igniting Equitable Writing Instruction", "Unseen: Our Past in a New Light: Theoretical Perspectives on Literacy Occlusion", and "Cultivating Compositional Agility: Shining a Light on Learning that Transfers." Read more |
WRITE Center Leadership Members will Presents at LRA 2022 Conference
November 30, 2022- WRITE Center leadership members, Undarmaa Maamuujav, Jacob Steiss, Huy Q. Chung, and Carol Booth Olson will present at the 2022 LRA Conference in Arizona, USA. They're symposium titled "Towards Equitable Instruction to Enhance Academic Writing Development of Multilingual Learners" will occur at the Arizona Grand Resort & Spa: Ocotillo B from 8:30 am to 10am. Steve Graham will also be in attendance. Read more |
CO-Investigator, Penelope Collins named inaugural FATE fellow
February 23, 2023- Penelope Collins joins the ranks of the UCI Faculty Academy for Teaching Excellence fellows, a community of faculty from across campus with a shared desire to promote student success through teaching. Acceptance into FATE is an honor bestowed on faculty who have a demonstrated record of developing learning environments that foster student growth. Read more |
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Advisory Board member, Jim Burke, announces new books in 2023
November 18, 2022- Jim Burke, an Advisory Board Member at WRITE Center, announces new edition of his Norton anthology titled "Uncharted Territory: A Reader Guide" for high school. He is also preparing to release a new book in Spring 2023 from Corwin titled "Teaching Better Day by Day: A Planner to Support Your Instruction, Well-being, and Professional Learning." |
Advisory Board member, Samuel Wineburg, announces new books in 2023
November 18, 2022- Samuel Wineburg, an Advisory Board Member at WRITE Center, announces new book in 2023. Look for the book titled "A Citizens' Guide to the Internet: How to Think Straight, Get Duped Less Often, and Make Better Choices about What to Believe Online" with coauthor Mike Caulfield (University of Chicago Press). |
Advisory Board member, Jim Burke presents at 2022 NCTE Conference in Anaheim, CA
November 18, 2022- Jim Burke, an Advisory Board Member at WRITE Center, presents at the 2022 NCTE Conference. If you are there, go see his presentation titled "Entering and Extending the Conversation: Making Room at the Table for More Voices and Visions." Read More |
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Steve Graham and Young-Suk Grace Kim, highlighted in study
October 24, 2022- Leadership team members, Young-Suk Kim and Steve Graham were highlighted in recently published study, "Individual and Institutional Productivity in Educational Psychology Journals from 2015 to 2021." The study reports institutional and individual productivity in educational psychology journals. The top 28 scholars identified by the count method (Table 2) authored at least 10 articles from 2015 to 2021. Steve Graham and Young-Suk Grace Kim were part of the top producing scholars in educational psychology journals from 2015-2021. Read More |
Advisory Board member, Cynthia Greenleaf, announces new edition of her book
November 18, 2022- Cynthia Greenleaf, an Advisory Board Member at WRITE Center and Senior Research Scientist in Literacy at WestEd, announces new edition of Reading and Understanding. The book is expected to be available in March 2023. Find her book, Reading and Understanding, 2nd edition here. |
Advisory Board member, Jim Burke will present at 2023 CATE Conference
November 18, 2022- Jim Burke, an Advisory Board Member at WRITE Center, will be presenting at the 2023 CATE Conference. Attend his presentation titled "Teaching Troubling Times: How to Have Difficult Conversations with Students, Colleagues, Parents, Community Members, and Ourselves about What We Teach--and How and Why We Teach It." Read More |
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Mark Warschauer, Co-PI and Digital Learning Lab director speaks to legislators
May 23, 2022- Legislators packed into the School of Education’s Digital Learning Lab listened intently to Miranda Parker, a postdoctoral scholar who will become a San Diego State University assistant professor of computer science in the fall. After she described UCI-developed software that allows young learners to create and learn scientific concepts, the first question she received from a taxpayer protector is predictable. Read More |
Carol Jago presented with James R. Squire Award
September 8, 2022- The James R. Squire Award, formally called the NCTE Executive Committee Award, was established in 1967. This award is given by the Executive Committee in recognition of outstanding service, not only to the stature and development of NCTE and the discipline which it represents, but also to the profession of education as a whole, internationally as well as nationally. Read More |
Dr. Guadalupe Valdés presented with the 2022 Distinguished Scholar Award Recipient
September 26, 2022- The Literacy Research Association announced that Dr. Guadalupe Valdés has been selected by the Distinguished Scholar Lifetime Achievement Award Committee as the 2022 Distinguished Scholar Award Recipient. The award ceremony and presentation will be held at the 2022 LRA Annual Meeting in Phoenix, AZ, November 29th – December 3rd, 2022. Valdés is apart of the WRITE Center's Advisory Board. Read more |
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The WRITE Center presents at the BIRE Conference 2022
May 12, 2022-Carol Booth Olson, Huy Quoc Chung, & Undraa Maamuujav from the WRITE Center guided #BIRE22 participants through ways to use cognitive strategies with English learners for developing writing proficiency. Read More |
Stenhouse Publishers posts Teaching Arguments study guide by Advisory Board Member, Jennifer Fletcher
May 16, 2022- Advisory Board Member, Jennifer Fletcher's book Teaching Arguments "assist(s) teachers in helping students learn to write deeper and more sophisticated responses to texts," (NCTE English Journal, March 2018). Stenhouse Publishers has published a study guide that educators can now use. Get your copy of this book and download the free study guide. Read more |
The WRITE Center and UCI Writing Project announce the Annual Literacy Conference
May 23, 2022- The Annual Literacy Conference is set for December 8, 2022. The speaker lineup includes Kelly Gallagher, Penny Kittle, Dr. Gholdy Muhammad, Julia E. Torres, Carol Jago, Jennifer Fletcher, Travis Leech, Heather Wolpert-Gawron, Emily McCourtney, and more! Read More |
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Steve Graham presents at OGA Annual Conference 2022
April 1-2, 2022- Steve Graham, Co-PI at the WRITE Center, was a keynote speaker at the Orton-Gillingham Academy "Orton-Gillingham On My Mind" Conference. The annual conference was live streamed and virtual Steve Graham's presentation, "Writing and Students with Learning Disabilities: What We Know," was followed by keynote speaker, R. Malatesha Joshi. Read More |
The WRITE Center presents Chauncey Monte-Sano's Webinar
April 5, 2022- Chauncey Monte-Sano presents "Supporting Students' Historical Argument Writing and Deeper Reasoning with Sources: Lessons from the Classroom." In this webinar, Monte-Sano will explore these questions using student work and teaching resources from the Read.Inquire.Write. curriculum in order to connect research-based findings to everyday practice. Read More |
The WRITE Center presents at the 2022 AERA Annual Conference
April 21-26, 2022- The WRITE Center presented "A Cognitive-Strategies Approach to Argument Writing: Professional Development for Teachers of Secondary English Language Learner Teachers." The WRITE Center was represented by Huy Quoc Chung, Jacob Steiss, and Carol B. Olson. A second presentation by Carol B. Olson and Huy Quoc Chung titles "Writing Within a Cognitive Strategies Instructional Approach" was also made at the AERA 2022 Conference. Read More |
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WRITE Center Leadership Members' Studies Recognized in WWC's Pathway to Academic Success Project
November 2021- The Pathway to Academic Success Project trains teachers to improve the reading and writing abilities of English learners who have an intermediate level of English proficiency by incorporating cognitive strategies into reading and writing instruction. As of November 2021, 3 studies met the standards out of 5 eligible studies reviewed. Researchers include Carol B. Olson, Catherine D'Aoust, Huy Q. Chung, Robin Scarcella, and Penelope Collins. Read More |
California English, California Association of Teachers of English (CATE) earns 2021 NCTE Affiliate Journal of Excellence Award
December 2021- California English was just awarded the 2021 NCTE Affiliate Journal of Excellence Award. The purpose of this award is to honor outstanding affiliate journals and their editors and to encourage excellence in these publications. Journals selected represent models for affiliate journals to emulate. Our Advisory Board Member, Carol Jago, is the editor of CATE's own California English Journal. Read More |
Sam Wineburg and colleague Mike Caulfield prepare to publish new book in 2022
December 2021- Sam Wineburg to publish a new book with co-author Mike Caulfield of the University of Washington. Their new book is under contract with the University of Chicago Press. Entitled "A Citizen's Guide to the Internet." The book is set to be published in late 2022. |
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Steve Graham is awarded Recipient of 2021 William S. Gray Citation of Merit
July 1, 2021- The International Literacy Association recognized Steve Graham a William S. Gray Citation of Merit recipient. This award is one ILA's highest honors. Steve Graham, Arizona State University Professor and WRITE Center Co-PI, contributed to multiple facets of literacy development-research, theory, practice, and policy. Read More |
Advisory Board Member Jennifer Fletcher publishes her latest book now available for preorder
July 14, 2021- Jennifer Fletcher published her now book Writing Rhetorically: Fostering Responsive Thinkers and Communicators and is now available. In this book, Fletcher "provides teachers with strategies and frameworks for writing instruction that cultivate student expertise and autonomy." Read More |
Steve Graham presents "Special Virtual Workshop: Creating a Vision for Writing"
October 20, 2021- This November, ILA is offering two ILA Intensives focusing on the tools needed to implement effective and engaging classroom writing practices. In this virtual workshop, Steve Graham will guide you through creating a vision for writing instruction for your grade or your district. Read More |
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The WRITE Center and National Writing Project will present at the LRA 2021 Annual Conference
June 22, 2021- Team leaders from the WRITE Center, Carol Booth Olson, Huy Chung, Jenell Krishnan, and Jacob Steiss and the national National Writing Project, Tanya Baker, will present "Research-based Strategies for Teaching Argument Writing: Cognitive, Sociocognitive/ Sociocultural, and Design-based Lenses. Read More |
David E. Kirkland, WRITE Center Advisory Board Member writes "I Had Hope for Racial Justice. Now I See a Standstill"
June 30, 2021- In his blog, "I Had Hope for Racial Justice. Now, I See a Standstill," David E. Kirkland reflects on U.S. states' limitations to teach particular concepts about race and racism. He explains the need for advancing educational equity in every meaningful way in education. Read More |
P. David Pearson publishes new book, A History or Literacy Education: Waves of Research and Practice
June, 2021- In this volume, two notable scholars trace the monumental shifts in theory, research, and practice related to reading education and literacy, with particular attention to what they consider the central goal of literacy—making meaning. Advisory Board Member P. David Pearson and colleague Robert J. Tierney unearth and interrogate the assumptions about making meaning with text as well as the practices to promote it. Read More |
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International Literacy Association
elects Carol Jago a new member- at-large to Board of Directors May 21, 2021- The International Literacy Association (ILA) today announced the results of the ILA 2021 Board Election. Carol Jago, WRITE Center Advisory Board Member, has been elected to the International Literacy Association's executive board for the 2021-2024 term. Read More |
Undarmaa Maamuujav awarded Chancellor's Doctoral Incentive Program Dissertation Fellowship
May 21, 2021- Doctoral candidate and WRITE Center Graduate Student Researcher, Undarmaa Maamuujav, was awarded the 2021-2022 Chancellor's Doctoral Incentive Program (CDIP) Dissertation Fellowship by the California State University Chancellor's office. This fellowship will support her dissertation work. Read More |
Carol Jago Elected As a New Board Member of the International Literacy Association for the 2021-2024 Term
May 2021- The International Literacy Association (ILA) today announced the results of the ILA 2021 Board Election. Three new Board members-at-large have also been elected for the 2021–2024 term including Advisory Board Member, Carol Jago. Read More |
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Maisha T. Winn presented at
The Network May 18, 2021- Advisory Board Member and Chancellor's Leadership Professor, Maisha T. Winn, presented "When Histories and Futures Meet: A Journey Through the 5 Pedagogical Stances." The presentation was organize by The Network and the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. Read More |
David Kirkland presents a keynote at The New York Sate Association for Bilingual Education
May 20, 2021- WRITE Center Advisory Board Member, David. E. Kirkland, gave a keynote presentation at the NYSABE Virtual Conference. Kirkland's keynote titled "Returning to Justice: Advancing Culturally and Linguistically Responsive-Sustaining Education in the Midst of Pandemics, Protests, and Possibilities" focused on collaborative instructional leadership and educational equity for English language learners (ELLs)/multilingual learners. Read More |
Guadalupe Valdes to speak at the Institute for Learning Forum 2021
May 20, 2021- Guadalupe Valdes, WRITE Center Advisory Board Member and Professor of Education, will present at the IFL Forum 2021. She will be presenting "The Unexpected Consequences of Zombie Language Categories: The Case of LTEL-Categorized Students." Read More |
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Jennifer Fletcher to publish Writing Rhetorically: Fostering Responsive Thinkers and Communicators.
April 29, 2021- The Stenhouse Blog highlighted Advisory Board Member Jennifer Fletcher's and her new book Writing Rhetorically: Fostering Responsive Thinkers and Communicators. In her blog Working the Problem, Fletcher reflects on how she navigated the changes to her work as a teacher in the age of COVID-19. One of the highlights she reflects on is how this emergency shift to distance learning "helped [her] get better at letting go of things that weren't working." Read More |
Kelly Gallagher reflects on 180
Days with co-author Penny Kittle May 7, 2021- WRITE Center Advisory Board Member and Penny Kittle, co author's of 180 Days, share seven principles of grading that inform their work. In their blog, they also reflect how grading doesn't teach and aim to make grading as meaningful as possible. Read More |
WRITE Center presents at the Teaching History Conference hosted by UC Davis
May 10, 2021- The Teaching History Conference at UC Davis was held virtually from May 7-8, 2021. The conference's theme was Challenges in Teaching and Learning History: Issues of Pedagogy and Content. The WRITE Center was represented this year by Jenell Krishnan, Jacob Steiss, and Lynn Schaulis. The workshop's title was "Practical Design and Assessment Strategies to Improve Students' Source-Based Argument writing." Read more to access information on this session geared toward history teachers. Read More |
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Undarmaa Maamuujav awarded the UCI Inclusive Excellence Grant
April 13, 2021- UCI Grad Division awarded third-year doctoral student and WRITE Center graduate student researcher, Undarmaa Maamuujav, a summer 2021 Summer Inclusive Excellence Grant. This award will support her work. Read More |
Sam Wineburg is interviewed by Forbes in Education article
April 13, 2021- WRITE Center Advisory Board Member and Professor, Sam Wineburg, is quoted in an interview with Forbes. The article titled "How Can Educators Teach Students to Spot Fake News?" focuses on Wineburgs work and practical lessons it holds. Read More |
Guadalupe Valdes is quoted in the Stanford Graduate School of Education News
April 29, 2021- At Stanford Graduate School of Education's Cubberley Lecture, education visionaries, including WRITE Center Advisory Board Member Guadalupe Valdes, reflect on the role teachers play in shaping democracy. Read More |
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Doctoral student Undarmaa Maamuujav awarded Otto W. Schaler Scholarship
February 3, 2021- Doctoral student and WRITE Center Graduate Student Researcher, Undarmaa Maamuujav, received the 2021 Otto W Schaler Scholarship by the UCI Graduate Division. This scholarship will support her dissertation research. Read More |
Mark Warschauer discusses the research supporting PBS Kids series "Elinor Wonders Why"
February 9, 2021- Professor and WRITE Center CO-PI, Mark Warschauer, discussed the new PBS Kids show "Elinor Wonders Why" which invites students to participate in the plot of the story and the rabbit responds based on what it hears. Warschauer talks about AI in early education. Read More |
Mark Warschauer discusses COVID-19’s lasting impact
March 31, 2021- WRITE Center Co-PI and UCI professor of education, Mark Warschauer, discusses the impact of COVID-19 on K-12 education. He highlights the use of technology in the classroom and at home as well as the social adjustments educators and students may experience. Read More |
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David Kirkland featured in NCTE's Council Chronicle: "A Joy-Based Reimagining of English/Literacy Education is Attainable"
November 2020- David Kirkland, advisory board member, is interviewed for NCTE's quarterly subscription Council Chronicle. He responds to the following questions: What concerns you most as you think about your students and what they’re facing this year?, What would you name as a surprise or unexpected discovery from this challenging year?, What self-care or coping strategies are you finding most valuable?, and What makes you hopeful? Read More |
The WRITE Center partners with the UCI Latinx Resource Center and the UCI CalTeach Program for “Our Shared Shelf, A Book Club.”
January 12, 2021- Students, staff, and faculty from The National WRITE Center, UCI Latinx Resource Center and the UCI CalTeach Program will be sharing a space and online “place” for critical discussions centering the work of Dr. Gholdy Muhammad. The group will meet to unpack Dr. Muhammad’s book “Cultivating Genius: An Equity Framework for Culturally and Historically Responsive Literacy.” The group will join the hundreds of interested attendees during Dr. Muhammad’s free webinar on 3.17.2021 from 3:30-5pm (PST). The event is co-sponsored by the National WRITE Center, the National Writing Project, UCI School of Education, and the UCI CalTeach Program. Read More |
Carol Jago writes "Lesson of the Day: Amanda Gorman and ‘The Hill
We Climb." January 20, 2021- In the New York Times, Carol Jago, WRITE Center Advisory Board Member, offers a lesson to students who many learn about the youngest inaugural poet in U.S. history and consider her work as part of a tradition of occasional poetry. Often occasional poems are commissioned and intended for a public reading. In this lesson, students learn about the youngest inaugural poet in U.S. history and consider her work as part of a tradition of occasional poetry. Read More |
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Franklin-Essex-Hamilton BOCES Online Community Presentation
September 2020- The WRITE Center engaged in a community presentation on the teacher resources available to the F-E-H Online Community, a 500+ strong group of teachers from the northeast region of New York State. The group is supported by Jennifer Hesseltine. Read More |
Jim Burke presents Still in Unchartered Territory: How to Teach and Reach All Students Through Diverse Texts
November 17, 2020- WRITE Center Advisory Board Member, Jim Burke presented one one-hour webinar with W.W. Norton & Company focused on choosing and using a range of text types to create an ongoing conversation in the classroom. He also discussed how to design units that integrate these elements and consider how we can do this in both our online and in-person classrooms. Read More |
Co-PI, Steve Graham, becomes MLFTC’s newest Regents Professor
November 25, 2020- Steve Graham, Mary Ellen Warner Professor of Education at Arizona State University's Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College and WRITE Center Co-PI, has been named an ASU Regents Professor. He is one of four ASU faculty members whose names were submitted by university president Michael Crow and approved by the Arizona Board of Regents. “Our Regents Professors are exceptional scholars and the elite of the academic world,” said Mark Searle, executive vice president and university provost. Read More |
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Professor awarded grant to develop literacy development intervention
June 23, 2020- UCI School of Education- The U.S. Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences awarded Professor Young-Suk Kim a five-year, $1.4 million grant to develop and examine the feasibility, usability, and potential promise of a multi-component oral language comprehension intervention, iMODEL. Read More |
Mark Warschauer quoted in Yahoo!Life education article
August 28, 2020- WRITE Center Co-PI, Mark Warschauer, was quoted in Yahoo!life by journalist Rachel Grumman Bender. The article is titled "How remote learning is revealing a digital divide: "Not all students have equitable access". Read More |
Oklahoma Dept. of Education featured the WRITE Center's September webinar
August 2020- Oklahoma State Department of Education- The WRITE Center continues its series of free webinars for English teachers next month, this time focusing on more culturally responsive and sustaining lenses. You can register today. After completing each webinar, you will be able to receive a PD certificate. Read More |
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Mark Warschauer elected to National Academy of Education
Febraury 26, 2020- The National Academy of Education (NAEd) elected UCI School of Education Professor and WRITE Center Co-PI, Mark Warschauer, to membership in the Academy. Warschauer is one of 15 "exceptional scholars" elected to the Academy. Read More |
Cynthia Greenleaf receives Distinguished Scholars Award for literacy research
March 10, 2021- WRITE Center Advisory Board Member, Cynthia Greenleaf, received the Distinguished Scholars Award from the National Council on Research in Language and Literacy (NCRLL). Read More |
Penelope Collins presented at the 2020 ASCB Virtual Educator Meeting
May 30, 2020- Penelope Collins co-facilitated the workshop titled "Strategies for Incorporating Science Literacy". The workshop focused on techniques and approaches to developing scientific literacy by emphasizing a writing-a-learn approach. Read More |
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UCI aims to help middle and high school students' writing through new center
Feb 13, 2019- LA Times- Every claim should be supported with evidence. And not all authorities are good authorities to cite. Those are some of the lessons that teachers in Tustin will be relaying to their students using strategies from a new writing research and development center at UC Irvine — the first of its kind in the country, according to the university. Read More |
Penelope Collins Selected for UCI Early Research Initiative Award
March 20, 2019- UCI School of Education- Associate Professor Penelope Collins has received a 2019 UCI Early Research Initiative (ERI) Award to pursue study of infographics and undergraduate writing development. UCI's ERI mini-grants support initial research intended to lead to follow-up grants pursuing the same or similar research agenda. Read More |
WRITE Center Poised to Become National Center for the Study of Writing
June 26, 2019- UCI News- With a $5 million grant from the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), UCI inaugurated the WRITE Center in March to analyze source-based argument writing of middle and high school students in English language arts and history. Led by Professor Carol Booth Olson, the institute seeks to fill the research gap and address the growing crisis among underprepared secondary students when it comes to argumentative writing, particularly in areas other than English language arts. Read More |
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UCI gets $5 million to establish national R&D center on improving writing skills
February 12, 2019- UCI News- The University of California, Irvine has received a five-year, $5 million Institute of Education Sciences grant from the U.S. Department of Education to establish the first national research and development center focused on improving the writing skills of middle and high school students. Read More |
New research centers to focus on rural schools, high school writing
Feb 7, 2019- Education Dive- Many rural districts — and school leaders in rural areas — are finding that they can accomplish more by partnering with neighboring districts and participating in networks in which they share curriculum resources, professional development and other areas of expertise. Read More |
Professor gets $1.4 million to study kids' Spanish-English language transfer skills
July 2, 2018- UCI News- Young-Suk Kim, UCI professor of education, has been awarded a $1.4 million, four-year grant from the Institute of Education Sciences to explore children’s Spanish-English language transfer skills. “In kindergarten through 12th grade, English learners are the fastest-growing student population,” Kim said. Read More |
