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SMASH Project: Marc Berkman Shares Findings with Congress, LAUSD on the Harms of Social Media
June 25, 2024
by Joanie Harmon, posted by UCLA Ed&IS, June 20, 2024 Organization for Social Media Safety CEO and member of UCLA research team testifies to move legislation on accountability for social media platforms; outlines benefits of banning smartphones during the school day. Marc Berkman, CEO and founder of the Organization for Social Media Safety (OFSMS), recently […]
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How Can We Support Student Success in College? Joan Herman Chairs New Report for National Academies
April 20, 2017
Educational attainment—the number of years a person spends in school—strongly predicts adult earnings, as well as health and civic engagement. Yet relative to other developed nations, educational attainment in the United States is lagging, with young Americans who previously led the world in completing postsecondary degrees now falling behind their global peers. Researchers and policy […]
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UCLA GSE&IS Ranks #3 In U.S. Education Schools
March 20, 2017
The annual survey of graduate schools by U.S. News and World Report ranked the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Sciences third in the nation among education schools, tied with the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. UCLA was one of the only three West Coast schools and the only UC in the […]
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3-Questions-That-Still-Boggle-Educators-Technologists-and-Researchers
October 10, 2016
How can educators, technologists and academic researchers—three groups that don’t often convene—shape new ways to assess teachers and students? That was one of many questions posed at CRESST CON, an annual conference for those working at the intersection of education, technology and research. Held at the newly opened Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center at UCLA, […]
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Using Games and Simulations for Teaching and Assessment
June 2, 2016
Key Issues comprises a multidisciplinary investigation into the issues that arise when using games and simulations for educational purposes. Using both theoretical and empirical analyses, this collection examines cognitive, motivational, and psychometric issues with a focus on STEM content. Unlike other research-based volumes that focus solely on game design or the theoretical basis behind gaming, this […]
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CRESST Continues Collaboration with PBS Kids Ready to Learn
June 2, 2016
CRESST is thrilled to continue our collaboration with The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) and PBS KIDS, who have received a Ready To Learn grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Innovation and Improvement. The grant will provide $19 million in year one of a five-year grant to fund CPB and PBS’ innovative […]
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Eva Baker Recognized as EdWeek Publicly Influential Scholar
May 30, 2016
CRESST’s own Eva Baker was named a publicly influential scholar on Education Week’s 2016 list of “Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings”. Only 200 scholars are recognized each year, this year 11 (including Eva Baker) are UCLA scholars! You can read more on Ampersand, the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies blog.