2008
June 19, 2008
 David Silver, Marisa Saunders, and Estela Zarate from the University
of California's All Campus Consortium On Research for Diversity (UC
ACCORD) and UCLA's Institute for Democracy, Education, and Access
(UCLA's IDEA) authored a report entitled What Factors Predict High
School Graduation in the Los Angeles Unified School District? as part
of the California Dropout Research Project. Conducted in
collaboration with the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD),
this study, focusing on students' school experiences, analyzed
district data to track the educational progress of all first-time 9th
graders from 6th grade through to their expected graduation in the
spring of 2005.
To download the full report, or the 4-page policy brief, please visit:
http://ucaccord.gseis.ucla.edu/publications/index.html
Los Angeles Times story about the report:
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-grads21-2008jun21,0,4825405.story
June 03, 2008
United Way of Greater Los Angeles released a report examining the state of middle schools in L.A. County and the importance of middle grades on higher education, youth development, and eventual workforce readiness. Jeannie Oakes, John Rogers, David Silver, and Siomara Valladares from UCLA's Institute for Democracy, Education, and Access provided research support for this report, entitled Seizing the Middle Ground: Why Middle School Creates the Pathway to College and the Workforce. UCLA IDEA's research focused on "State of Middle and High School Education in Los Angeles County" and "Middle School Influences on High School Graduation and College Readiness in Los Angeles Unified School District."
Seizing the Middle Ground: Why Middle School Creates the Pathway to College and the Workforce http://www.unitedwayla.org/getinformed/rr/socialreports/Pages/seizingthemiddleground.aspx
2007
November 08, 2007
UCLA's IDEA and UC ACCORD release the 2007 California Educational Opportunity Report
November 08, 2007
UCLA's IDEA and UC ACCORD release the 2007 African American Educational Opportunity Report 2007
November 08, 2007
UCLA's IDEA and UC ACCORD release the 2007 Latino Educational Opportunity Report
February 13, 2007
UCLA's IDEA releases the Multiple Perspectives on Multiple Pathways Series
2006
November 01, 2006
UCLA's IDEA releases Removing the Roadblocks: Fair College Opportunities for All California Students
August 04, 2006
UCLA's IDEA releases Suspension and Expulsion At-A-Glance
March 22, 2006
UCLA's IDEA releases the 2006 California Educational Opportunity Report. Click here to read the report.
2005
September 15, 2005
UCLA's IDEA posts a new report on the Readability of the School Accountability Report Card (SARC). Click here to read the report.
August 23, 2005
UCLA's IDEA releases a new report on the California High School Exit Exam. Click here to read the reports and fact sheets.
May 11, 2005
UCLA's IDEA releases a research brief on the California High School Exit Exam. Click here to read the reports.
April 25, 2005
UCLA's IDEA releases several new reports on the California High School Exit Exam. Click here to read the reports.
March 10, 2005
Daily Bruin article on Computing
success: UCLA, LAUSD’s program helps prepare students for AP
Computer Science exam features IDEA Researchers Jane Margolis
and Joanna Goode's Computer training program and research.
January 02, 2005
IDEA's Associate Director, John Rogers, published an Op-Ed
piece in the LA Times. Click
here to read the editorial (registration required).
2004
May 10, 2004
What's
Happened to the Promise of Brown vs Board of Education?
KCRW "Which Way LA" host Warren Olney talks about the new
Harris Poll report with Richard Riordan, the Governor’s top
education advisor, and John Rogers of UCLA's Institute for Democracy,
Education and Access, who co-authored an analysis of the recent survey.
May 10, 2004
Beyond Brown:
Pursuing the Promise
Emmy-winning director Stanley Nelson examines the legal battle
that ended the nation's system of sanctioned apartheid, and the impact
and influence of that decision. The program also explores contemporary
debates on student tracking, high-stakes testing, school financing
and busing. A mix of activists and celebrities speak about the achievements
and unfulfilled promises. The show premiered on Wednesday, May 12,
10 PM.
May 6, 2004
IDEA releases 2 reports to commemorate the anniversary of Brown v.
Board of Education. Separate and Unequal
and the Report
on the Status of Public School Education in California.
March 08, 2004
IDEA's Professor John Rogers speaks to National Public Radio's (NPR)
All Things Considered about segregation in Los Angeles as part of
NPR's investigation of the legacy of the 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education
ruling. Click here
to listen to the segment on the NPR site that was broadcast on March
08, 2004.
2003
November 21, 2003
The Education Exchange, a project of the Education
Justice Collaborative, met recently to discuss Opportunities to
Teach and Learn (OTTL). OTTL complements the popular education emphases
on “accountability” and “standards.” Professor
Jeannie Oakes gave an overview of the history and development of OTTL
and efforts to create standards for opportunities as well as for "outcomes"
(in current education policy, outcomes are measured in terms of students'
scores on standardized tests). Noting the illogic of holding children
accountable to high standards if they do not have the opportunity
to learn to those standards, Oakes said, “Children can't learn
what they are not taught from teachers who lack qualifications and
in inadequate facilities that make learning and teaching impossible.”
At the Education Exchange grassroots organizers, policy activists,
teachers, parents, students, and researchers explored the rights of
students and teachers struggling to reach the nation‚s ambitious
schooling goals. For an overview of OTTL, Oakes‚ presentation
slides are available here.
August 7, 2003
Professor Jeannie Oakes issues a statement
opposing Proposition 54.
August 05, 2003
Professor Jeannie Oakes discusses the strengths and weaknesses of
"The Accountability System" at The Forum on School Achievement
and Accountability in San Francisco. You can view the powerpoint she
presented "Credible, Fair, and Useful Accountability?" by
clicking
here.
July 03, 2003
IDEA launches the William's
Watch series in the IDEA section of the California Digital Library.
June 04, 2003
IDEA launched the William's Watch
series in the Publications section of the IDEA Web site. The reports
in this series reflect the work of researchers who have examined the
current conditions in California schools and considered possible alternatives
for insuring adequate and equal opportunities for learning for all
students.
May 21, 2003
"How
Listening to Students Can Help to Improve Schools"
IDEA sponsored a talk with Harvard Professor Pedro Noguera in the
Moore Hall Reading Room. Discussants were Sylvia Rousseau, Superintendent
of District I, LAUSD and student representative Moises Castillo of
Santa Monica High.
April 15, 2003
On Tuesday, April 15th, ACORN will release a study called "Leave
No School Behind," documenting the need to protect students,
teachers, and schools in the flatlands from proposed budget cuts.
The study, done with research support from UCLA's Institute for Democracy,
Education, and Access , demonstrates the importance of providing a
stable, quality teaching force in OUSD schools with the highest needs.
ACORN and allies will be holding a press conference at 4:30 p.m. at
the area connecting Lockwood Elementary and Havenscourt Middle School,
two of the lowest-performing schools in the district. We would like
to invite you to participate and build a unified response to make
sure that "no school gets left behind" in the face of the
impending state takeover and budget cuts.
Click here for more information.
April 2003
The latest edition of the Teacher Education Quarterly
on the topic of "Teacher Education and Social Justice"
features an introduction by Professor Jeannie Oakes and IDEA researcher
Karen Hunter Quartz, a paper by Peter Hoffman-Kipp entitled, "Model
Activity Systems: Dialogic Teacher Learning for Social Justice Teaching,"
and a paper by IDEA research coordinator Camille Wilson Cooper entitled,
"The Detrimental Impact of Teacher Bias: Lessons Learned from
the Standpoint of African American Mothers." This issue additionally
features a paper by UCLA Center X researchers Sheila Lane, Nancy Lacefield-Parachini,
and JoAnn Isken entitled,"Developing Novice Teachers as Change
Agents: Student Teacher Placements 'Against the Grain'." To order
a copy of this journal visit, http://www.teqjournal.org.
March 23-24, 2003
In conjunction with Californians
for Justice (CFJ) and the
Justice Matters Institute, IDEA co-hosted the first Education
Exchange on March 23-24 at UCLA. Over forty people, representing youth
and parent advocacy organizations, policy and legislative advocates,
and community organizers engaged in a deep discussion of three main
topics: teacher quality, accountability (opportunity to teach and
learn) and assessments. Academic experts included Jeannie Oakes, Ken
Futernick, Bill Koski and Patricia Gandara who shed light on the research
in these fields.
March 7, 2003
IDEA and L.A. Metro sponsor a talk with Mark Warren, author of Dry
Bones Rattling: Community Building to Revitalize American Democracy.
He will speak about community organizing and the rebuilding of
America’s schools. The event will take place from 1 PM - 4 PM
in room 1447 of the UCLA Law School. For more information, please
click here.
February 25, 2003
IDEA researcher Jeff Duncan-Andrade was featured on an NPR
news story about the use of hip-hop and rap music in Los Angeles
schools.
February 19, 2003
On February 19th, 2003, the University of California’s All Campus
Consortium on Research for Diversity (UC ACCORD) released “California
Opportunity Indicators" that link racial disparities in college
going to disparities in California high schools.
2002
November 2002
The
World Cultural Council/Consejo Cultural Mundial awarded Director
of IDEA Jeannie Oakes with the José Vasconcelos World Award
for Education at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland.
November 2002
As of November 1, 2002 GEAR-UP
(Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs)
is independent of IDEA and has moved its office from 1041 Moore Hall
to 339 Moore Hall. GEAR-UP will remain an affiliate project of IDEA.
October 6, 2002
"Diploma
Penalty Misplaces Blame," an Op Ed piece in the Los Angeles
Times by Jeannie Oakes and John Rogers about California’s
High School Exit Exam.
2001
December 1, 2001
Unlocking the Clubhouse: Women in Computing (MIT Press) co-authored
by Jane Margolis of Out
of the Loop is now available in hardcover. Paperback to be published
in April 2003.
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