John Deasy, superintendent of Los Angeles Unified, the nation’s second largest school district, delivered LMU’s Graduate Commencement address on May 6 to a gathering of graduates, their families and friends, and LMU faculty and staff. Deasy’s message centered on the transformative power of service, remarking, “One cannot be fully human, I believe, except through...
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LMU graduated another outstanding cohort of doctoral candidates on May 6. This is a group of professionals determined to make a difference in how children are educated. The 17 educators came to LMU’s School of Education from a variety of backgrounds: one is chief executive officer of a charter school network, one is director...
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Loyola Marymount University’s School of Education was again among the top ranked schools in the U.S. News & World Report’s 2013 edition of Best Graduate Schools of Education. Rising three spots from its 2012 rank, the LMU School of Education was ranked 83rd out of the 280 graduate schools of education surveyed for the...
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Antonia Darder, an internationally recognized critical scholar, was recently inaugurated as the Leavey Presidential Chair in Ethics and Moral Leadership – the School of Education’s first endowed chair – and delivered a distinguished lecture to faculty, staff, students, alumni and friends. Click here to watch video from the event. During the installation ceremony, Shane...
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PLACE Corps (Partners in Los Angeles Catholic Education) premiered its 22-minute documentary, “The Story of PLACE Corps,” to a large group of current students, alumni, faculty, donors and friends in March 2012. The documentary traces the history and impact of LMU’s two-year program that recruits college graduates from across the United States to teach...
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Receives the prestigious Edwin M. Bridges Award from the University Council for Educational Administration Martha McCarthy, SOE’s first President’s Professor, was awarded the 2011 Edwin M. Bridges Award from the University Council for Educational Administration for her long-term, high-impact program of research, teaching and service to the profession. McCarthy’s research is focused in two...
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Research finds that improved outcomes in instruction and student learning were the primary goals for extending the school calendar A new study from the LMU Center for Catholic Education highlights the experiences of three elementary schools in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles as they switch from a 180-day school year to a 200-day school...
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John E. Deasy, superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District, delivered the keynote address at the second annual LMU Charter School Leadership Symposium to a packed audience of faculty, students, charter school leaders, administrators and teachers. Deasy outlined his “three bets” for the future success of Los Angeles schools: human capital, performance management...
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An overflow crowd gathered in LMU’s Ahmanson Auditorium to listen to Shane P. Martin, dean and professor of the LMU School of Education, deliver his eighth annual Convocation address. This year’s address, titled “Transforming Education: Building a Community of Ignatian Inquiry and Impact” highlighted recent accomplishments of LMU’s faculty, staff, students and alumni. Dean...
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