With $18.6 million raised to date, the LMU School of Education is poised to close its $20 million campaign fundraising goal by May 31, 2012. This effort is part of a $380 million university-wide campaign initiative. For the School of Education, funds raised have supported the creation of highly innovative programs as well as...
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More than 150 Los Angeles area alumni, faculty, staff and community partners gathered at LMU on March 21 to reconnect with colleagues and friends and strengthen professional networks. Shane P. Martin, dean and professor of the School of Education, acknowledged the evening was an opportunity to “express our gratitude toward our alumni for being...
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SOE professor is named president-elect of the California Association of Professors of Educational Administration Franca Dell’Olio, assistant professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and director of the SOE’s Institute of School Leadership and Administration, has been named president-elect of the California Association of Professors of Educational Administration. CAPEA is a statewide organization of...
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Research is the first to simultaneously study factors affecting teacher retention and their connection to schools and neighborhoods in L.A. Michael Gottfried, an assistant professor in the LMU School of Education, was awarded a $52,648 grant by the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation to evaluate the Teach For America program in Los...
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LMU’s recently published study on the effectiveness of inner city Catholic schools (more here) has been cited in numerous local and national publications, including opinion pieces by former Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan and Los Angeles Archbishop José H. Gomez. From Archbishop Gomez’s article in The Tidings, “Nationally, we spend about $10,300 a year...
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The LMU School of Education proudly presents its 2011 Annual Report – UP: Taking Education to a Higher Level. As the educational landscape continues to change, both here in Los Angeles and across the nation, this publication highlights the impact LMU faculty, students and alumni have on the real world of PreK-12 schools. Click...
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SOE is moving forward as LMU enters the final months of its Capital Campaign. Two recent major gifts supporting high impact programs in our region are profiled below. LMU’s Center for Catholic Education received $250,000 over two years from the Weingart Foundation. This grant will allow LMU faculty to create a replicable model for...
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Martha McCarthy was preparing to retire from her faculty position at Indiana University and wasn’t in the job market when she was nominated to be the SOE’s first Presidential Professor. “It was serendipity,” says one of the nation’s leading scholars in educational law and policy. “I was so impressed with the school and its...
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As the LMU Family of Schools looks forward to another school year, we are pleased to announce some new additions to our family. Building upon LMU’s Jesuit and Marymount traditions and our strong relationships with the Catholic K-12 schools in our community, we welcome into the LMU Family of Schools: – St. Anastasia Catholic...
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SOE is moving forward as LMU enters the final year of its Capital Campaign. Five recent major gifts that support student scholarships, faculty research and innovative programs that are having a dramatic impact on education in the region and across the country are profiled below. Sixteen master’s degree candidates in the Charter School Leadership...
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