Dr. Mica Pollock, UC San Diego professor of Education Studies and director of the Center for Research on Educational Equity, Assessment and Teaching Excellence (CREATE) at UC San Diego, has been named one of the top 200 scholars who “did the most last year to shape educational practice and policy” in Education Week’s 2020 RHSU…
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We’re all more connected to immigrants — and immigration policies — than we think
Mica Pollock, professor in UC San Diego’s Department of Education Studies and director of the Center for Research on Educational Equity, Assessment and Teaching Excellence (CREATE), wrote an op-ed column for Iowa’s Des Moines Register to connect with people where she grew up. Read the article below or online here. We’re all more connected to…
This Week @ UC San Diego: It Takes a Network
The Center for Research on Educational Equity, Assessment and Teaching Excellence (CREATE) is the lead story in the May 30, 2019 issue of This Week @ UC San Diego. “To raise a child with a fair shot at college, it takes more than a village—it takes a network.” Read the article here.
Dr. Susan Yonezawa Recipient of 2019 Dr. Winston C. Doby Impact Award
Dr. Susan Yonezawa, associate director of UC San Diego’s Center for Research on Educational Equity, Assessment and Teaching Excellence (CREATE), received a 2019 Dr. Winston C. Doby Impact Award at this year’s annual University of California System-wide College and Preparation (CAP) Forum luncheon on May 8 at the San Diego Marriott La Jolla. The CAP…
Commentary: For young San Diegans, choosing freedom over fear is not about Republican or Democrat politics
The San Diego Union-Tribune published the following commentary by Mica Pollock, professor in the Department of Education Studies and director of the Center for Research on Educational Equity, Assessment and Teaching Excellence (CREATE) at UC San Diego. Youth are calling for the nation to be not only kind but safe. By MICA POLLOCKPROFESSOR OF EDUCATION…
Celebrating Breakthrough Teaching at UC San Diego
Teaching broadcast journalism to elementary students. Teacher-friendly computer science instruction. New ways of promoting social justice in schools. Breakthrough teaching practices were the focus of the fourth annual teaching and learning conference hosted by UC San Diego’s Department of Education Studies (EDS) and the Center for Research on Educational Equity, Assessment and Teaching Excellence (CREATE)….
Words Matter: The Repercussions of What We Say – And Don’t Say – About Students
Tim Walker for NEA Today interviews CREATE Director Mica Pollock about her new book, “Schooltalk: Rethinking What We Say About – and to – Students Every Day.” The way we communicate about and with students can have major equity implications, Pollock says. Her new book explains how. Read the article here or full text below….
Innovation and Networking at UC San Diego’s ‘Teaching for Impact’ Education Conference
Light morning drizzle and grey skies could not stop 230 dedicated educators from attending “Teaching for Impact: Innovative Practices for Today’s Standards,” the third annual conference for local educators hosted by UC San Diego’s Department of Education Studies (EDS) and the Center for Research on Educational Equity, Assessment and Teaching Excellence (CREATE). Held at Pepper…
San Diego U-T: UCSD Recruits Future Tritons at SD High
A crowded gym of excited San Diego High School students were encouraged to follow their college dreams at Wednesday’s Achieve UC event, a University of California initiative to assist and inspire high school students to prepare for and stay on the path to a college education. Please read the San Diego Union-Tribune story about Achieve…
This Week @ UC San Diego Highlights CREATE Partnership Programs
CREATE partnership programs connecting UC San Diego undergraduates to K-12 students in San Diego schools are featured in a top story in This Week @ UC San Diego, the university’s online weekly news magazine. The article, “The Power of Partnerships,” spotlights service learning opportunities for UC San Diego undergrads, and includes the Department of Education Studies’ Partners at Learning program…
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