To further extend interest and support for critical issues in education, information studies, and new media, The Sudikoff Family Institute has provided the following resources:

Articles of Interest

OnCUE: Computer-Using Educators quarterly magazine features the work of Sudikoff Fellow Douglas Kellner, who contributes his perspective on technologyÕs role in the classroom.

The San Francisco Chronicle: In a February 14, 2005 Op-Ed article, Sudikoff Fellow Mitchell Chang comments on the effects of repealing affirmative action on minority student enrollment at the University of California.

Center X transforms UCLA's pre-service Teacher Education Program, its professional development programs for practicing professional educators, and outreach into a new configuration of collaborative activities among UCLA faculty and K-12 educators. Center X provides rigorous, high-status pre- and in-service professional education to radically improve urban schooling for Los Angeles' children. For further information, please visit: www.centerx.gseis.ucla.edu/tep

Located within UCLA's Graduate School of Education & Information Studies, CSE/CRESST has pioneered the development of scientifically based evaluation and testing techniques, vigorously promoting the accurate use of data, test scores, and technology for improved accountability and decision making. For additional information, please visit: www.gseis.ucla.edu/research/cse

Housed in UCLA's Graduate School of Education & Information Studies, The California Center for the Book is a non-profit organization that celebrates California's rich literary heritage and promotes reading, libraries, literacy, and authorship. The agency is dedicated to developing and supporting local and statewide programs and initiatives in California related to books and reading, develops and maintains book and literacy related resources, and encourages and supports the study of print and electronic culture. For further information, please visit: www.calbook.org

Considered one of the world's most influential thinkers and educators of the late twentieth century, the late Paulo Friere revolutionized the study of literacy, as well as reformed pedagogy and teaching. The Paulo Freire Institute seeks to create an ongoing dialogue among scholars of his work to foster the advancement of new pedagogical theories and interventions in education. For more information, please visit: www.paulofreireinstitute.org

Housed in UCLA's Graduate School of Education & Information Studies, the Higher Education Research Institute serves as an interdisciplinary center for research, evaluation, information, policy studies, and research training in postsecondary education. HERI's research program covers a variety of topics including the outcomes of postsecondary education, leadership development, faculty performance, federal and state policy, and educational equity. The Institute's holdings include more than a hundred datasets that are regularly maintained for analysis of postsecondary education. For more information, please visit: www.gseis.ucla.edu/heri

CIDE is a research and action center that provides quality information on a variety of issues related to international and development education. The Center offers a series of publications, research programs, and practical initiatives, as well as networks with existing development and academic institutions. CIDE offers a variety of services including information sharing, education, and evaluation. For additional information, please visit: www.gseis.ucla.edu/cide

A center for research and innovation in elementary education, CONNECT links nationally recognized researchers with teachers and administrators at the Corrine A. Seeds University Elementary School (UES) and public schools in Southern California to investigate central issues in education. CONNECT's education, research and public outreach programs are designed to examine children's learning and development from pre-school to 6^th grade, investigate the work of teaching diverse student populations, and encourage the exchange of ideas among scholars, practitioners and policy makers concerned with child development and school reform. To learn more, please visit: www.connect.gseis.ucla.edu

IDEA is a network of UCLA scholars, students, professionals in schools and public agencies, advocates, community activists, and urban youth dedicated to making high quality public schooling and successful college participation routine occurrences in low income neighborhoods of color. IDEA uses research and advocacy to empower individuals, build relationships, and create knowledge for civic participation and social change and seeks to become the intellectual home of a broad based social movement that challenges the pervasive racial and social class inequalities in Los Angeles and in cities nationwide. Please visit: idea.gseis.ucla.edu

UC ACCORD is an interdisciplinary, multi-campus research center devoted to a more equitable distribution of educational resources and opportunities in California's diverse public schools and universities. This distinctive UC voice serves as an information and research clearinghouse and catalyst for promoting the delivery of high-quality, equitable schooling to all students. ACCORD harnesses the research expertise of the University of California to identify strategies that will increase college preparation, access, and retention. Policymakers, researchers, teachers, outreach staff, and students all benefit from this source of reliable information for equitable education policy and practice. To learn more, please visit: ucaccord.gseis.ucla.edu

To gain access to the scholarship and work of faculty at the Graduate School of Education & Information Studies, or to obtain contact information for individual faculty members, please visit: www.gseis.ucla.edu/faculty