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The Culver City Education Fund and Culver City Unified Superintendent David LaRose have recognized Dean Shane P. Martin, Dr. Magaly Lavadenz and Dr. Curtiss Rooks (Associate Dean, BCLA) of LMU with this year's LA Urban Homes Superintendent's Award. Dean Martin has been instrumental in coordinating a partnership between LMU and CCUSD to provide support, resources, time and collaboration for K-12 math instruction. Dr. Lavadenz's leadership and support for Project STELLAR (Science Teaching for English Learners-Leveraging Academic Rigor) has provided valuable training for our teachers and administrators along with innovative programs for our students. Dr. Curtiss Rooks is creating a collaboration to benefit CCUSD and LMU students with a focus on enhanced teacher preparation.‌

Dr. Elaine McNeil-Girmai, '10, was recently named principal at Tucker Elementary School in Milton, MA. Currently the assistant principal/academic director of Empower Charter School in Brooklyn, N.Y., Elaine was the top candidate out of the 51 applicants for the principalship.

Claire "Daanee" Touchstone, Cohort 5, presented at the 14th Annual White Privilege Conference in Seattle, Washington, April 10-14, 2013. Her presentation, "Money, Class, and Multiracialism: The Intersectionality of White Privilege and Racial Microaggressions In the Black-White Mixed-Race Experience," examined the relationship between money and social class (as racialized components) and White privilege in the experiences of multiracial people. Looking at interracial marriage combinations and implicit racial hierarchy in the United States, this workshop specifically reflected on how Black-White multiracial people receive racial microaggressions based on the perceived wealth (or lack thereof) and social class standing due to their parents' racial combinations.

Manny Aceves, Cohort 7, recently delivered a presentation, "Partnership and Possibilities for a New STEM Elementary Demonstration School in Los Angeles," at the fifth annual California Association of Latino Superintendents and Administrators (CALSA) "Research to Practice" Conclave in Education at the Santa Clara County Office of Education.

Second year student, Esther Perez, was accepted to the AERA Emerging Scholars Workshop. Participants will discuss important topics of relevance to success in the early career including complicating identities as a scholar, teacher, writer, and researcher, and negotiating the logistics of an academic career. The workshop also will provide networking opportunities for participants with established scholars.

Dana Lebental, Cohort 6 candidate for August 2013 degree, was selected to participate in the 2013 David L. Clark National Graduate Student Research Seminar in Educational Administration & Policy, sponsored by the University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA), Divisions A and L of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Corwin Press and Sage Publications. This seminar brings emerging educational administration and policy scholars and noted researchers together for two days of presentations, discussion, and professional development. Clark Seminar Participants are outstanding doctoral students in educational leadership, administration, and/or policy, seeking careers in research.

Dana's presentation, "Women Principals of Jewish Secular High Schools in Israel: Access and Progress," is a quantitative investigation focused on women high school principals at Jewish secular schools throughout Israel. Despite challenges, Israeli women have succeeded in obtaining over half of the principal positions at Jewish secular high schools, but the degree to which there is equal gender access to leadership roles in the school system remains unclear. Her study examined whether there is clustering of women in high school principal positions in certain geographical areas and the process by which these women obtained principal positions. The data include an examination of the distribution of women principals based on available national data, a geographical comparison among the six districts in Israel, and a questionnaire that determined more detailed demographics. This study will contribute to the growing body of international research on women in educational leadership.

Doctoral candidate, Luis Garcia, Cohort 4, inspired inmates during a graduation ceremony at the Twin Towers Correctional Facility in Downtown Los Angeles on April 11 – 48 graduated with Life Skills and General Educational Development (GED) certificates and two earned their high school diplomas. Luis was the guest speaker. Read more.

March 2013 Doctoral Newsletter
- LMU's School of Education Jumps Nine Spots in U.S. News Rankings
- Dr. Martha McCarthy, Presidential Professor, has a new book out: Public School Law: Teachers' and Students' Rights (7th Edition)
- Dr. Elizabeth Reilly, Professor of Educational Leadership, was elected as Secretary/Treasurer for a 3-year term for the AERA International Studies Special Interest Group, which represents the research of international scholars from dozens of countries.
February 2013 Doctoral Newsletter

2011 Newsletters

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Dec 12: EDVISION - December 2011 Now Available
Dec 09: Doctoral Students Profiled in Recent Press
Nov 11: Doctoral Student Quoted in the LA Times
Nov 04: Ed.D. Candidate Named to Forbes List of World's Seven Most Powerful Educators
Jul 15: Ed.D. Candidate's Success Story
Apr 04: LMU Doctoral Students Travel to Sacramento

2012 Newsletters

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Dec 11: Antonia Darder Pens Column in the New York Times
Dec 06: Dean Shane P. Martin Delivers 9th Convocation Address
Nov 13: EDVISION - November 2012 Now Available
May 23: EDVISION - May 2012 Now Available
May 17: Doctoral Program Graduates Another Class Committed to Impact
May 15: Magaly Lavadenz is Awarded a Major Federal Grant
May 10: Faculty and Alumnus Receive Awards at AERA Conference
May 01: Doctoral Candidate Named Local Area Superintendent
Apr 02: EDVISION - April 2012 Now Available
Mar 30: Antonia Darder Delivers Lecture on Testing, Inequalities and the Brain
Feb 13: President's Professor Martha McCarthy Honored with National Leadership Award