Mission & Vision
We partner with the education ecosystem to change school systems through Humanizing Research, Validating Practices, and Transformative Policies with key stakeholders to support equitable educational outcomes for historically underserved students.
Our vision is for learning communities to boldly nurture and protect the dignity, wellbeing, and full potential of all students.
Our Work
System-involved youth. Equitable school funding. Diversity among educators.
These are some of the topics we engage with to produce research that impacts both practice and policy. Our work informs some of the most pressing challenges our society faces today.
The UCLA
Black Male Institute
The UCLA Black Male Institute, founded by Dr. Tyrone Howard, addresses concerns around equity and access for Black males in education.
Investigators.
Collaborators.
Changemakers.
Advocates.
We are a team of passionate experts applying our lived experiences as administrators, educators, parents, students and activists to transform public education systems.
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“If anyone in those decision-making rooms is an expert on education, it’s the students, it’s the teachers, it’s the people who are at the forefront of every single policy that’s being made.”
@Harvard undergrad & organizer/activist @kashishbastola champions #studentvoice.
High school senior and former member of Nashville Mayor's Youth Council, Alima Kassim, reflects on the TN Covenant School shooting & encourages her peers to create solutions to help their greater community feel safe. Listen to Episode 18: https://tinyurl.com/2dzjck99
#creatingchange
I was proud to partake in the mass civil disobedience at the Fed today alongside hundreds of fearless activists from across the country.
Playing by the rules hasn’t worked. Biden must end fossil fuel finance and declare a climate emergency now!
