Professional Development Academies in Education

Professional Development Programs in Information Studies

UCLA’s School of Education & Information Studies is home to two departments. Each is a leader in their field, helping to pioneer what's next in the Education and Information worlds.

UCLA Ed&IS faculty are at the forefront of their fields, addressing issues of equality, access and social justice in the fields of education and information. Their scholarship has an international reputation for excellence and commitment to addressing the most critical issues facing our society.

An ecosystem of K-12 teaching schools where UCLA partners to develop, study, share, and advance innovative best practices.

The work at UCLA Ed&IS is guided by the principles of individual responsibility and social justice, an ethic of caring, and commitment to the communities we serve. Learn more about our mission and values, our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion in our faculty and students, our history and more.

Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion are defining features of UCLA Ed&IS and we embrace them as a source of strength.

Department of Education 2023 Information Sessions

Department of Information Studies Programs

Department of Information Studies 2023 Information Sessions

Learn more about the undergraduate and graduate academic programs we offer, when program information sessions are being offered and how to apply.

Department of Education

Comparative and International Education

Ethnic Issues

Multicultural Education

Edith Mukudi Omwami

Education Undergraduate Program

Social Sciences and Comparative Education

Access, participation and funding of education

Edith Mukudi Omwami, Charlotte Neumann, and Nimrod Bwibo. 2010. “Effects of a School Feeding Intervention on School Attendance Rates among elementary schoolchildren in rural Kenya.” Nutrition: International Journal of Applied and Basic Nutritional Sciences, doi: 10.1016 (2010.01.009).

E. M. Omwami and R. K. Omwami. 2010. “Public investment and the goal of providing access to primary education in Kenya.” International Journal of Educational Development, 30 (3): 243- 253.

Omwami Mukudi, E. 2010. “Relative-change theory: examining the impact of patriarchy, paternalism, and poverty on the education of women in Kenya.” Gender and Education. (in Press)

Omwami, E. M. and E. J. Keller. (2010). “Public Funding and Budgetary Challenges to providing Universal Primary Education in Sub-Saharan Africa.” International Review of Education, 56 (1): 5-31.

Edmond J. Keller and Edith M. Omwami (2007). “Federalism, Citizenship and National Identity in Ethiopia,” International Journal of African Studies, 6(1): 37- 69