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

Education Law

Education Policy

Educational Reform

Higher Education

Multicultural Education

Education policy

Multicultural education

Wellford (Buzz) Wilms

Organizational change and the diffusion of ideas from one sector to another

Using action research to foster broad participation within organizations

Rebuilding social fabric at the local level to sustain positive changes

Wellford W. Wilms, “Taking Back our Schools – and Fixing Them”, View Complete Publication), April 20, 2006

Wellford W. Wilms, Altering the Structure and Culture of American Schooling,î Phi Delta Kappan, April 2003. (View Complete Publication)

Wellford W. Wilms, Warren H. Schmidt, and Alex J. Norman, To Protect and to Serve, University of California, Los Angeles, November 19, 2002.(View Complete Publication, size: 504KB)

Wellford W. Wilms and Deone M. Zell, Awakening the Academy: A time for new leadership, Anker Publishing Company, Bolton, Massachusetts, 2002.(View Complete Publication)

Wilms,W.W., Teruya, C., and Walpole, M. Fiscal Reform at UCLA: The Clash of Accountability and Academic Freedom, Change, September/October 1997. (View Complete Publication, size: 51 KB)