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  1. A young student in a cardinal and gold USC sweatshirt works at a laptop.
    Rossier News

    USC Rossier promotes ambitious agenda to help schools

    Dean Pedro Noguera outlines five projects enabling USC Rossier to 'respond effectively' to challenges.

    Featured Faculty

  2. Portrait of Michele Turner, head of USC's Office of Business Diversity and Economic Opportunity.
    Alumni Story

    Building the foundation for economic opportunity

    Michèle G. Turner BS ’81, EdD ’14 is blazing a path forward for diverse contracting at USC.

    Featured Faculty

  3. Autumn, a student in the Crenshaw Family YMCA’s after-school program, measures the structure she built for a bridge building challenge. (Photo/Rebecca Aranda)
    Education News

    What do universities owe their communities?

    USC Rossier can lead the way in showing how universities can and should show up for their communities.

    Featured Faculty

  4. Sylinda (left) and Aja (right) participate in a yoga class during after-school programming at the Crenshaw Family YMCA.
    Student Story

    With Veda Ramsay-Stamps MPA ’18 at the helm, the Crenshaw Family YMCA has become an essential community hub

    After a career in public policy took this Global EdD student from Washington, D.C., to Fresno, Calif., Ramsay-Stamps found her way back to the heart of L.A.

    Featured Faculty

  5. The USC Leslie and William McMorrow Neighborhood Academic Initiative kicked off in September 2018 with a red carpet event. (Photo/USC, David Sprague)
    Education News

    NAI teams up with USC Rossier for summer school math academy

    New collaboration helps students transition from eighth to ninth grade math

    Featured Faculty

  6. Andrew Nikou in his Los Angeles office
    Giving

    Paying it forward

    The Andrew Nikou Foundation backs a crowdsourcing model that seeks solutions to education problems.

  7. STEM
    Educator Tips

    For some students, technology is a barrier. Here’s what STEM educators can do about it.

    Editor’s note: Dieuwertje J. Kast EdD ’20 is an alumna of the Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership program, where she studied with three of her mentors, professors Anthony Maddox...

    Featured Faculty

  8. Teacher helping student at computer
    Educator Tips

    How can schools use data effectively?

    Data is an essential tool for K–12 schools. When used effectively, it helps districts identify and achieve important goals. Students, staff and the broader community can all benefit. But when...

  9. USC, Los Angeles skyline
    Education News

    Crowdsourcing innovative solutions to improve schools via The Education (Re)Open

    During the COVID-19 pandemic, the education ecosystem has struggled like never before. Innovations—old and new—are essential in renewing, reimagining and rebuilding the ecosystem in timely and equitable ways. After a...

  10. Los Angeles Skyline
    Education News

    Education Re(Open) to surface Los Angeles community’s best school ideas

    USC Rossier’s Center EDGE launches new platform to harness innovative and timely solutions After a year of massive challenges in trying to address huge gaps and needs, and as many...