Centers & Initiatives

Center for Education in Small Urban Communities serves as the liaison for school-university partnerships.

Center for Culturally Responsive Evaluation & Assessment brings scholars and practitioners together around issues of cultural context in evaluation and assessment.

The Early Childhood Collective provides research and resources for educating and raising young children.

Education Justice Project expands higher education within American prison populations.

Forum on the Future of Public Education disseminates credible information on key questions facing P-20 education.

Illinois New Teacher Collaborative provides statewide leadership for promoting new teacher induction and mentoring programs.

Office of Community College Research & Leadership studies policies, programs, and practices designed to enhance outcomes for diverse youths and adults who seek to transition to and through college to employment.

Office for Mathematics, Science & Technology Education enhances student achievement and teaching performance in math, science, and technology.

University Primary School is a pre-K through fifth-grade Reggio Emilia-inspired lab school.