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 xcellence in urban education is the mantra at the Rossier School of Education. But it’s more than mere rhetoric, says Dean Guilbert C. Hentschke. “Promoting excellence in urban education is character-istic of the innovative educational products and services that typify our school and its partners on the USC campus.”
Examples of such activities involving Rossier School faculty and students include:
• The Neighborhood Academic Initiative, a campus-based pre-college enrichment program that prepares students from the neighborhoods closest to USC for admission to college. Graduates who are accepted to USC receive free tuition.
• The USC Family of Five Schools, a partnership created to provide special educational, cultural and developmental opportunities in five public schools close to USC’s University Park Campus.
• The USC Latino and Language Minority Teacher Project, a Rossier School program providing social and academic support to bilingual teacher’s aides who work in public schools, enabling them to continue their studies and become full-time teachers.
• Century-LIFT, a partnership with developers of affordable housing to provide tutoring to children living in those housing complexes. Graduates who are accepted to USC receive free tuition.
• The Science Center School, an Exposition Park K-5 school devoted to science education in partnership with the Rossier School of Education, the California Science Center and the Los Angeles Unified School District. The school is scheduled to open in the fall of 2001.
• The Los Angeles Compact on Evaluation (LACE), a partnership with UCLA to measure academic gains from the Los Angeles Annenberg Metropolitan Project (LAAMP), a five-year, $53 million matching-grant program to benefit Los Angeles County schools.
RESEARCH INTERESTS AMONG Rossier School faculty members include:
• Governance models and administrative policies to revitalize schools, colleges and universities.
• Approaches to multicultural teaching and learning, particularly in reading and language acquisition.
• Risk factors for teen drug use, teen pregnancy and violence among youth, as well as counseling programs designed to protect against these social problems.
• Methods to improve access to, and effectiveness of, community colleges, which educate a growing portion of the state’s high school graduates.
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