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  1. Educator Tips

    Eight factors that affect your California teacher salary

    Predicting your California teacher salary can be challenging. There are a surprising number of factors that determine your compensation—factors you should consider to maximize your earnings potential. Learn how a...

  2. Research

    Brain study suggests how students learn from mistakes

    An fMRI-based study of error-monitoring shows that students who are focused on monitoring their own learning process, rather than on getting right answers, learn better over time.

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  3. Educator Tips

    What’s it like to be a doctoral student?

    Being a doctoral student is an experience like no other. As the highest level of scholarship within education, you’ll experience academic rigor, have to navigate personal challenges, and maintain exceptional...

  4. Educator Tips

    How to provide leadership for educational equity

    Leadership for educational equity refers to increasing student access through systemic change. It’s an important career goal for anyone who aspires to create more opportunities for historically marginalized students. If...

  5. Faculty News

    Ed policy expert honored for commitment to public discourse

    Morgan Polikoff receives accolade for connecting education research to the public

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    Seven key takeaways about the education specialist credential

    The Education Specialist Credential is designed for teachers who want to help students with a variety of learning differences. Formerly referred to as SPED, or Special Education Teaching Credential, the...

  7. Rossier News

    Community colleges partner with USC against racism

    The USC Race and Equity Center is uniting with California's community colleges A new initiative from the USC Race and Equity Center will bring together leaders from California’s community colleges...

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    What is student retention, and why does it matter?

    Student retention is an important metric of success for universities and students. However, determining how to measure it—and interpreting the results—presents a complex challenge for higher education administrators. Cue Jerome...

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  9. Rossier News

    Celebrating the class of 2020, with a promise of commencing

    A ceremony unlike any previous graduation, but spirited nonetheless