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Big things are happening at UCI OCEAN! Check out our 2025 Story of Impact on the NNERPP 2025 Yearbook! From local classrooms to global partnerships, we are proud to share our latest milestones in educational equity and collaboration. Here’s a look at what we’ve been up to: Monroe UC Irvine Community School: The Monroe UCContinue reading “2025 UCI OCEAN Story of Impact”

We are thrilled to share the UCI OCEAN Fall 2025 Newsletter! This edition highlights the vibrant work of our community, featuring updates on our OCEAN Seminar Series and the introduction of our latest Faculty and PhD Student Dissertation Fellows. Dive into our latest Research-Practice Partnership highlights, including the 2025 NNERPP Annual Forum, the Monroe UCContinue reading “Fall 2025 Newsletter”

We’re excited to invite you to a special family-friendly community celebration on Saturday, May 10, 2025 at 11:00 AM at Madison Park, 1528 S. Standard Avenue, Santa Ana, CA, hosted by the UC Irvine School of Education, the Santa Ana Unified School District, the City of Santa Ana, and the Santa Ana Early Learning Initiative (SAELI)—with support from the NationalContinue reading “You’re Invited! UC Irvine School of Education Partnership Showcase, Early Childhood Education, and Community Celebration”

As part of the University-Assisted Community School (UACS) partnership between Monroe Elementary and UC Irvine’s School of Education, a team of 13 administrators from UCI’s School of Education Orange County Educational Advancement Network (OCEAN), Santa Ana Unified School District (SAUSD) and Monroe Elementary recently visited two innovative schools in San Diego. The group toured Design39CampusContinue reading “UC Irvine School of Education and SAUSD Leaders Explore Innovative School Models in San Diego”

By Sam Bersola On February 12, 2025, faculty and administrators from the UC Irvine School of Education joined educators from Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego counties at Monroe Elementary School for the launch of its STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math) and Project Lead the Way (PLTW) programs.  The event highlighted Monroe’s innovativeContinue reading “UC Irvine Faculty, OCEAN and Teacher Academy Administrators Join Monroe Elementary for STEAM and Project Lead the Way Program Launches”

Check out this episode of The UCI Podcast, where Andres Bustamante, associate professor of education and faculty director of UC Irvine’s Orange County Educational Advancement Network guides us on a tour of the playful learning landscapes he has helped install in schools and community locations throughout the city of Santa Ana and explains how and why they’reContinue reading “Bringing the Classroom into the Community”

UC Irvine School of Education, Santa Ana to unveil playful learning installations at park EVENT: UC Irvine’s School of Education, in partnership with the city of Santa Ana’s Parks, Recreation, and Community Services Agency and the Santa Ana Early Learning Initiative, is holding a community celebration to unveil four interactive learning installations at Madison Park andContinue reading “UC Irvine School of Education, Santa Ana to unveil playful learning installations at park”

​The University of California, Irvine School of Education will join with the Santa Ana Unified School District to launch their first university-assisted partnership at James Monroe Elementary School. The School of Education regularly engages in research-practice partnerships with SAUSD schools and programs. The university-assisted partnership with Monroe Elementary is distinctive for allowing a more robust,Continue reading “School of Education to enter university-assisted partnership with Santa Ana district”

UC Irvine School of Education in partnership with the city of Santa Ana, Santa Ana Unified School District, Northgate Market and the Santa Ana Early Learning Initiative, hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024 at the bus stop on the northeast corner of Main Street and McFadden Avenue in Santa Ana. The UCI School ofContinue reading “Grand Opening Celebration for Playful Learning Landscape Project”