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In high school, Alexis Allen experienced education inequity firsthand. At UVA, she turned her frustration into action. Alexis is graduating with her bachelor's degree in Youth and Social Innovation.

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  • Youth-Nex

Getting Paige Madden to ease up on anything she does in life is a little like asking a bee to stop buzzing – which is why University of Virginia swimming and diving head coach Todd DeSorbo and his...

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  • Kinesiology

Why did you choose the UVA School of Education & Human Development for your program of study? There are lots of reasons, not the least of which is the Ed School’s outstanding reputation. The fact that...

"I grew up in several different housing projects watching my mom do the best job that she could with four kids as a single mother, so my motivation was to make her proud and show kids who grew up like I did that we don't have to be another statistic." Kion is graduating with his Master of Teaching degree.

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Online gaming and social media can offer opportunities for social interactions for autistic teenagers and adults, according to psychology researcher Micah Mazurek.

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  • Supporting Transformative Autism Research

A new partnership between the University of Virginia’s School of Education and Human Development and students at UVA’s School of Law supports educational leaders as they work to connect their school- and division-level efforts to larger policy initiatives and current research.

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  • Education Leadership, Foundations & Public Policy

In the last installment of the University's series on "UVA and the History of Race," Associate Professor Emerita Patrice Preston Grimes details the history of the "Deseg Center," created at the School in 1967 to provide technical assistance and funding for the state to achieve public school integration.

Four steps to a rewarding, in-demand healthcare profession.

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Three EdPolicyWorks researchers will partner with the Virginia Department of Education to study the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on Virginia’s public schools.

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  • EdPolicyWorks

How do we account for what students have lost academically during a year of pandemic schooling? Early data has begun to shed light on where student learning stands – and how to move forward.

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  • Education Leadership, Foundations & Public Policy