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The mission of the USC Rossier School of Education is to prepare leaders to achieve educational equity.

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USC Rossier @uscrossier.bsky.social · 1h
Congratulations, Mary Helen Immordino-Yang, on being named a 2026–27 CASBS Fellow at Stanford. Her fellowship year will support a new book on transcendent thinking, built on more than two decades of research into how adolescents learn to grapple with complex ideas. hashtag#USCRossier
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USC Rossier @uscrossier.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Yasemin Copur-Gencturk received two NSF grants. The funding will expand AI-assisted professional development for teachers and examine how educators learn in AI-supported environments. Read the full story: bit.ly/4dQlwCX #USCRossier #HigherEd
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USC Rossier @uscrossier.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"Personalization is, to me, the key to success." From teaching in Room 11 to leading six school districts, double Trojan Don Brann reflects on more than 50 years in California education. Read the full Q&A: bit.ly/47iGhUa #USCRossier #EducationLeadership
USC Rossier alumnus Don Brann smiling with headline: "Personalization is, to me, the key to success." The USC Rossier logo is displayed on the top right corner.Two archival photos of Don Brann with text highlighting his 50-year career as a California educator and his latest conversation with USC Rossier.Don Brann quote on AI in education emphasizing human relationships and trust, over a background showing study materials alongside his headshot. The USC Rossier logo is displayed on the bottom right corner.
Dimmed portrait of Don Brann smiling in a floral shirt, overlaid with a smaller black-and-white inset photo of him as a young boy. Text across the center reads: "Tap the link to read the full Q&A."  The USC Rossier logo is displayed on the bottom right corner.
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USC Rossier @uscrossier.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
California's General election is on Tuesday, November 3. 🗳️ If you’re voting in LA County, make sure you’re registered by October 19. Registering is easy, and it saves you time whether you vote by mail, drop off your ballot or vote in-person at a USC Vote Center. votesc.turbovote.org
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USC Rossier @uscrossier.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Monique Datta began as a secondary teacher. Today she chairs doctoral dissertations at USC Rossier, where she earned her doctorate. She reflects on her mentors and how life in Hawai‘i shaped her view of leadership. Read the interview: bit.ly/46Fbxwt #USCRossier #EdD
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‘Hawai‘i has strengthened my belief that leadership is a responsibility, not simply a position’ | USC Rossier
Monique Datta, an alumna of USC Rossier’s EDL program and a faculty member, reflects on her early years in the classroom, the mentors who shaped her and how life on O‘ahu has shaped her perspectives o...
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USC Rossier @uscrossier.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The first day of fall brings fresh focus, a full calendar and meaningful work 🍂🗓️ What’s your focus this season? #USCRossier #HigherEd #FirstDayofFall
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USC Rossier @uscrossier.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
This Latinx/e Heritage Month, we're thinking about the Latino and Latina educators, mentors and family members who shaped how we teach, learn and lead. Who influenced your path in education? #USCRossier #HigherEd #EducationLeadership
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USC Rossier @uscrossier.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Shanah Tovah to everyone celebrating Rosh Hashanah, beginning at sundown tonight. Wishing you a sweet new year ahead. #RoshHashanah
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USC Rossier @uscrossier.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
On Labor Day, we recognize the educators and education workers who show up every day to teach, counsel, lead, and support. Their work shapes students, schools, and communities. Thank you for the work you do. #USCRossier #LaborDay #EducationLeadership
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USC Rossier @uscrossier.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Is what students know authentic, or just AI output? That's part of what Stephen Aguilar, co-director of the USC Center for Generative AI and Society, explores as he discusses how students and educators use AI in the classroom. #USCRossier #AIinEducation #HigherEd
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USC Rossier @uscrossier.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Applications are being accepted for the 9th cohort of the USC EdTech Accelerator, a six-month virtual program for entrepreneurs building education technology solutions. No tuition, no equity taken. Apps close Sept. 30. bit.ly/3UyDyD4 #USCRossier #EdTech
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USC's EdTech Accelerator Opens its Application Portal for the 2026-2027 Program | USC Rossier
LOS ANGELES, CA--Today, USC's Rossier School of Education announced that it will be accepting applications from September 1st through September 30th for the 9th cohort of its EdTech Accelerator.
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USC Rossier @uscrossier.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Last week was New Student Convocation. USC Rossier School of Education was there to celebrate, and we're looking forward to everything this year holds. Fight On! #USCRossier #HigherEd
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USC Rossier @uscrossier.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
A new school year is here. For incoming students, it's a fresh start. A chance to reset, refocus and step back into what matters most. What's one intention you're setting for this school year? Share in the comments. #USCRossier #BackToSchool #NewSchoolYear
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USC Rossier @uscrossier.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Two scholars, one shared vision for equity in higher ed. Zoë Corwin and Royel Johnson are now co-directors of the USC Pullias Center for Higher Education, pairing her research-practice partnership work with his focus on system-impacted populations. #USCRossier #HigherEd
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USC Rossier @uscrossier.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
TIME Magazine has named the USC EdTech Accelerator one of America's Best Incubators & Accelerators for 2026. It supports EdTech solutions to improve the quality and equity of education, from early childhood through adult learning. bit.ly/3Sp2j3M #USCRossier #EdTech
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USC Rossier @uscrossier.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Zoë Corwin and Royel Johnson are the new co-directors of the USC Pullias Center for Higher Education, succeeding Adrianna Kezar's 21-year tenure. Kezar continues as director emeritus through 2028. #USCRossier bit.ly/4zmJ0sL
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USC Pullias Center for Higher Education announces new leadership | USC Rossier
Scholars Zoë Corwin and Royel M. Johnson to serve as co-directors of the nation’s premier higher education research center.
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USC Rossier @uscrossier.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
AI is a phase shift, not a revolution in education. Stephen Aguilar, associate professor of education, argues AI works only when the tool, the user and the environment work together, and environment is what schools tend to overlook. #USCRossier bit.ly/4huyN74
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Authenticating Intelligence: A Conversation with Stephen Aguilar | USC Rossier
Aguilar on AI’s real limits in the classroom and the risks of moving too fast without evidence.
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USC Rossier @uscrossier.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
"Behind every doctoral student is a personal story that often goes unseen." Edgar Lopez PhD ’24's dissertation on mentorship for Latino/x men in PhD programs has won four national awards, including from AERA and AAHHE. Read more:https://bit.ly/3TGe9Hl #USCRossier
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USC Rossier @uscrossier.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Royel Johnson, associate professor of higher education at USC Rossier, has been named incoming editor of The Review of Higher Education, ASHE's flagship journal. His five-year term begins in November as the journal marks 50 years. bit.ly/3UinPI0 #uscrossier
Portrait of Royel M. Johnson with text reading 'Congratulations to Royel M. Johnson, named incoming editor of ASHE's The Review of Higher Education.
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USC Rossier @uscrossier.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Join USC Rossier faculty members Dr. Jessica DeCuir-Gunby, Gale Sinatra and Brendesha Tynes as they lead key events at the American Psychological Association's annual convention, Aug. 6-8 in Washington, D.C., and online. Click here to register: bit.ly/4fDKOFS #USCRossier #HigherEd #APA2026
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USC Rossier @uscrossier.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Christine Rocha grew up minutes from USC but didn't feel going there was possible. The Pullias Center's "I Am" mentoring program helped change that. Now Rocha, EdD '26, is a triple Trojan. Read her inspiring journey: bit.ly/4fyJqmC
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A triple Trojan’s journey turning proximity into purpose one degree at a time
Christine Rocha EdD ’26 shares her academic journey as a first-generation student from the neighborhoods surrounding USC.
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USC Rossier @uscrossier.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
What's really happening inside Southern California school districts right now? Four superintendents got specific about it at a USC Rossier Connects panel with Dean Pedro A. Noguera. Read the recap. bit.ly/4vGUeFg
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Veteran superintendents chart a course through declining enrollment, budget pressures and board politics
USC Rossier Connects panel gathered Southern California school district leaders who shared lessons on keeping schools viable, staff supported and school boards aligned.
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USC Rossier @uscrossier.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
"Maybe college isn't for people like you." A counselor told Kristopher Acevedo that as he faced dismissal. He came back, earned his doctorate at USC Rossier & became a professor, hoping to show students like him that college can be for them too.https://bit.ly/4gz4D23 #USCRossier
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‘Maybe college isn’t for people like you’
As a walk-on basketball player at UC Riverside, Kristopher Acevedo’s academic dismissal set him on a path from nearly losing his place in college to a doctorate and a career in higher education.
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USC Rossier @uscrossier.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
For almost 200 years, young people have pushed U.S. education forward. A new USC Rossier brief traces 16 youth-led movements and pairs each with an evidence-based policy idea. Read: bit.ly/3TedPiB #USCRossier #EducationLeadership
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USC Rossier’s Critical Policy Collective releases “250 Years of Promise,” a nonpartisan research brief tracing two centuries of youth-driven educational change
New brief connects 16 movements, from the 1837 founding of the Institute for Colored Youth to today’s Student Action on Curricular Restrictions.
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USC Rossier @uscrossier.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Wishing our students, alumni, faculty, staff and community a safe and enjoyable Fourth of July. #USCRossier
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USC Rossier @uscrossier.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
The Delphi Award, presented by the USC Pullias Center for Higher Education and AAC&U, provides $15,000 to two institutions annually for transformative and systemic support of contingent and VITAL faculty. Applications close July 10. Complete yours today. Apply: bit.ly/44G6U4e
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Apply for The Delphi Award | Pullias
The Selection Process The Fine Print Award funding should be used to support on-going implementation of the policy if in process, to expand the policy or practice, or to develop and support a new poli...
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USC Rossier @uscrossier.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
For Tina Boonmag, the doctoral journey is about the "hardest chapter" and the stories stamped on her cohort sweater. From celebratory "poofing" to unofficial immersions, her allies helped her climb through "horrible" hurdles with glitter highlighters and joy. #USCRossier
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USC Rossier @uscrossier.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
At City Heights Prep, more than 30 languages are spoken among 150 students, most of them refugees. Elias Vargas EdD '17 is showing what democracy looks like in practice. [link] #USCRossier bit.ly/4fhYHZ9
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How a school of refugees led by a Rossier alum is demonstrating democracy
Elias Vargas EdD ’17 is transforming civic engagement, starting in the classroom.
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USC Rossier @uscrossier.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Summer is more than a break. It's a reset. For educators, students and everyone who shows up to learn and teach each day, this season offers something rare: space. Here's to a summer that restores your energy and renews your sense of purpose. #USCRossier #FirstDayofSummer #SummerBreak
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USC Rossier @uscrossier.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Juneteenth marks a pivotal moment in American history, one worth pausing to honor and reflect on. Wishing everyone a meaningful Juneteenth. #USCRossier #Juneteenth #EquityInEducation
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USC Rossier @uscrossier.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
For Sridaya Mandyam Kumar, a doctorate isn't an "ivory tower", it's about being a practitioner scholar helping others. Her "action-drama" journey from engineer to teacher has been a "metamorphosis" of grounding journals and the realization that no one is alone. #USCRossier
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USC Rossier @uscrossier.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Empty classrooms. Shrinking budgets. What does a district do when enrollment falls? Pedro Noguera, dean of USC Rossier, and Rubén Aurelio join the Education on the Line podcast. 🎙️ apple.co/4fWkW8X #USCRossier #PublicEducation #EducationPolicy
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Education On The Line
Education Podcast · Updated Biweekly · Education On The Line (formerly titled Sparking Equity) is a podcast focusing on the mounting political, financial, legal and ideological threats to public educa...
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USC Rossier @uscrossier.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
From Oakland kindergarten teacher to PhD student, Reina Kang is honoring her "season" and finding community in vulnerability. #USCRossier #PhDStudent #StudentStories
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USC Rossier @uscrossier.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
In 1924, a plague hit LA. Nora Sterry, a USC Rossier-trained educator, didn't leave. She spent two weeks in the quarantine zone feeding families. Her controversial reforms became standard in public schools by the 1930s. For 100 years, USC Rossier's people have been in the community. #USCRossier
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USC Rossier @uscrossier.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
PhD work is heavy, but it shouldn't be lonely. For Jimmy Agilash, a "just finish and go home" plan turned into a "romantic comedy" of deep-rooted community. From late-night writing to office coffee runs, he’s learned that to truly thrive, you need a community. #PhDLife
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USC Rossier @uscrossier.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Shorter terms, longer days, same Trojan spirit. ✌️ #SummerSemester #StudentLife #FightOn
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USC Rossier @uscrossier.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Congratulations to the USC Rossier Class of 2026. From doctoral candidates to master's graduates, this moment reflects years of research, reflection and care for students and communities. The work ahead matters. ❤️💛 #USCRossier #Commencement
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USC Rossier @uscrossier.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Whatever you're feeling right now is valid. Whether you're celebrating, exhaling, or somewhere in between. This Mental Health Awareness Month, you deserve to be seen. Not just for your achievements, but for the strength it took to get here. #USCRossier #mentalhealthawareness #mentalhealth
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USC Rossier @uscrossier.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Some achievements speak for themselves. This is one of them. To the Class of 2026: your time here has been a testament to your commitment, your perseverance and your belief that the effort is always worth it. Congratulations! #FightOn #USCRossier #Classof2026 #Trojans #USC
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USC Rossier @uscrossier.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Emmy J. Min, Professor of Clinical Education, has been selected as a recipient of the 2026 USC Mentoring Award for Faculty Mentoring Undergraduate Students. The award recognizes exceptional individuals who go above and beyond expectations. Congratulations, Emmy! #USCRossier
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USC Rossier @uscrossier.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
“I’ve always been meant to be a teacher. This is just the beginning.” Meet Starla Edwards, USC Rossier’s 2026 student speaker. Her journey proves it’s never too late to follow your calling. Read more: bit.ly/4eXsZlp #USCGrad #FutureEducators #USCRossier
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USC Rossier @uscrossier.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
A glimpse into USC Rossier at the AERA 2026 Conference. From sharing insights to engaging in meaningful conversations, last week’s conference brought together perspectives that continue to shape the field of education. #AERA2026 #AERA #USCRossier #EducationResearch
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USC Rossier @uscrossier.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
USC Rossier's Master’s Ceremony banner and flag bearers embody the spirit, dedication, & excellence of this class. Jose Carrillo, Master's of Education, Learning Design & Technology program Whitney Root, Master's of Arts in teaching Secondary Education Saturday, May 16 at 4:30 p.m. | Galen Center
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USC Rossier @uscrossier.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
USC Rossier and Cedars-Sinai Health Sciences University are collaborating to prepare the next generation of physician assistants through advanced clinical training, healthcare innovation, and hands-on learning opportunities. Applications are now open. #USCRossier
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USC Rossier and Cedars-Sinai Health Services University open 2026–2027 applications for the Physician Leadership Program
Nationally recognized program prepares physicians to lead in large healthcare organizations.
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USC Rossier @uscrossier.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Huge congrats to Jennifer Root, Ed.D. ’17, named 2026 ACSA Superintendent of the Year! 🏆 This honor reflects her visionary leadership and commitment to her students. Jennifer will be celebrated at the ACSA Gala this November. Join us in cheering her on! ✌️ #ACSA #FightOn
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USC Rossier @uscrossier.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Teacher Appreciation Week is a moment to pause & honor the people who pour so much of themselves into others. The ones who see potential before students see it in themselves. The ones who make the hard work feel worth it. To every educator out there, thank you. #USCRossier #TeacherAppreciationWeek
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USC Rossier @uscrossier.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
USC Rossier’s doctoral banner and flag bearers reflect the spirit, dedication, and impact of this graduating cohort. ✨Desiree O'Neal, Ph.D. in Urban Education Policy ✨Sandra Balbuena, Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership 🗓️ Wednesday, May 13 at 1:00 p.m. 📍 McCarthy Quad #USCRossier
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USC Rossier @uscrossier.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Pedro Noguera, dean of USC Rossier, received the Andrew and Ellen Hauptman Award for Service to a Cause Greater Than Self from City Year Los Angeles. Congratulations, Pedro! #USCRossier
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USC Rossier @uscrossier.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Jewish American Heritage Month recognizes and celebrates more than 350 years of Jewish American history, the stories, achievements, and contributions that continue to shape this country. #USCRossier #JewishAmericanHeritageMonth #JewishAmerican #JewishAmericans #JewishAmericanHIstory
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USC Rossier @uscrossier.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
The future of education is bright! Happy #NationalDecisionDay to our newest @USCRossier scholars and practitioners. You’re choosing to lead, innovate, and advocate for equity. Tag us in your "I'm a Trojan!" photos so we can welcome you to the family!✌️ #NationalDecisionDay
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