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Dr. Hancock was invited to speak on Charlotte Talks an NPR network show.  The topic was on Early Childhood Education and the importance of literacy with an emphasis on low wealth students. Charlotte Talks with Mike Collins has become the region’s exclusive forum for the discussion of politics, growth, the arts, culture, social issues, literature, […]

One of our own graduate students, Brittany Hunt, was featured in a Washington Post article.  To read the article, click here.

The Urban Education Collaborative at UNC Charlotte is excited to announce its 1st Annual Urban Education Week that highlights various events that will support and improve urban educational environments.  More specifically, Urban Education Week will bring together various stakeholders to galvanize the collective energy to improve urban schools in Charlotte and the state of North […]

The International Conference on Urban Education was featured in the Diverse Issues in Higher Education National Publication. Check out the article and share with your networks.

We are excited to welcome back Freedom School Partners for the 2018 Summer.  Freedom School Partners promotes the long term success of children by preventing summer learning loss through igniting a passion for reading and inspiring a love of learning.  You can read more about Freedom School Partners here. 

The Urban Education Collaborative would like to welcome our new team members that will play a pivotal role in our success in 2018 and beyond. Stephanie Jones-Fosu, Doctoral Student, Urban Education is the new Belk Graduate Assistant. She will work closely with our Director, Dr. Chance W. Lewis on research projects and initiatives that further […]

Congratulations to Dr. Chance W. Lewis being named the first Diversity Faculty Fellow by Provost Joan Lorden.  As director of the Urban Education Collaborative, he has been committed to disseminating the next generation of research on the improvement of teaching and learning in urban schools. His research targets achievement gaps in urban education, African American student […]

Please join us for our upcoming conferences.  Coming up first is our 4th Pursuing Extraordinary Outcomes in Public Education Conference, October 30, 2017.  This highly anticipated conference focuses on the academic achievement of students in our nation’s schools and what we can do to help them achieve extraordinary outcomes.   We are also pleased to announce […]

Urban Education Faculty Affiliates Dr. Tambra O. Jackson, IUPUI and Dr. Ayana Allen-Handy, Drexel are guest editors for the International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education. The Special Themed Issue is entitled, Centering the Significance of Qualitative Studies on the Social and Political Contexts of Education to Inform Policy. Click here for the Call for Submissions.

The Urban Education Collaborative’s Assistant Director, Dr. Stephen Hancock, will be the Keynote Speaker at the CAAAE Summer Institute at Stanford University.  Please click here for more information.