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Dr. Stephen Hancock, Assistant Director of The Urban Education Collaborative, was recently named the winner of the UNC Charlotte College of Education Diversity Award. This award is given to one outstanding, full time faculty member who exemplifies the goals outlined in the COED’s Diversity Commitment statement*. The recipient will display a deep commitment to diversity, […]

The Urban Education Collaborative (UEC) has been awarded an exclusive contract to facilitate meetings for the Race Matters for Juvenile Justice initiative, which is a collaborative leadership group formed by the Juvenile Judges of North Carolina’s 26th Judicial District. The UEC will bring together judicial officers, systems experts, service providers and community partners who have […]

Kimberley Steele, Doctoral Fellow with The Urban Education Collaborative, has been selected to participate in the 2013 North Carolina Association of Colleges and Teacher Educators Spring Forum (NCACTE) on Friday, April 05, 2013. The title of her presentation is, “A History of Schooling: The Question of Equity and Equality” will provide educators with relevant data […]

Elizabeth Etters, Doctoral Fellow with The Urban Education Collaborative, has been selected to participate in the AERA Institute on Statistical Analysis for Education Policy on Mathematics Education and Equity, a component of the AERA grants program. The 2013 Instiute, held in Washington, DC, will provide hands-on training in the application of large-scale data sets, with […]

Urban Education Collaborative Director, Chance W. Lewis, was selected to be on the cover of High Hopes Digital magazine based on his work in urban education. Additionally, his work was highlighted in a feature story.

Chance W. Lewis, Carol Grotnes Belk Distinguished Professor of Urban Education has been selected as the 2013 recipient of the Dr. Carlos J. Vallejo Memorial Award for Lifetime Scholarship. This award is given annually to one scholar/practitioner based upon the following criteria: a) illustrating effort in producing scholarship which advances multicultural and multiethnic education (broadly […]

Chance W. Lewis, Carol Grotnes Belk Distinguished Professor of Urban Education was selected by the Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison to serve as a Visiting Scholar from February 21-24, 2013. Dr. Lewis will provide a series of lectures in urban education for the university community, K-12 community and Madison, […]

On February 15, 2013, Dr. Stephen Hancock (Assistant Director, The Urban Education Collaborative) and Post-Doc Fellow, Dr. Ayana Allen will be presenting their paper “Racialized Perspectives and Research: The Emergence of Critical Autoethnographic Scholarship at the 2013 Winter Rountable Conference at the Teachers College of Columbia University.

Dr. Chance W. Lewis, Director of The Urban Education Collaborative has been selected to serve a three-year term on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Negro Educaiton. This appointment was based on his extensive work in the areas of urban education and African American education.

Due to the inclement weather in the Charlotte area, the Beyond the Bricks Community Producer Program Orientation will be rescheduled to 4pm on Tuesday, January 29, 2013 at the UNC-Charlotte Center City Building. For more information, please e-mail Dr. Lewis at chance.lewis@uncc.edu or call 704.743.4207.