People
Dr. Erica Frankenberg
- Co-Founder & Director, Center for Education and Civil Rights
- Associate Director, Social Science Research Institute
Dr. Chris Fowler
- Associate Professor of Geography and Demography
- Associate Faculty, Population Research Institute (PRI)
Partners
Initiatives
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The work of AdvancED Equity uses original research, data harmonization, and dissemination of public data resources on diverse students’ experiences in schools and colleges to support researchers, policymakers, and educational practitioners who use our research and data to develop evidence-informed solutions to improve educational equity.
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Longitudinal School Attendance Boundaries Study (LSABS)
The Longitudinal School Attendance Boundary Survey (LSABS), represents a cross-disciplinary partnership between researchers in the College of Education and the Department of Geography at Penn State. The groundbreaking effort to collect long-term data on school attendance zone boundaries from districts nationwide.
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Partnership with the State College Area School District (SCASD)
Our partnership supports the State College Area School District (SCASD) in advancing equity through data analysis, professional development, and strategic collaboration. In addition to annual reporting, CECR collaborates with the district on equity in mathematics.
Centers & Institutes at Penn State
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The Center for the Study of Higher Education at the College of Education
One of the nation’s first research centers established specifically to study postsecondary education policy issues.
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Penn State Law Civil Rights Appellate Clinic
Provides intensive training in appellate advocacy by involving students in noncriminal civil rights cases before the state appellate courts, federal courts of appeal, and the U.S. Supreme Court.
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The Population Research Institute
A multidisciplinary center that supports innovative population research.
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Penn State Law’s Center for Immigrants’ Rights Clinic
At the Center, students produce white papers, practitioner toolkits, and primers of national impact for institutional clients based in Washington D.C., and across the nation.
National Centers
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Facilitates collaboration among advocates, researchers, and educators from across the country to break down barriers and build lasting solutions to desegregate and diversify classrooms and schools.
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The Civil Rights Project/Proyecto Derechos Civiles at UCLA
Renewing the civil rights movement by bridging the worlds of ideas and action, to be a preeminent source of intellectual capital within that movement, and to deepen the understanding of the issues that must be resolved to achieve racial and ethnic equity as society moves through the great transformation of the 21st century.
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This University of Virginia School of Law institute aims to expand the opportunity for every student in the United States to enjoy access to a high-quality education.
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National Coalition for School Diversity (NCSD)
A network of national civil rights organizations, university-based research centers, and state and local coalitions working to promote school diversity.
About CECR
To create a fairer education system and a stronger democracy, CECR works to promote school integration. Integrated schools help reduce inequality and prejudice, build understanding across different backgrounds, and prepare students to thrive in a diverse society.
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