The School of Edu­ca­tion at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Cal­i­for­nia, Berke­ley is home to a diverse group of stu­dents and fac­ul­ty joined by their com­mon inter­ests in under­stand­ing and improv­ing the com­plex world of edu­ca­tion. Stu­dents and fac­ul­ty tack­le dif­fi­cult questions—from how chil­dren, youth and adults learn, inside and out­side class­rooms; to how schools, com­mu­ni­ties and soci­eties advance the edu­ca­tion­al and life chances of those they edu­cate. In the process, stu­dents devel­op the nec­es­sary knowl­edge, skills, tools and expe­ri­ences to han­dle those chal­lenges. The School of Edu­ca­tion at UCB engage stu­dents in the­o­ret­i­cal and prac­ti­cal stud­ies, pro­vid­ing oppor­tu­ni­ties to devel­op inter­dis­ci­pli­nary schol­ar­ship, as well as to par­tic­i­pate in field stud­ies, unpack the his­to­ry and phi­los­o­phy of edu­ca­tion, and explore cut­ting edge research.