2003: Growing Into a National Model for Schools of Education

Founding Dean Harold Levine lays out his vision for the School: to serve as a model for a different kind of school of education, one whose work makes a concrete, identifiable and relevant difference for educators, policymakers, students and communities.

Milestones & Achievements

• School graduates first class, sets goal to triple number of faculty and double number of graduates
• School hosts first public lecture: Capital City Education Forum features United States Acting Deputy Secretary of Education Eugene Hickock
• Alumna Tamara Thornell (BS ’93, Credential ‘94) named California Teacher of the Year

“We are a different kind of education school. At UC Davis, the integration of research, practice and policy drives our number one focus: the education of real kids in real classrooms.”
          –Founding Dean Harold G. Levine