University of Massachusetts Amherst

Enhancing Student Achievement Through Social Justice Education

This is a three credit social justice education institute for K-12 educators.

The Institute welcomes over 25 participants from various locations throughout the United States.

Social Justice Education's central focus is the preparation of professional educators, counselors, and change agents who are able to understand and work effectively with social justice issues in formal educational settings. It provides graduate degree programs of study for educational professionals who teach and practice at all levels of the educational system, kindergarten through college.

Institute faculty are Barbara Love, Bailey Jackson and Maurianne Adams.