Christopher Janson

We believe in empowering schools and communities by uniting strengths, inviting advocacy, and inspiring innovation.

The center's goals include:

1. Improving urban schools through high quality professional development
2. Informing the work of the Center for Urban Education and Policy and the College of Education and Human Services through high-impact research and assessment
3. Creating substantive school-community relationships that empower and inspire educational innovation
4. Bridging the university with the community and schools through information, resources and relationships that acknowledge the existing assets and resources of each entity