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Mission of the
Graduate School of Education

The mission of the Graduate School of Education at UC Berkeley is to be the world's academic leader in producing and promoting scholarship that improves the quality and equity of educational practices in all settings in which teaching and learning occur. This mission entails three central goals, each related to one of our primary functions as a professional graduate school in a world-class research university:

  • Producing high quality scholarship
  • Preparing the next generation of educational scholars
  • Improving professional practice

Because we are a public school of education, we bear an additional responsibility—what we do to fulfill this mission and achieve these goals must also improve the learning, achievement, and quality of life for students in America's schools. Everything we do—research, professional programs, doctoral programs, and outreach to school and community organizations—must stand the ultimate test of improving practice, extending opportunity, and enhancing performance in our society's educational institutions.