Please note that we are no longer accepting paper applications to conduct research at UES. We invite you to submit your proposal via our new online system. Thank you for your cooperation

An essential element in the CONNECT network is Corinne A. Seeds University Elementary School (UES), the laboratory school for the UCLA Graduate School of Education & Information Studies. UES classrooms, offices and playgrounds serve as dynamic sites for teachers, administrators and researchers to explore topics and issues relevant to children's education and development.

The goals of CONNECT and UES are to stimulate innovative research that has implications for educational practices in schools serving diverse populations of children, and to encourage the exchange of ideas among scholars, practitioners and others concerned with child development and school reform.

CONNECT and UES encourage programmatic research projects that are relevant to educational issues and help to foster a strong community of researchers and teachers who work cooperatively on a long-term basis. Priority is given to proposals consistent with and supportive of these goals and to researchers who are committed to participating in Center activities, including publishing an article about their work in CONNECTIONS, the Center's newsletter, or making a presentation about their work to UES faculty.

Because participation by many disciplines is crucial to the success of this initiative, we welcome unsolicited proposals that mesh with Center objectives from researchers with varied disciplinary affiliations. The Center is designed to encompass a broad range of research topics from many different disciplines. Although priority will be given to proposals that are consistent with the Center's goals, we do not discourage other kinds of proposals.

Researchers interested in conducting projects at UES must complete and submit the research application online.

UES aims for a student population that mirrors the ethnic, socio-economic and linguistic diversity of the state of California. (See the table for demographic information.)

UES classrooms are multi-age except children´s first and last years at the school:

For more information about UES, visit the school's web site at www.ues.gseis.ucla.edu