Global Reach
Educators travel from throughout the country and around the globe to observe in our classrooms and consult with UCLA Lab School teachers, researchers, and school leaders. These visits offer opportunities to discuss educational ideas in context and allow visitors to observe innovative practices firsthand.
Over the years, visitors have come from:
- Australia
- Deakin University School of Education, Melbourne
- Azerbaijan
- Khazar University, Baku
- Barbados
- Ministry of Education, Youth Affairs and Culture
- China
- Ministry of Education
- Cyprus
- Cyprus Pedagogical Institute
- England
- University of Cambridge
- Germany
- Institut for Erziehungswissenschaft und Bildungsforschung, Hagen
- India
- Eklavya School, Ahmedabad
- Italy
- University of Palermo
- Japan
- Daiden Co., Ltd.
- Fukuoka Prefectural Government
- Inatuki Elementary School
- Kitakyushu College
- Kyushu University
- Lizuka Higashi Hoikusyo
- Sacred Heart University
- Seinongakuin University
- Sasaguri Junior High School
- Takata Town Office
- Wakamura Gakuen
- The Netherlands
- Katholieke Universiteit, Nijmegen
- Norway
- Ostfold College School of Education
- Taiwan
- National Tapei University of Technology
- Thailand
- Bangkok Archdiocese Education Department
- Kasem Pittay School, Bangkok
- Kindergarten Association of Thailand
- Office of Provincial Primary Education, Samutprakran
- Thailand Ministry of Education
- Tibet
- Tibetan Children’s Village School
- Uruguay
- University of Uruguay
United States
- Arizona
- Phoenix Country Day School
- Manzanita Elementary School, Kingman
- Tempe School District
- California
- Apple, Inc.
- America Reads
- California Polytechnic Institute, Pomona
- California School Library Association
- California State Assembly
- California State University, Channel Islands
- California State University, Fullerton
- California State University, Los Angeles
- Calisphere Primary Resources Portal
- Children’s Literature Council of Southern California
- Cisco Systems
- Claremont College, Claremont
- Computer Using Educators (CUE), Los Angeles
- Developmental Learning Consultants, Del Mar
- Even Start Program, North Fork
- Los Angeles County Office of Education
- Los Angeles Trade Tech College
- Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles
- Microsoft, Inc.
- Milken Family Foundation
- Natural History Museum, Los Angeles
- Pacific Bell
- Page Museum Education Department, Los Angeles
- Pepperdine University, Los Angeles
- Southern California Institute of Architecture, Los Angeles
- Sun Microsystems
- Superintendents’ Learning Community
- Tag Toys, Compton
- University of California, Davis
- University of California, Santa Barbara
- Venice Family Clinic
- Volunteers of America, Harbor City
- West Los Angeles College
- Will Rogers State Historical Park
- Florida
- Liberty City Elementary School, Miami
- Indiana
- Indiana University, Bloomington
- Kansas
- Emporia State University
- Louisiana
- Jefferson Parish Schools
- St. Bernard Parish Schools
- St. Tammany Parish Schools
- School Leadership Center of Greater New Orleans
- Massachusetts
- Alden Elementary School, Duxbury
- Duxbury High School
- Michigan
- University of Michigan
- Missouri
- Hixson Middle School, St. Louis
- New York
- Prospect Elementary School, Hempstead
- Syracuse City Schools
- Yeshiva Darchei, Monsey
- Ohio
- Ohio State University
- Oregon
- Heartlight School, Jacksonville
- Oregon State University
- Pennsylvania
- The Petersmeyer Family Foundation, Philadelphia
- University of Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- Brown University
- Texas
- Lubbock Unified School District
- Texas A&M University
- Washington
- Mukilteo School District
- Washington, D.C.
- Inter-American Development Bank
- U.S. Department of Education
- Washington International School
- Wisconsin
- University of Madison
- Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
When Gillian Ryan started her teaching career, she envisioned herself at the helm of a vibrant, creative classroom, one where she could engage students in active learning about subjects that held deep meaning for them. Then the reality of what she calls "the traditional education system and the mountain of standards" set in.
UCLA Lab School fundamentally set me on a course that changed my life. It taught me global history and helped me to understand the city of my birth and cultures and traditions far afield...These lessons helped me to know myself and to embrace the world around me.