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Urban Education

Join our dynamic community of scholar-practitioners and local experts. We are a department rooted in linguistic equity, racial justice, and disability liberation. Urban Education at Rutgers-Newark is the only teacher preparation program in New Jersey with an undergraduate major in ESL and Bilingual Education, among many other notable offerings.

Urban Education Department Launches Pioneering ESL Programs for Multilingual Learners

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Let’s Go To Work!

Senior Nuralhoda Elsaid Looks to Address Inequities in Global Education

Recent News

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Urban Education Department Launches Pioneering ESL Programs for Multilingual Teaching Candidates

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Redefining and Revolutionizing Honors

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Teachers of Color Share Photos, Stories in Rutgers-Newark Exhibition

Book cover of We’re Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation

Hope and Joy in Urban Education Lecture and KDP Induction Ceremony

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Disability Studies Experts Focus on Special Education to Prison Pipeline

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Department Chair Dr. Lynnette Mawhinney on NJTV: Barriers That Exist For Teachers of Color

Disability Studies Faculty Focus on ‘Special Ed to Prison Pipeline’