The College of Education faculty, students and staff have a variety of outreach projects, partners and programs where research merges with practice.  The College of Education has established as its unique theme the goal of developing “The Effective Urban Educator: Reflective, Innovative, and Committed to Diversity.” As such, the College believes that it can develop educators as critical, creative thinkers prepared to assume leadership roles in settings in the real world in which it is located -- a metropolitan environment with people who are diverse. Reflection and innovation are essential, recursive practices that have long been recognized as important and valuable cognitive processes for developing quality teachers.  Through the various projects, education meets the real world.  Some of the current projects in the College of Education include:

• Whole Schooling Consortium
• Self-Determination & Transition (S.T.E.P.S)
• Life Centered Career Education (LCCE)
• Volunteers, Administrators & Coaches
• Institute for Learning & Performance Improvement
• GO-GIRL (Gaining Options: Girls Investigate Real Life)
• Metropolitan Detroit Bureau of School Studies (MDBSS)
• Journal of Modern Applied Statistical Methods (JMASM)
• Institute for the Study of the African American Child (ISAAC)