CECIMS, located in the Gevirtz Graduate School of Education, was established in 1990 with the goal of improving mathematics and science education for all students by:

• Helping transform educational institutions into ones that are student-centered and meet the needs of underrepresented groups;
• Enabling teachers to provide mathematics and science programs that are meaningful and relevant to the culture and experience of all students;
• Providing students the opportunity to understand, appreciate the significance of, and enjoy doing mathematics and science;
• Increasing administrative, parent and community understanding of and support for reform in mathematics and science;
• Addressing how race, class, gender and other forms of bias affect learning and teaching.

Contact Dr. Julian Weissglass at weissglass@education.ucsb.edu