Building the bench

Evan Scott stood on the 13th green in Los Cabos, Mexico, looked at the Sierra de la Laguna Mountains and marveled at how far he had come. Here was a kid from the toughest part of Philadelphia surveying a putt in paradise.      Read more >>

New York City illustration

COE brings urban school leaders together

Community and school leaders from across the region came together at the College of Education’s Distinguished Lecture Series Tuesday evening to discuss new ways to partner with each other.       Read more >>

Broughal Middle School

Lehigh Launches a Community School Partnership

More than 100 people came out earlier this week as Lehigh launched a community school partnership with Broughal Middle School. The Center for Developing Urban Educational Leaders (CDUEL) in the College of Education is leading this unique partnership in an effort to expand opportunities for students in urban schools.      Read more >>

Allentown Principal Leadership Initative

The Allentown Principal Leadership Initiative (APLI) unites multiple institutions to increase student achievement in the Allentown School District by developing 14 aspiring and 50 practicing school leaders to serve as instructional leaders with strong transformational and entrepreneurial leadership skills.

The Center for Educating Urban Educational Leaders (CDUEL) is dedicated to conducting rigorous research and developing exemplary school leaders to produce high quality schooling experience for urban children across America. CDUEL was founded in October 2006 with the generous support of Peter Bennett ’63.

Since its inception, CDUEL has persistently been working toward its commitment to improve urban schools and close the achievement gap between low-income urban students and their middle class peers by selecting, educating, and placing passionate competent urban school leaders.