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The principal was Corinne A. Seeds, a visionary educator who was influenced by the teachings of John Dewey. Seeds became a key figure in developing and promoting progressive education. She believed that “to keep education dynamic, children must have experiences that they care about.”
The children’s school was called University Elementary School (UES) and was led by principal Corinne A. Seeds. An educator heavily influenced by the teachings of John Dewey, Seeds became a key figure in developing and promoting progressive education during the 1930s, '40s and '50s.
22 mag 2013 · Jim Kennedy, a Los Angeles Unified School District educator with a record of innovative work in urban schools, has been appointed principal of Corinne A. Seeds University Elementary School (UES), the laboratory school for the Graduate School of Education & Information Studies at UCLA.
Seeds removed herself from public life; her long-promised book summarizing her educational philosophy never appeared. The University Elementary School underwent a series of changes after she retired, eventually becoming a highly desirable private school, still located on the UCLA campus.
- Kathleen Weiler
- 2011
4 giu 2013 · Corinne Seeds (1889-1969) was the principal of the Training School of the University of California, Southern Branch (1925). In 1929, the school was renamed the University Elementary School (UES), and in the late 1940s, the school moved to the UCLA campus with the first permanent UES buildings opening in 1950. She retired in1957.
Manuscript reports, correspondence, photographs, clippings, and related printed matter concerning the University Elementary School, University of California, Los Angeles.
The collection consists of biographical and historical materials, scrapbooks, sample units of work, publications and studies, and photographs relating to Seeds' work at the UCLA University Elementary School.
