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LOS ANGELES – As the 2026-2027 academic year commences, schools across the country face new opportunities for engaging students and improving outcomes, as well as significant challenges, including student mental health, ongoing immigration enforcement…
Kyo Yamashiro, Ph.D., took a somewhat circuitous route to higher education and her current position as an assistant professor at LMU School of Education. But through her diverse roles, Yamashiro’s underlying goal has remained constant:…
Each year, the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting is the world’s largest gathering of education researchers and a showcase for groundbreaking, innovative studies in an array of areas. LMU School of Education faculty, staff,…
A team of researchers including Assistant Professor Kyo Yamashiro of Loyola Marymount University’s School of Education released a study that finds that students who take math classes in the 12th grade improve their chances of…
Motivated by questions asked by district leaders over the years and shifts in district policy, Kyo Yamashiro, assistant professor in the LMU School of Education (SOE), collaborated with a team of researchers to garner…
Dr. Kyo Yamashiro is part of a team studying the effect of taking an ethnic studies course on racial inequalities As the debate continues over whether ethnic studies courses should be required in high schools, Assistant Professor Kyo…
