M.A. in Educational Transformation
Equipping professionals to impact policy, advocacy, learning and teaching from within the classroom and in policy organizations and nonprofits.
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How Will You Transform Education?
Our Master of Arts in Educational Transformation provides you with the knowledge and understanding to make a difference in the lives of students. This program concentrates on experiential learning through a residency-based model, sparking learning that leads to tangible actions for opportunity, and justice, to affect children in schools. Whether you feel called to be teacher, advocate, curriculum designer or policymaker, we ensure you have the tools you need to succeed in education. How do you want to lead education toward equity and justice?
Application Deadlines
December 15 – Priority Scholarship Consideration Deadline
January 15* – Application Fee Waived
April 1 – Final Application Deadline
* = Recommended deadline for international students
What Makes Us Unique
Residency Experience
Our residency experience places you in DC schools and educational organizations, allowing you to work and learn from people in the field.
Critical Lens
We take a critical stance toward the existing structures of education, empowering you to transform student learning and promote social justice.
Career Resources
Our program equips you to work in classrooms and policy settings, and our alumni network and career resources help you discover your path.
Which Concentration Is Right for You?
Meet Our Faculty
Faculty ProfilesProfessor
Director, MA Program in Educational Transformation
Teaching Professor
Asst. Director, MA in Educational Transformation; Teaching Professor, Program in Education, Inquiry, and Justice
Assistant Teaching Professor
“The Educational Transformation program is unique because of its holistic and forward-thinking approach to education advocacy and policy. As a result, I am equipped to enter the space of education policy not only with professional skills but with extensive knowledge to analyze the world around me through a critical and social justice lens that will apply to any profession I find myself in.”