The C.W. Post School of Education is most interested in working with students who come into the field of education with a sense of personal mission. We are committed to working with students who care deeply about children and believe that intellectual vigor is critically important but not the exclusive goal of education. Our broader focus is on healthy and whole human development.
Educational achievement follows upon balanced and whole human development.
In this context, the School of Education at the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University commits itself to being responsive to the social and cultural issues that play out in the daily lives of children, our schools and our local communities. These ideals, undergirding our undergraduate and graduate programs are clearly evident in projects we have undertaken with schools, most notably a collaborative effort with the School Development Program of Yale University and the Westbury School District. This project is intended to develop a child-centered model of educational renewal in what we have come to recognize as one of a growing number of urbanized suburbs. Funded in part by the Rockefeller Foundation and other philanthropic organizations, this initiative is the first of its kind in the nation. Our collaboration creates unprecedented opportunities for students of education and practicing educators.