About

A research school of education
Warner's mission
PREPARE practitioners and researchers who are knowledgeable, reflective, skilled and caring educators, who can make a difference in individual lives as well as their fields, and who are leaders and agents of change;
GENERATE and disseminate knowledge leading to new understandings of education and human development, on which more effective educational policies and practices can be grounded;
COLLABORATE – across disciplines, professions and constituencies – to promote change that can significantly improve education and support positive human development.
Our diverse work in each of these domains is informed by the following underlying beliefs: the improvement of education is in pursuit of social justice; development and learning shape and are shaped by the contexts in which they occur; the complexity of educational problems requires an interdisciplinary and collaborative approach; and best practices are grounded in research and theory, just as useful theory and research are informed by practice.
History
Established in 1958 and named the Margaret Warner Graduate School of Education and Human Development in 1993, Warner has a long tradition of research, education, and community outreach. In the last 20 years, Warner has doubled in size of students and faculty, increasing its reputation nationally and internationally, while also making significant contributions to the community and area schools and organizations.
Warner Advances Under Dean Borasi (2001-2018)The Scandling Legacy and the Naming of the School


Raymond F. LeChase Hall
Dedicated in 2013, Raymond F. LeChase Hall is the home of the Warner School of Education. It is located on the Wilson Quadrangle, right in the heart of the University's River Campus.
It is a light-filled space for research, collaboration, teaching, and learning. It houses faculty and staff offices, 14 classrooms, 12 group meeting and conference rooms, a computer lab, the newly dedicated Raffaella Borasi Student Center, and many different kinds of spaces for studying and gathering as a community.
More on LeChase HallRochester, NY

Diversity and inclusion
The Warner Graduate School of Education and Human Development is dedicated to fostering a learning community that represents and builds on the rich diversity of human experiences, backgrounds, cultures, histories, ideas, and ways of living. Consistent with our dedication to education, leadership, counseling, and human development that can transform lives and make the world more just and humane, we recruit, support and learn with and from students, staff, and faculty from the broadest spectrum of human diversity. Likewise, we seek the same through our interactions with the broader local and global community.