Center for Public Education & Community Engagement
Our Mission
The TCU Center for Public Education & Community Engagement (CPECE) advocates for public education by informing others on issues that impact students, educators, schools, and communities. We study, support, and strive to strengthen public education by building partnerships, engaging in a variety of initiatives, and promoting research.
At CPECE we acknowledge education as a civil and human right as well as a public good and put resources into the community to help high school students find their path to college. The Center builds collaborative partnerships, engages in a variety of initiatives, and promotes research about related and relevant issues.
Education in Action
Gun violence in our classrooms is an ongoing public health crisis which necessitates immediate, preventive actions both inside and beyond our schools; current research does not support that the effectiveness of increased surveillance or crisis-response protocols are effective strategies in preventing gun violence, but does support whole-community responses and proactive school safety measures such as threat assessment programs and mental health supports.