Upcoming Events on Education and Race Issues

Wed., February 8, 2006
4-6:00pm: Race and Achievement Series
Models of Excellence for Multilingual, Multiracial and Multiethnic School Communities
Theresa Perry, Professor of Africana Studies and Education Simmons College
Donna Rodrigues, Founding Principal of the University Park High School, Worcester, MA, Program Director, Jobs for the Future
Alicia Carroll,Boston Public Schools Science Coach and Award-winning Teacher
Stephanie Clark, Conant Fellow, Harvard Graduate School of Education and former BPS first grade teacher
Location: Lesley University, Marran Theater
29 Everet Street, Cambridge, MA

Thursday, Feb. 9, 2006
4:00-6:00 p.m.: Forum On Race And Education at Simmons College
Racial Identity Development in K-12 Students: What Educators, Community Activists, and Parents Should Know
Linda K. Paresky Conference Center, 300 Fenway, Simmons College.

Friday, Feb. 10, 2006
4:00-6:00 p.m.: Forum On Race And Education at Simmons College
Connecting the Dots: How Race in America’s Classrooms Affects Achievement
Paresky Conference Center, 300 Fenway, Simmons College

Wednesday February 15, 2006
5:30 pm-7:00 pm: Askwith Education Forum
Equity of Opportunity for All Children
Jason Kamras, National Teacher of the Year
Askwith Lecture Hall, Longfellow Hall. All Askwith Education Forums are free and open to the general public. Tickets are not necessary

Thursday, March 2, 2006
4-6:00pm: Race and Achievement Series
Understanding and Working with Vietnamese American Students
Min Zhou, Professor of Sociology, Chair, Department of Asian American Studies University of California, Los Angeles
Location: Boston Children's Museum
300 Congress Street, Boston

Friday March 3, 2006
6:00 pm-7:30 pm: Askwith Education Forum
Education and Catastrophe: Communities of Color Responding and Moving Forward
Askwith Lecture Hall, Longfellow Hall. All Askwith Education Forums are free and open to the general public. Tickets are not necessary

Thursday March 9, 2006
6:00 pm-7:30 pm: Askwith Education Forum
Community Organizing and School Reform
Ernesto Cortés, Jr., Director of the Southwest Industrial Areas Foundation,
Jeannie Oakes, Presidential Professor in Educational Equity at UCLA and Director of UCLA's Institute for Democracy, Education & Access
This discussion will be moderated by Mark Warren, Associate Professor of Education, HGSE.
Askwith Lecture Hall, Longfellow Hall. All Askwith Education Forums are free and open to the general public. Tickets are not necessary

Tuesday March 14, 2006
5:00 pm-6:30 pm: Askwith Education Forum
Learning to be a Citizen: Civic Education and Immigration in the U.S.
Panelists will include: Massachusetts State Senator Jarrett Barrios (D-Cambridge); Maria Carlo, Assistant Professor, School of Education, University of Miami; Antonio Gonzalez, President, Southwest Voter Registration Education Project; Judith Torney-Purta, Professor of Human Development, University of Maryland; and Fernando Reimers, Ford Foundation Professor of International Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education. This forum is co-sponsored with the University Committee for Human Rights Studies.
Askwith Lecture Hall, Longfellow Hall.

Thursday, March 23, 2006
4:00-6:00 p.m.: Forum On Race And Education at Simmons College
Building Friendships Across the Racial Divide: The Problems and Possibilities
Simmons College Alumnae Hall, 321 Brookline Avenue

Friday, March 24, 2006
4:00-6:00 p.m.: Forum On Race And Education at Simmons College
In Search of Wisdom: Higher Education for a Changing Democracy
Alumnae Hall, 321 Brookline Avenue

Wednesday, April 26, 2006
4:30-6:30pm
Cultural Responsive Practices and the School Achievement of Students of Color
Lisa Delpit, Executive Director / Eminent Scholar Center for Urban Education & Innovation at Florida International University
Location: Simmons College, 300 The Fenway, Boston