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Wednesday, February 10

"Teachers and Children in the Urban Schools"
                                                Keynote Address, Chapin Auditorium 7:30 pm
Jonathan Kozol-Author of Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools
and Amazing Grace: The Lives of Children and the Conscience of a Nation

Thursday, February 25

"The Power of Language: Is Bilingual Education Expanding Opportunity or Limiting Assimilation?"
                                                   Symposium, Gamble Auditorium 7:30 pm
Co-Sponsored by the Department of Psychology and Education, the Latin American Studies Program, and the Department of Spanish and Italian.

Moderator:

Peter Negroni-Superintendent of Schools in Springfield, MA
Panel Participants:
Jim Cummins-Professor of Education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto
Charles Glenn-Chair, Department of Administration, Training and Policy Studies, Boston University
Efrain Martinez-Principal, Gerena German Community School, Springfield, MA
Rosalee Porter-Director of Research, Institute for Research in English Acquisition and Development (READ), Washington, D.C., and Amherst, MA

Thursday, March 25

"The Economics of School Choice: Who wins? Who Loses?"
                                                       Symposium, Hooker Auditorium 7:30 pm
Co-Sponsored by the Department of Economics.

Moderator:
Cecilia Rouse-Associate Professor of Economics and Public Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University
Panel Participants:
Martin Carnoy-Professor of Economics and Education, Stanford University
John Chubb-Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution and co-founder of the Edison Project, the country's leading private manager of public schools
Annette Williams-Councilwoman in Milwaukee, one of the first cities in the U.S. with a publicly funded voucher program

Beverly Parks Greenberg '62-Connecticut State Board of Education

Week of April 5th

Expert in Residence:
Herbert Kohl-Senior Fellow at the Open Society Institute; his publications include 36 Children and The Discipline of Hope.

"Fear and Learning at Hoover Elementary,"
Tuesday, April 6
                                                           Film, Hooker Auditorium 7:30 pm
A documentary on the challenges of inner-city schooling in Los Angeles in the context of Proposition 187, violence, and poverty. Film screening and subsequent discussion with Herbert Kohl. Co-sponsored by the Film Studies Program and the Women's Studies Program.

"The Discipline of Hope"

Wednesday, April 7 8:00 pm
                                                            Reading, Odyssey Bookshop
Herbert Kohl will read from his latest book, The Discipline of Hope.

 

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