The Urban Education Dialogue Series

The Ph.D. Program in Urban Education and Continuing Education & Public Programs at the CUNY Graduate Center, with support from the Ford Foundation, are sponsoring a series of Urban Education Dialogues. The topics of the dialogues are key contexts for urban educational reform.

Each dialogue asks two noted scholars to present for thirty minutes each and then dialogue with one another and the audience. The dialogues will take place in the Proshansky Auditorium on the Concourse Level of the Graduate Center at 5th Ave. and 34th Street. All events are scheduled from 6:30-9:30 PM.

September 22 Achievement and the “Achievement Gap”

Ron Ross, The National Urban League
Ronald Ferguson, JFK School of Government at Harvard University

October 22 Language and Culture

Geneva Gay, University of Washington
Antonia Darder, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

November 17 Theoretical Transformation and Educational Reform

Carla O’Connor, University of Michigan
Doug Kellner, University of California

December 10 Race, Ethnicity and Immigration

Sonia Nieto, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Lois Weis, University at Buffalo

Faculty and students (including whole classes) are invited – there is no admission fee. Please RSVP to Christine Saieh, APO, if you plan to attend any of the sessions either by email at csaieh@gc.cuny.edu or telephone at 212-817-8282 (You may RSVP up to a week before the event).

The Ph.D. Program, with Ford Foundation support, is sponsoring a conference on Urban Education at the Graduate Center on Friday, November 14, and Saturday, November 15 titled:

Transforming Urban Schools: Whose Vision?

We look forward to seeing you at the events.


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