Sep 29, 2008
Gloria Ladson-Billings is a professor of education at the
University of Wisconsin-Madison, an author of many works and an
expert on the education of low-income and minority students.
She was the second speaker of the highlight session of "Teaching to
a New Nation," EWA's regional seminar on teacher quality held Sept.
19-20 at Chicago Public Radio.
NPR's Claudio Sanchez moderated the panel which also included
Patricia Gandara, co-director of the Civil Rights Project at UCLA,
and Sherrie Gahn, principal of Whitney Elementary in Las Vegas.