Oct 1, 2008
EWA's Public Editor Linda Perlstein, the author of two books chronicling a year at different schools, moderates this panel that explores how education reporters can enhance their reporting with artful writing. Joining the panel are New Orleans Times-Picayune reporter Sarah Carr, who recently published a series about a...
Sep 29, 2008
Patricia Gandara, co-director of UCLA's Civil Rights Project, spoke
about the challenges in educating English language learners and
immigrant students and important it is they succeed to the
country's future.
She was the final speaker of the highlight session of "Teaching to
a New Nation," EWA's regional seminar on...
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...
Sep 29, 2008
Sherrie Gahn, principal of Whitney Elementary School in Las Vegas,
discussed the extreme measure she and teachers take to compensate
for their students' troubled backgrounds and to help them
learn.
Her school was recently featured
in a story in the Las Vegas Sun.
She was the first speaker of the highlight session of...
Sep 29, 2008
Author Donna Foote, whose most recent book "Relentless Pursuit" chronicled the professional lives of four Teach for America teachers at Locke High School in L.A., moderates this panel focused on the education of teachers. Thomas Lasley, dean of the University of Dayton's education school, and Michael Whitmore,...