
The 1-5-15 Bulletin
11/18/2016
The 1-5-15 Bulletin's Purpose
Feel free to email me directly if you would like to talk more about a specific topic shared this week at robert.sahli@spps.org.
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1 Minute
5 Minutes
Gloria J. Ladson-Billings (born 1947) is an American pedagogical theorist and teacher educator on the faculty of the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Education and researcher at the Wisconsin Center for Education Research. She is currently Assistant Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs. Ladson-Billings is known for her groundbreaking work in the fields of Culturally Relevant Pedagogy and Critical Race Theory. Ladson-Billings work The Dreamkeepers: Successful Teachers of African-American Children is a significant text in the field of education. Ladson-Billings served as president of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) in 2005. During the 2005 AERA annual meeting in San Francisco, Ladson-Billings delivered her presidential address, "From the Achievement Gap to the Education Debt: Understanding Achievement in U.S. Schools," in which she outlined what she called the "education debt", highlighting the combination of historical, moral, socio-political, and economic factors that have disproportionately affected African-American, Latino, Asian, and other non-white students. (from Wikipedia)
Here is the link to But That's Just Good Teaching! The Case for Culturally Relevant Pedagogy
15 Minutes
This week's 15 minutes will come from Geoffrey Canada's Ted Talk Our Failing Schools - Enough is Enough.
Geoffrey Canada lays out some of the major issues plaguing education today. He focuses on the archaic practices that were practiced 100+ years ago that are still happening in our schools today.
Geoffrey Canada is an American educator, social activist and author. Since 1990, Canada has been president of the Harlem Children's Zone in Harlem, New York, an organization that states its goal is to increase high school and college graduation rates among students in Harlem.[1] Canada serves as the chairman of Children's Defense Fund's board of directors.[2] He was a member of the board of directors of The After-School Corporation, a nonprofit organization that aims to expand educational opportunities for all students. (from Wikipedia)
Here's the TedTalk Our Failing Schools - Enough is Enough.
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