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Beacon Press: Race, Education, and Democracy
Race, Education, and Democracy: A Simmons College / Beacon Press Lecture and
Book Series
In the spring of 2006, Beacon Press and Simmons College inaugurated a lecture
and book series that we hope will reinvigorate a crucial national public conversation
on race, education, and democracy. Each year, the series will bring to Boston
prominent public figures to deliver a series of lectures that will become the
basis of a new trade book published by Beacon.
Frederick Douglass, who famously lectured in Boston around the time Beacon
Press was founded, called education the “pathway from slavery to freedom.”
This new series aims to reestablish in the public imagination that historically
felt connection between public education and the possibility of a robust democracy,
against the backdrop of the realities of race today in America. We are delighted
to have Beverly Daniel Tatum launch the series. We look forward to publishing
many equally important books in the seasons to come. —Helene Atwan,
director of Beacon Press
2012 Lectures | 2012
Lecture Schedule | Another Kind of Public Education
| Can We Talk About Race? | More
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2012 Lectures: "Detracking
to Close the Opportunity/Achievement Gap"
A letter from Series Director Theresa Perry
Dear Colleagues,
I am writing to invite you to the 2012 Simmons College/Beacon Press Race,
Education and Democracy Lectures.
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Carol Burris, principal of South Side
High School in Rockvile Centre, NY has agreed to be our distinguished Lecturer
for the 2012 lectures. Dr. Burris will share dramatic stories and data on
what has happened at her school and other schools when all students are provided
the highest level curriculum.
She will talk about the beliefs and expertise required to provide a rigorous
curriculum to all students. She will also discuss how as a community understand
and address the assumptions and alliances that can undermine this radical
school reform agenda. The first two lectures will occur on Saturday, March
31 at Simmons College. A complimentary breakfast and light lunch will be provided
for all of the participants. Registration will open at www.raceandeducation.com
Monday, February 27. See below for a speaker bio, as well as specifics about
the 2012 Lectures.
Series Lecturer: Dr. Carol Corbett Burris
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Dr. Carol Corbett Burris is principal of South Side High School in the Rockville Centre School District in New York State, a position she has held since 2000. She is one of the foremost national experts on the academic benefits and expertise required to provide a rigorous education to all students. At South Side, she raised the academic achievement of all students, while building a vibrant teaching and learning community.
In 2010, Dr. Burris was named Outstanding Educator of the Year by the School Administrators Association of New York State (SAANYS). Due to her extraordinary research and leadership, all South Side Middle School students complete an accelerated math curriculum and all South Side High School students enroll in the honors curriculum. For the 2011-2012 academic year, all tenth grade students at South Side High School are enrolled in International Baccalaureate English. During Dr. Burris' tenure as principal, the Regents Diploma rate for Black, Latino and low-income students has exceeded the state average for white and Asian American students. The number of students taking advanced placement or International Baccalaureate classes has reached 80 percent.
Dr. Burris received her doctorate from Teachers College, Columbia University. Her dissertation, which studied Rockville Centre's detracking reform in math, received the 2003 National Association of Secondary Schools' Principals Middle Level Dissertation of the Year Award.
Dr. Burris is the co-author of Detracking for Excellence and Equity. Her writings have appeared in Educational Leadership, The Teachers College Record, The School Administrator, EdWeek and numerous others. She also consults with schools and school districts throughout the country on how to provide an accelerated curriculum to all students.
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2012 Lecture Schedule
March 31 : Detracking Matters -- Dramatic Stories and Data on How Systemic Detracking Raises the Achievement of Black, Latino and Working Class Students
10:00 am-12:00 pm, Simmons College, Linda K. Paresky Conference Center, 300 The Fenway, Boston, MA
March 31: Detracking Schools and Districts--How Teachers, School and District Leaders Can Work Together to Successfully Detrack Classrooms, Schools and Districts
1:00-3:00 pm, Simmons College, Linda K. Paresky Conference Center, 300 The Fenway, Boston, MA
April 11: The Politics of Detracking--Understanding and Overcoming the Beliefs and Alliances that Can Undermine Reform
4:30-6:30 pm, Simmons College, Kotzen Center,300 The Fenway, Boston, MA
All lectures will take place at Simmons College and are free and open to the public. Please note that the first two lectures will be held Saturday, March 31, 2012, in the Linda K. Paresky Conference Center. The last lecture will be held April 11, 2012 in the Kotzen Center.
For Directions to the College via car and public transportation, please click
here.
To attend this lecture series, sign up today.
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Another Kind of Public Education: Race, Schools,
the Media, and Democratic Possibilities by Patricia Hill Collins
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One of America's most distinguished scholars of race shows us how public
education needs to be seen in the light of the influence of "color-blind
racism as a system of power." Drawing examples from schools, media,
and the workplace, Collins gives us a book of social analysis that is
also an energizing handbook for change.
"In Another Kind of Public Education, Patricia Hill Collins
skillfully melds high theory with everyday practice. . . . This book is
both a treat and a treasure."
—Gloria Ladson-Billings, author of The Dreamkeepers: Successful
Teachers of African American Children (More)
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Can We Talk About Race?: And Other Conversations in
an Era of School Resegregation by Beverly Daniel Tatum, Ph.D.
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Beverly Daniel Tatum emerged as a major commentator on race in America in 1997 with "Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?," a book that changed the way many people think about racial identity and about the conversation about race in schools. Can We Talk About Race? is an accessible and engaging analysis of some of the most resonant issues in American education and race relations.
"Another thoughtful, personal and provocative book that will encourage
discussion about many of the difficult issues still surrounding race in
America-in and out of the classroom." —Marian Wright Edelman,
president, Children's Defense Fund (More)
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For more information
www.raceandeducation.com/
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