Symposium will focus on educational
success
What
does it take to reach educational success? Educators and government
representatives will discuss this topic and others at a symposium on Jan. 11 at
the University of California’s Gevirtz Graduate
School of Education in Santa Barbara. Sponsored by the Division of Social
Sciences, the first annual symposium will be in Corwin Pavilion at UCSB from
8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Distinguished
faculty, and a panel of local, regional and state policy makers, will converge
during the symposium to discuss “Policy Goes to School: Promoting Pre-K through
Graduate School Educational Success.” All topics during the morning sessions
will focus on exploring the best paths educators must take to help students
reach educational success.
Panel
discussions will highlight challenges that face public schools and review ways
to promote policy that produces positive changes.
Speaking
during the luncheon will be Dr. Roslyn Arlin
Mickelson, professor of sociology at the University of North
Carolina-Charlotte. Her topic, “Diversity, School Choice, and Opportunities to
Learn Math and Science: Policy Changes in a Post-Seattle and Louisville Legal
Landscape,” will examine case histories in two communities.
Working
to eliminate the achievement gap and provide equitable and excellent education
to all students, the panel topics will include the process of moving from
research, to policy, to practice; how districts collect data and react to
policy, and how best to strengthen connections between the schoolroom and the
statehouse.
Panelists
include Congresswoman Lois Capps, D-Santa Barbara; Jane Close Conoley, dean of the Gevirtz
School; Melvin L. Oliver, dean of the division of social sciences; Bill Cirone, Santa Barbara County superintendent of schools;
Brian Sarvis, Santa Barbara School District
superintendent; Kathy Boomer, Goleta School District superintendent; Paul Cordeiro, Carpinteria School
District superintendent; Delaine Easton, distinguished professor of educational
leadership, Mills College; Lorraine McDonnell, political science professor at
UCSB; and Russell Rumberger, Rebecca Zwick, John Yun and Richard
Duran, all professors at Gevirtz School.
The
event is free and open to the public, but reservations are required. Contact
Suzanne Oliver at 893-2460 for more information.