bell hooks (2003) maintained that the classroom should be “a place that is life-sustaining and mind-expanding, a place of liberating mutuality where teacher and student together work in partnership” (p.xv). Inspired by bell hooks vision, the Pennsylvania Education Scholars (PAES) Collective, invites you to Toward Liberating Mutuality: A PA Education Scholars Symposium.
Tuesday, March 19 at 4:30 pm Bond Hall Swarthmore College At corner of Chester Road and College Ave Parking available at Ben West Parking Lot For questions please email edstudies@swarthmore.edu Join the Swarthmore College, Department of Educational Studies for a panel discussion with educators, scholars, and therapists about adolescents, trauma & mental health Panel Flier…
Isn’t She Lovely? Antiblackness and the (Im)possibility of Black Childhoods Michael J. Dumas, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley March 1, 2017 4-6 (Start time 4:15) Swarthmore College, Science Center 101 (Chang Hon Hall) Stevie Wonder’s (1976) song to his newborn baby girl, Aisha, offers a departure for this discussion on the (im)possibility of Black childhoods…
OPEN TO PUBLIC Educational Studies, Lang Center for Civic and Social Responsibility, Black Cultural Center, Intercultural Center, Sociology/Anthropology, the Latinx Heritage Month committee, and the Critical Education Policy Studies Group invite you! The New Reality for Suburban Schools: How Suburban Schools Are Struggling with Low-Income Students and Students of Color in Their Schools A Book Talk…
Philly educators join us at the sixth annual Collaboration of Educators! On Tuesday April 26th, 2016 educators of all stripes will gather for critical, meaningful, grassroots staff-led workshops and meetings at this opportunity for professional development for and by educators at Central High School and McCall (K-8) The Collaboration of Educators (#PhillyEdCollab) is the outcome of the…
The Hydra of Educational Reform: Racial Capitalism and Market-Based School Reforms Sun, April 10, 2:45 to 4:15pm, Marriott Marquis, Washginton DC Level Four, Independence Salon F Abstract Over the last twenty years, critical education scholarship has turned to the concept of “neoliberal education” reform to describe how market-based reforms and policies reproduce social inequality. At…
As part of Native Heritage Month at Swarthmore College 2015, the Native American Students Association and the Department of Educational Studies at Swarthmore College hosted a discussion between Dr. Sandy Grande and Edwin Mayorga on the role of education in colonialism and the process of decolonizing the education system. Sandy Grande is an Associate professor and Chair…
‘Lifting As We Climb’: Black Educators and the Constance Clayton Experience in Philadelphia” A Talk by Dr. Camika Royal Open to the Public Thursday, February 25 5:30-7:00pm Bond Memorial HallSwarthmore College500 College Ave Swarthmore, PA 19081 The talk is at the intersections of history and sociological research, where Dr. Royal will focus on the experiences of Black educators…
Decolonizing Education Educational Studies and the Native American Students Association present a discussion between Edwin Mayorga and Dr. Sandy Grande on the role of education in colonialism and the process of decolonizing the education system. November 19, 4:30-6PM, Swarthmore College, Science Center Room 101. For more information contact: Daniel Orr, dorr1[at]swarthmore.edu Follow the conversation at…
Drexel’s Lindy Center for Civic Engagement and PHENND are pleased to host the 2015 Service Leaders Summit. Saturday, November 14, 2015 Drexel University This event will bring together college students, faculty, nonprofit professionals, and community organizers to share passionate ideas and practical skills for building a better Philadelphia. This year’s theme, College Access and Success,…