10.27.16 Book Talk: Dr. Jessica Shiller, The New Reality for Suburban Schools @ Swarthmore 530p
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 by Dr. Jessica Shiller
Thursday October 27, 2016
Bond Hall, Swarthmore College
Talk at 5:30
Food and Q & A at 6:30
Dr. Jessica Shiller of Towson University (Md.) will be speaking about her book The New Reality for Suburban Schools: How Suburban Schools Are Struggling with Low-Income Students and Students of Color in Their Schools. Since the year 2000, the population of people of color and of poor families in the suburbs has been rapidly increasing, making these areas far more diverse than they were a generation ago. Along with the increase in diversity has come re-segregation, leaving some schools with very high concentrations of low-income students and students of color, while others remain mostly white. These re-segregated schools are often not well-prepared to deal with the issues their students face. In addition, they are often subject to strict accountability demands that focus on improving test scores. These conditions create a unique situation for schools serving high populations of students of color and low-income students, one that is strikingly similar to urban schools. The book presents three case studies of inner-ring suburban middle schools coping with these issues.Readers of this volume can learn how school leaders and teachers try to negotiate educational mandates while serving their students. The book concludes with suggestions for improving the ways these schools serve their students.
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Jessica T. Shiller is an assistant professor of education in the Department of Instructional
Jessica Shiller’s Bio
Leadership and Professional Development at Towson University in Maryland. In 2011-12, she was named an Emerging Educational Leader by Phi Delta Kappan. Her research and teaching interests include urban education, school reform, culturally relevant instruction, and civic education. She is the author of “Preparing for democracy: How community-based organizations build civic engagement among urban youth,” which appeared in the January 2013 issue of Urban Education. Her new book, entitled The New Reality for Suburban Schools (Peter Lang, 2015) deals with the ways in which teachers and principals are addressing increasing diversity in suburban middle schools. Prior to coming to Towson, she worked in New York City as a high school teacher in city schools, a coach to new teachers in Bronx high schools, and a teacher educator at the City University of New York.