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Community Organizing and School Reform Conference

Articles of Interest | Thursday February 2, 2012 5:15

 


Friday, March 23 – Saturday, March 24, 2012
at the Harvard Graduate School of Education
http://matchondrygrass.org/the-conference

 The Community Organizing and School Reform Conference will bring community organizers, education researchers, youth, educators, funders, and other stakeholders together to discuss the contributions of community organizing to school improvement and equitable education policy. The conference will provide an opportunity to discuss the role of community organizing in the current policy context, learn about new research and practice in the field, build relationships within and across stakeholder groups, and build capacity to advance the work of community organizing and school reform.


Register HERE to attend
Youth (18 and younger) attend free: contact registration@matchondrygrass.org


For more about the conference, registration, and hotels, visit us at: http://matchondrygrass.org/the-conference.  

This conference is co-sponsored by the Ford Foundation, the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, and Communities for Public Education Reform

Presenters Include


Shawn Ginwright, San Francisco State UniversityKathy Hoover-Dempsey, Vanderbilt UniversityLeroy Johnson, Southern EchoAlberto Retana, Los Angeles Community Coalition


Marshall Ganz, Harvard Kennedy School of GovernmentMaisie Chin, Community Asset Development Re-defining Education (CADRE)


Ernesto Cortes Jr., Industrial Areas Foundation (IAF)


Mark Warren, Harvard Graduate School of Education


Penny Bender Sebring, Chicago Consortium on School Research


Karen Mapp, Harvard Graduate School of Education


Julio Cammarota, University of Arizona


Helen Beattie, Youth and Adults Transforming Schools Together


John Jackson, Schott Foundation
Ricardo Martinez, Padres y Jovenes Unidos


Caron Atlas, Arts and Democracy Project


Hiro Yoshikawa, Harvard Graduate School of Education


and many more…