No Child Left Behind education initiative topic of lecture at Hamline on Nov. 8
The national educational initiative No Child Left Behind will be the topic of a lecture at Hamline University on November 8. Dr. Gerald Bracey, associate director of the Institute for Child Study at Indiana University in Bloomington, will discuss "The Condition of Public Education and No Child Left Behind: Is This Trip Necessary?" at 7:30 p.m. in Sundin Music Hall. The event is free and open to the public. During the lecture, Bracey will present various trends and international data to make a case that schools are doing much better than critics contend and that a program such as No Child Left Behind is not the appropriate approach to improve public education. He will use his analysis to offer suggestions for a better approach. In 1991 Bracey wrote a policy-oriented article, "Why Can't They Be Like We Were?" that drew the attention of the New York Times, Washington Post, Education Week and USA Today. When he submitted a follow-up in 1992, the editors renamed it "The Second Bracey Report on the Condition of Public Education" and asked that it be an annual event. The Thirteenth Bracey Report appeared in October 2003. Bracey established EDDRA--The Education Disinformation Detection and Reporting Agency in 1999. Bracey's publications also include Final Exam: A Study of the Perpetual Scrutiny of American Education (1995), Setting the Record Straight: Responses to Misconceptions About Public Education in America (1997), and On the Death of Childhood and the Destruction of Public Schools: The Folly of Today's Education Policies (2003). Bracey attended the College of William and Mary before going on to obtain a Ph.D. in psychology from Stanford University and has served as a research psychologist in the Early Childhood Education Research Group at Educational Testing Service. This event is co-sponsored by the Minnesota Committee for Public Education, and Hamline University's Graduate School of Education and College of Liberal Arts Department of Education. Elizabeth Dickinson West Side _____________________________________________ To Join: St. Paul Issues Forum Rules Discussion Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _____________________________________________ NEW ADDRESS FOR LIST: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, modify subscription, or get your password - visit: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/stpaul Archive Address: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/private/stpaul/
