March 19,
2007
Urban education expert to give Scandling lecture
Gloria Ladson-Billings is challenging educators to look
beyond the achievement gap that exists between African-American, Latino,
and other students of color and their white counterparts. The urban
education expert says it is crucial to look at students’ achievement
struggles in a larger context of social failure that impedes their school
success.
Gloria Ladson-Billings
She will share the results of her scholarly work and
discuss “Pushing Past the Achievement Gap” on March 15 in
Strong Auditorium at 7 p.m. as the Spring 2007 Scandling Lecture hosted by
the Warner School. Ladson-Billings is the Kellner Family Professor of
Urban Education at the University of Wisconsin at Madison and the
2005–06 president of the American Educational Research
Association. Her research on the pedagogical practices of teachers who are
successful with African-American students has won numerous scholarly
awards, including the H.I. Romnes Faculty Fellowship, the Spencer
Postdoctoral Fellowship, and the Palmer O. Johnson Outstanding Research
Award. She also was the 2004 recipient of the George and Louise Spindler
Award for ongoing contributions in educational anthropology, given by the
Council on Anthropology & Education of the American Anthropological
Association.
Ladson-Billings is the author of the critically
acclaimed books, The Dreamkeepers:
Successful Teachers of African American Children
and Crossing Over to Canaan: The Journey
of New Teachers in Diverse Classrooms.
The event is free and open to the public. An
interpreter will be provided for individuals who are hearing-impaired. For
more information, contact the Warner School at x6-3502.
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