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conference returns addresses school equity
By Adrienne Figueroa
Summer On-line Forty-Niner
Educators and policy
makers from across the state gathered at Cal State Long Beach
this week to discuss a movement that would broaden the focus
of education beyond the high school level to what would be
considered the 16th grade, or senior year of college.
This movement was addressed by author and CSULB teacher Erin
Gruwell, as well as others involved in the field of education,
at the third annual California K-16 Partnerships and Student
Success Conference.
The K-16 concept essentially overlaps the K-12 and college
systems to create an aligned policy in examination practices,
graduation requirements, admission policies and other areas.
The campus event, titled “Advancing Equity and Achievement
in Tough Times,” is designed to bring school teachers, principals,
college and university faculty and administrators, state education
leaders and policy makers together and share strategies, said
Associate Dean of Liberal Arts David Dowell, a co-organizer
of the week’s events.
The affair began with a pre-conference meeting Tuesday, a
symposium on Wednesday and a continental breakfast and dinner
gathering today.
Although a variety of educational-related issues will be the
object of discussion, the “hot topics” will include the state
budget, teacher credentials and exit testing for high school
students, said Dowell.
Keynote speakers will be Gruwell, Distinguished Teacher in
Residence at CSULB; Randolph Ward, superintendent for the
Compton Unified School District; and Jeannie Oakes, Presidential
Professor of Education and director at UCLA’s Institute for
Democracy.
Gruwell will talk about the Freedom Writers, a multi-year
literacy project that she worked on with 150 inner-city students.
She will make her remarks today at 3:30 with some of her former
pupils, according to a press release from the California K-16
Partnerships.
Ward, who spoke Wednesday at noon, covered “Key Results for
Urban School Leaders.” Oakes, who is scheduled to speak today
at noon, will discuss “Ensuring Equity in College Preparation,”
according to the agenda.
Sessions begin at 10 a.m. in the University Student Union.
Today’s event, which will conclude this week’s conference,
is expected to draw a crowd of about 800 people, said Dowell.
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