3-30-01
ACCIÓNES:
DEFENDING OUR EDUCATION & HUMAN RIGHTS
Contact: Andréa Romero: 520-626-8137
Camilian Juarez: 520-629-0450 (ext. 138)
The
National Association of Chicana and Chicano Studies will
hold a rally and protest march on Friday, April 6, 2001
from 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. in Tucson, AZ. The march will
start at El Rio Neighborhood Center on Speedway and will
continue to St. Margaret's Church on Grande Ave.
The
rally will have several national presenters who will speak
about Chicano community activism from the 60's to the 90's.
Danza Mexica will also be dancing as part of the activities
that day.
The
purpose of this march is to bring attention to the needed
inclusion of Chicano Studies at the K-12 level in order
to increase participation by Chicano students. Only then
can Educators provide a cultural context in the learning
environment of all students which has been shown to increase
self-esteem and educational achievement. This march will
also bring attention to the lack of human rights for immigrants
at the Arizona-Mexico border.
3-27-01
AERA'S 82ND ANNUAL
MEETING - SEATTLE
What
We Know and How We Know It
April
10-14, 2001
http://www.aera.net/meeting/am2001/
The
Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association
is held each
spring. It comprises more than 1,300 sessions, with 4,000
presentations on
a broad spectrum of topics. It provides a forum for formally
screened reports and
presentations, as well as for informal communication, to
over 11,000 registrants.
In addition, intensive, 1/2- to 3-day research training
sessions allow participants
to update specific research skills and competencies. Also
provided are
a job placement service and an exhibit hall.
This
year's theme is "What We Know and How We Know It." Everyone
seems
to have an opinion about what education research should
and shouldn't
do, how it should and shouldn't be done, what counts as
"data"
and what doesn't, what is and is not "scientific," and what
educational
research does and does not say about key topics and issues.
For
the most part, these discussions, these opinions, these
pronouncements
are being conducted by non-researchers and others outside
the arena of educational research. It is time to take back
the ball, to
weigh in on what we know best, to assume control again of
this enterprise
within which we work and live.
3-27-01
SERC'S 4TH ANNUAL
CONFERENCE
Every
Teacher, Every Child
March
30-31, 2001
This
conference is a collaboration effort between the SERC Urban
Initiative and the Connecticut State Department of Education,
Office of Priority Schools. It is designed to address the
needs of all school personnel, including general and special
education teachers and administrators, student support services
personnel, paraprofessionals, and families.
3-27-01
The NAME 11th ANNUAL
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
Rivera
Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada - November 7-11, 2001
Theme:
High Stakes for the Multicultural Agenda: * Assessment *
Achievement *Accountability
and *Advocacy
The
Founders of NAME envisioned an organization that would bring
together individuals and groups with
an interest in multicultural education from all levels of
education, different academic disciplines and
from diverse educational institutions and occupations. NAME
today is an active, growing organization,
with members from throughout the United States several other
countries. Educators from
preschool through higher education and representatives from
business and communities comprise
NAME's membership. Members in a 22 states have formed NAME
chapters and more chapters
are in the process of forming.
3-27-01
Second Annual
Conference on Inclusiveness
April 5-6, 2001
Fort
Worth, Texas
The
conference will help us better understand ourselves and
others, define our individual and collective strengths and
concerns, and to empower all of us to critically challenge
our personal reality. Speakers will share specific goals
and strategies that help us to widen our perspectives regarding
identity, presence, and intentionality. These goals and
strategies will enhance our efforts to value and utilize
the gifts we each possess, thus creating synergistic environments
as we work to become a better community.
