Just News from Center X – January 6, 2017
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Creating powerful stories and humanizing education with young men of color: Tyrone Howard
ShareTweet In this week’s Just Talk, John Rogers sat down with Tyrone Howard, Associate Dean for Equity and Inclusion, Professor of Education, and Director of the Black Male Institute (BMI)…
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Protecting the rights of immigrant students and their families: María Blanco
ShareTweet Since the November 8 election, many educators have expressed concern for the safety and wellbeing of immigrant students and their families. They have asked for information, resources, and ideas…
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Education and inequality in Japan: Takehiko Kariya
ShareTweet In late October, John Rogers and Oxford University Professor Takehiko Kariya met in Seoul for a conference on education and inequality. Professor Kariya is a sociologist who studies education…
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Toward hope and resistance
ShareTweet It has been a hard week for education and justice. In the weeks and months ahead, we will share interviews with educators and activists struggling to advance learning and…
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Election Matters: Kevin Welner
ShareTweet This week, Center X is happy to share a Q&A with Kevin Welner about the importance of Tuesday’s presidential election for federal education policy. Dr. Welner is a professor…
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TEP & PLI Grad Anthony Yom Wins the Escalante-Gradillas Prize for Best in Education
“I am very honored to get the recognition, and I’m happy that my school gets an award, too,” Yom said. “I genuinely think that it is my students who have made me what I am. It is them who make me shine.”
Over the last four years, all of Yom’s calculus students at Lincoln High School have passed the AP exam, nearly all of them earning maximum credit on the test.
Politics and Hope: Jackie Goldberg on creating fair and adequate funding for California’s schools
ShareTweet In this edition of Just Talk, Center X faculty director John Rogers talks with Jackie Goldberg about education funding in California. Jackie Goldberg has a long history of working…
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Bilingual Education: Patricia Gándara
ShareTweet Just News from Center X is happy to introduce a new feature. JUST TALK: Voices of Education and Justice presents interviews with educators, students, researchers, elected officials, and community…
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Refugees in America – ABC World News Tonight with David Muir
The fight to include ALL students, regardless of where they are from or what language they speak, is clearly a cause worth fighting for as it affects scholars not only here in the United States but around the world.
– Miguel Espinoza (PLI Cohort 12), Principal of Chrysler Elementary School in Modesto, California. Miguel & Chrysler Elementary School appear in this news report.
TEP Grad Eduardo Lopez Honored by the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics
For the past decade he has taught at Theodore Roosevelt Senior High School (RHS), located in East Los Angeles. He is a National Board Certified Teacher and Social Science educator. Early in his profession, Eduardo realized that in order to have a lasting impact on students he needed to form partnerships that went beyond the four walls of his classroom.
Seven Teacher Education Program Alumni Named LAUSD Teachers of the Year 2016
Seven graduates from Center X’s signature Teacher Education Program were recognized by Superintendent King as exceptional educators. Israel Bautista, Monique Brusca, Maria Debuque, Natalie Elliott, Shannon Garrison, Gabriela Spilman, and Anthony Yom were recognized at a luncheon and awards ceremony on August 11.