The Berkeley Review of Education (BRE) invites you to participate in a one-day symposium that brings together leading scholars and policy-makers in education from across California to discuss crucial issues of the economic, political, and social dimensions of public education during the current fiscal crisis and beyond.
8:15 – 8:45 Coffee Reception & Registration
8:45-9:00 UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert J. Birgeneau, Opening Remarks
9:00-9:50 Jack O’Connell, California Superintendent of Public Instruction
9:55-10:45 Judith Warren Little, Professor, UC Berkeley
10:45-11:00 Break
11:00-11:50 Cristina Gonzalez, Professor, UC Davis
11:50-12:30 Lunch
12:30-1:20: Bruce Fuller, Professor, UC Berkeley
From Reagan to Obama--Institutions, Relationships, and the Shrinking State
1:25-2:15 Norton Grubb, Professor, UC Berkeley
Lynda Tredway, PLI Coordinator, UC Berkeley
California's Race to the Bottom: History, Consequences, and Democracy in Danger
This presentation will trace the steady decline of California K-12 education since the 1950s highlighting dramatic events like Prop 13, and then analyzing the consequences, partly through the experiences of Principal Leadership Institute graduates and students. The session will conclude with a general discussion of the requirements of citizens in a functional democracy.
2:15-2:30 Break2:30-3:20 P. David Pearson, Dean, School of Education, UC Berkeley
Cynthia Coburn, Associate Professor, UC Berkeley
The Impact of State and Federal Policy of Literacy Pedagogy in California: A Tale of Simultaneous Success and Failure Coburn and Pearson draw from their recent review of literacy policy in the Unites States (co-authored with GSE graduate student Sarah Woulfin) to carve out a California slice-- tracing the impact of a range of policy levers on reading curriculum, teaching, and learning.3:30-4:15 Anthony Smith, Superintendent of Oakland Unified School District
4:15-4:30 Shlomy Kattan, BRE Editor, Closing Remarks
4:30-5:30 Reception
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