More on the violence/testing connection
Here's Tribune writer Deborah Shelton's take on the NYU study of neighborhood violence and its potential effect on student test scores.
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Neighborhood homicides can have a detrimental effect on Chicago schoolchildren's academic performance, whether they witness the violence or not, according to a study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Using Chicago crime reports and the reading and vocabulary assessments of a sample of Chicago children, sociologist Patrick Sharkey of New York University found African-American children scored substantially lower on reading and vocabulary tests within a week of a homicide in
Shop Talk: To Teach, a Journey in Comics with Bill Ayers
Event Details
When
06/18/2010
5:00pm - 6:30pm
5:00pm - 6:30pm
County:
Cook
Fee:
Free. Open to the public.
“Myths tower above the world of teaching like giant, fire-breathing dragons,” says Bill Ayers in his new graphic memoir, To Teach: A Journey in Comics. Chapter by chapter, sharp black-and-white drawings give life to Ayer’s vision of teaching in this extraordinary comic book. Join us at Ron’s Barber Shop for this conversation with Bill Ayers about the different struggles that teachers face.
IRRPP will provide a limited number of free books to discussion participants.
More about Bill Ayers Bill Ayers is a school reform activist and Distinguished Professor of Education at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He is founder of the Center for Youth and Society and founder and co-director of the Small Schools Workshop. He has written extensively about social justice, democracy, and education. His book, Fugitive Days, is a memoir that chronicles the anti-war movement of the 60s.
This series is presented in partnership with The Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy (IRRPP) at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) and The Public Square.
