Fall 2003 Symposium Agenda

“Rekindling the Spirit of Brown v. Board of Education: A Call to Action”

AGENDA

Friday, November 14, 2003—8:30-4:30
Booth Auditorium

8:15 a.m.   Registration and Continental Breakfast – Laub Lobby

8:45 a.m.   Dean’s Welcome

9:00 a.m.   The Historical Perspective: From the Transformative Vision of Brown
                   to Today’s Minimum Education
           
     Moderator:    Waldo Martin, Department of History, UC Berkeley
     Speakers:     James Anderson, Department of Educational Policy Studies,
                                                        University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
                           Jack Greenberg, Columbia Law School
                           Peter Schrag, Columnist, Sacramento Bee and Author
                  
10:30 a.m. Break

10:45 a.m.           Obstacles to Equal Educational Opportunity for Students of Color

     Moderator:    Josephine Brown, University of South Carolina School of Law
     Speakers:     Nancy Denton, Department of Sociology, SUNY Albany 
                           Henry Der, State Administrator, Emery Unified School District 
                           Russell Rumberger, Gevirtz Graduate School of Education,
                                                             UC Santa Barbara

12:15 p.m. Lunch – Goldberg Room
For those who would like to purchase a box lunch, they will be available at the registration booth for $8.  Lunch can also be purchased at Café Zeb in the Law School, at the International House across the street from Boalt, or at any of the restaurants or lunch wagons along Durant Ave.  Informal seating will be available in the courtyards and lounges in Boalt. During the lunch hour, organizations working on education reform will share information about their work at tables set up in the Laub Lobby.

1:15 p.m.   Moving Forward: Concurrent Workshops on Current Efforts
                   to Achieve Equality

     Workshop 1 Litigators and Communities Working Together – Booth Auditorium

     Moderator:   Catherine Lhamon, Okrand/Wirin Attorney, ACLU of Southern California
     Speakers:      Richard Gray, Community Involvement Program, NYU Institute for                                                      Education and Social Policy
                           Miranda Massie, Attorney at Law, Scheff & Washington 
                           Abdi Soltani, Executive Director, Californians for Justice 
            
      Workshop 2 Inside the School: New Approaches, Curriculum and Teaching Methods – Room 115

      Moderator: John Rogers, Graduate School of Education, UCLA
      Speakers:   Renato Almanzor, Manager, Community Partnership Development, BayCES 
      Meredith Maran, Author, “Class Dismissed”
      L. Michael Russell, Deputy General Counsel, LAUSD
                   
      Workshop 3 Reform in the 21st Century: Expanding the Discussion Beyond Black and White – Room 105

      Moderator:   Rachel Moran, Boalt Hall School of Law, UC Berkeley
      Speakers:     Reynaldo Macias, Chair, Cesar Chavez Center for Chicana and Chicano Studies, UCLA
                          
Paul Ong, School of Public Policy & Social Research, UCLA
                           Thomas Saenz, Vice President of Litigation, MALDEF
                   
      Workshop 4 Challenging No Child Left Behind – Room 100
                                         
       Moderator:   Goodwin Liu, Boalt Hall School of Law, UC Berkeley
       Speakers:   Deborah Escobedo Staff Attorney, META
                           Nina Robinson, Director, Policy & External Affairs, UCOP 
                           Lily Wong Fillmore, Graduate School of Education, UC Berkeley
   
      Workshop 5 Being Informed: The Importance of Social Science in Educational Reform – Room 14 (located downstairs)
                                              
      Moderator:   Michael Hout, Department of Sociology, UC Berkeley
      Speakers:     Lawrence Aber, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University  
                            Beverly Cross
, School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
                            John Yun, Gevirtz Graduate School of Education, UC Santa Barbara

     Workshop 6 New School Models: Choice, Charter and Other Alternatives – Room 110

     Moderator:   Stephen Sugarman, Boalt Hall School of Law, UC Berkeley
     Speakers:     Hae Sin Kim, Principal, ASCEND Academy 
                           Jabari Mahiri, Graduate School of Education, UC Berkeley
                           Dirk Tillotson, School Board President, American Indian Public Charter School and Attorney   
                                               

2:45 p.m.   Break

3:00 p.m.   Future Strategies: A Call to Action – Booth Auditorium

     Moderator:   Eva Paterson, Executive Director, Equal Justice Society
     Speakers:     Gary Blasi, School of Law, UCLA
                          Arthur Benson, Attorney, Arthur Benson & Associates
                          Jeannie Oakes, Graduate School of Education, UCLA

4:30 p.m.   Reception – Goldberg Room

 

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