MEDIA ADVISORY:Contact: Anne Buckley, Director, Public RelationsPhone: 1-212-875-4609Email: [email protected]
SAVE THE DATES: MAY 3, 2002 and MAY 4, 2002
WHAT: Social Studies in the Curriculum Conference:Helping Children to Read the World
WHEN: Friday, May 3, 2002 and Saturday, May 4, 2002
WHERE: American Museum of Natural History, 79th Street and Central Park West, and Bank Street College of Education, 610 W. 112th Street, NYC
James Banks, Professor in Curriculum and Instruction, University of Washington, will deliver the keynote address at the American Museum of Natural History, on the evening of Friday, May 3, 2002. After Dr. Banks' presentation, panelists will address issues surrounding the September 11th tragedy and its aftermath. The following day, Saturday, May 4, Richard Rothstein, columnist for The New York Times, will synthesize Friday's keynote address, which will serve as a segue into a discussion by Deborah Meier, Principal of a pilot Boston public school, and Carl Glickman, President of the Institute for Schools, Education, and Democracy. They will talk about "Where We Are Now." The Saturday program, including workshops, will take place at Bank Street College of Education, 610 W. 112th Street, New York, NY 10025.
This conference provides a forum through which practitioners, college faculty, policy makers, and museum educators can respond to external pressures that have diminished social studies teaching in schools. Practitioners will also address issues surrounding the September 11th tragedy and its aftermath. The conference is jointly sponsored by the Four College Consortium (Bank Street College of Education, Erikson Institute, Pacific Oaks, and Wheelock College), in collaboration with the American Museum of Natural History.
About the speakers:Deborah Meier is the principal of a pilot Boston public school. She began her career as a kindergarten teacher in Chicago. She was the founder of the Central Park East elementary and secondary schools, vice-chair of the Coalition of Essential Schools, and is the author of The Power of Their Ideas. In 1987 she received the prestigious MacArthur grant for her work in East Harlem.
For information about the other speakers, visit:James Banks: http://www.depts.washington.edu/coe/faculty/facfiles/banksj.htmlCarl Glickman: http://www.aisa.or.ke/West/Carl/Carlbio.htmlRichard Rothstein: http://www.ourfuture.org/speakers/speaker.asp?ID=153
For more information, contact Susan Ruskin-Mayher at 212-875-4780.
Social Studies in the Curriculum Conference: Helping Children to Read the World
AgendaFriday morning, May 3, 2002:School visits throughout NYC
Friday afternoon, May 3, 2002, at the American Museum of Natural History: Experiences in the Museum of Natural HistoryDr. James Banks, Professor in Curriculum and Instruction, University of Washington, will be the keynote speaker.Panelists, comprising faculty from the Four College Consortium, will respond to Dr. Banks' presentation.
Saturday morning, May 4, 2002, at Bank Street College of EducationRichard Rothstein, columnist for The New York Times, will provide an analysis of Dr. Banks' keynote address Deborah Meier and Carl Glickman will discuss "Social Studies: Where We Are in 2002."
Saturday afternoon, May 4, 2002:Workshops
For more information, contact:Susan Ruskin-Mayher ([email protected]) Judith Gold ([email protected])Harriet Lenk ([email protected])
o Bank Street is one of five teacher-preparation institutions designated as a national resource center for educators by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS). o Bank Street is one of three graduate teacher-preparation programs in the country hailed as exemplary by the National Commission on Teaching and America's Future.o Bank Street was awarded the 2001 Richard Wisniewski Award for Teacher Education by the Society of Professors of Education.
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