2009 Mobilizing Culture, Language and Educational Practices: Fulfilling the Promises of Mendez and Brown Luis C. Moll Luis C. Moll, Professor in the Department of Language, Reading and Culture at the University of Arizona College of Education, recounts the circumstances of the 1946 California court case Mendez v. Westminster, that which led to desegregation of California’s public schools and presaged Brown v. Board of Education. Sylvia Mendez, whose family undertook a legal challenge to secure her entrance into the Westminster school, was a special guest of AERA for the Lecture. View the entire lecture - Webcast Read the Full Text – August-September 10, ER Journal 2009 Brown Lecture News Release
2008 The Brown Legacy and the O’Connor Challenge: Transforming Schools in the Images of Children’s Potential Stephen W. Raudenbush Stephen W. Raudenbush, Lewis-Sebring Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Sociology and the College at the University of Chicago, looks at the continuing achievement gap between White students and Black students and ways in which persistent inequality can be overcome. Writing the majority opinion in the 2003 U.S. Supreme Court case Grutter v. Bollinger,Justice Sandra Day O’Connor expressed the hope that in 25 years affirmative action would no longer be needed. Raudenbush looks ahead to that date—2028—and expresses a conviction that, despite a multiplicity of causes of inequality, school improvement can by itself play a powerful role in overcoming educational consequences of racial inequality. The task of engaging children in ambitious intellectual work, however, begins with innovative ways of thinking about best school practice and use of the best available education research to make connections between developmental science, instructional practice, and school organization. View the entire lecture - Webcast Read the Full Text - April 09, ER Journal 2008 Brown Lecture News Release
2007 Lessons Learned and Opportunities Ignored Since Brown v. Board of Education: Youth Development and the Myth of a Colorblind Society Margaret Beale Spencer Margaret Beale Spencer, Board of Overseers Professor of Applied Psychology and Human Development at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education, explores skin color bias in the United States. Drawing upon a wealth of research, Spencer speaks of color bias as a continuing social issue that deserves careful scrutiny as a health hazard. To maintain the myth of a colorblind society, she maintains, appears counter productive to the point of being wasteful if it averts the use of strategies needed by youth to cope with racial stereotypes. View the entire lecture — Webcast Read the Full Text - June/July 08, ER Journal 2007 Brown Lecture News Release
2006 The Flat Earth and Education: How America's Commitment to Equity Will Determine Our Future Linda Darling-Hammond Linda Darling-Hammond, Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education at Stanford University, outlines current disparities in educational access; illustrates the relationships between race, educational resources, and student achievement; and proposes reforms needed to equalize opportunities to learn. View the entire lecture — Webcast Read the Full Text - August/September 07, ER Journal 2006 Brown Lecture News Release
2005 Contingencies of Identity and Schooling in a Diverse Society: Toward Reducing Inequality of Outcomes Claude M. Steele Claude M. Steele presented this special AERA lecture, which focuses on equality and equity in education research. A Stanford University psychologist, Professor Steele has conducted research which has changed how social scientists think about prejudice and stereotypes. On September 1, Professor Steele became director of the prestigious Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, an independent organization dedicated to advancing knowledge about human behavior through research. The center is located in Stanford, California. View the entire lecture — Webcast 2005 Brown Lecture News Release
2004 Education, Excellence and Equity: Toward Equitable Access to Excellence in Education Edmund W. Gordon Edmund W. Gordon, director of the Institute for Urban and Minority Education at Teachers College, Columbia University, presented the inaugural Brown Lecture which commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education decision of the U. S. Supreme Court that took scientific research into account in issuing this landmark ruling. View the entire lecture — Webcast 2004 Brown Lecture News Release
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