Bill Ayers Comes Out Hiding

*This event can only be used for extra credit in my Latino class since it will not deal with international issues.

EDUCATION POLICY PRIORITIES FOR THE NEW PRESIDENT:
A PANEL OF EXPERTS AND THEIR "TOP TEN" LISTS

Thursday, December 4, 2008
6:00-8:00 pm
UIC Forum, Event Center (725 W. Roosevelt, Chicago, IL)

Confirmed Speakers:

-Professor WILLIAM AYERS, University of Illinois at Chicago, College of
Education, and lead editor of "The Handbook of Social Justice in
Education"

-Professor SUMI CHO, DePaul University, College of Law; and Board member
of the Asian American Justice Center, African American Policy Forum, and
Latina and Latino Critical Legal Theory

-Professor CARL GRANT, University of Wisconsin at Madison, School of
Education; former President of the National Association for Multicultural
Education; and author of "Doing Multicultural Education for Achievement
and Equity"

-Professor CAROL LEE, Northwestern University, School of Education and
Social Policy; President-Elect of the American Educational Research
Association; and author of "Culture, Literacy, and Learning"

-Professor PAULINE LIPMAN, University of Illinois at Chicago, College of
Education; Director of the Collaborative for Equity and Justice in
Education; and author of "High Stakes Education"

-Professor HAKI MADHUBUTI, Chicago State University, College of Arts and
Sciences; and Publisher of Third World Press

-Professor ERICA MEINERS, Northeastern Illinois University, College of
Education; and author of "Right to be Hostile"

-Moderator: KEVIN KUMASHIRO, Chair of Educational Policy Studies, Interim
Co-Director of the Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy,
University of Illinois at Chicago; and author of "The Seduction of Common
Sense"

This event is free and open to the public. A booksigning by the
presenters will immediately follow.

Please direct inquiries to Zell Williams, Assistant to the Chair, UIC
Department of Educational Policy Studies, 312-413-2414, zellw@uic.edu.
Co-sponsors include the Department of Educational Policy Studies, the
Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy, the Collaborative for
Equity and Justice in Education, and the Powell Memorial Fund.