Facing History Hosts Discussions on Urban Education with Local and National Education Leaders
Facing History and Ourselves to Host 11/10 Discussions on Urban Education with Local and National Education Leaders
| WHAT: | Administrators in urban school districts face the challenge of turning around underperforming schools and preparing teachers to effectively engage students. Facing History and Ourselves’ work supports these key aspects of education reform and will convene two morning sessions to explore these topics. |
| WHO: | Jon Schnur, CEO and Co-founder of New Leaders for New Schools and Former Senior Advisor to the Secretary of Education Arne Duncan; Barbara Eason-Watkins, Chief Education Officer of Chicago Public Schools; Ron Huberman, Chief Executive Officer of Chicago Public Schools Gillian Smith, Principal of the Facing History School in New York City; Chicago teachers Rick Rizzo of Albany Park Multicultural Academy and Linda Becker of Little Village High School for Social Justice; and Marc Skvirsky, Facing History’s Chief Program Officer. |
| WHEN: | Tuesday, November 10, 2009 10:00 a.m.: Jon Schnur and Barbara Eason-Watkins will discuss the national landscape of urban 11:20 a.m.: A panel discussion with Jon Schnur, Barbara Eason-Watkins, Ron Huberman, Gillian |
| WHERE: | Alexander Graham Bell School 3730 N. Oakley Ave. Chicago, IL 606 |
Facing History and Ourselves has a strong and growing partnership with the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) to support the district’s academic goals. The partnership includes training eighth grade teachers across the district in Facing History’s Choices in Little Rock case study and ninth grade teachers in the organization’s Holocaust and Human Behavior case study. Choices in Little Rock, our unit on the turbulent integration of Little Rock, Arkansas’ Central High School in 1957, explores the decisions people make as citizens in a democracy. Facing History and Ourselves: Holocaust and Human Behavior examines the events leading up to the Holocaust.
