Return-Path: <nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id i3H25Um09754; Fri, 16 Apr 2004 22:05:30 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 22:05:30 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <003101c42420$d9a48dd0$b00c9e04@air.org> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Mary Ann Corley" <macorley1@earthlink.net> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-POVRACELIT:1369] "Still Separate, Still Unequal: Special Education & Brown vs. Board of Education, 1954," a free online event X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 2861 Lines: 64 Dear NIFL-Povracelit List Subscribers: On April 26-30, the National Center for Culturally Responsive Educational Systems (NCCRESt), a project of the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education Programs, will present "Still Separate, Still Unequal: Special Education & Brown vs. Board of Education, 1954," a free online event, which will take place on NCCRESt's Web site: http://www.nccrest.org. Please consider participating in this event and helping us promote it to your constituents. We are interested in learning your thoughts and opinions on this issue. Details follow below. Thank you for your consideration. ********************** The National Center for Culturally Responsive Educational Systems is pleased to announce. Still Separate, Still Unequal: Special Education & Brown vs. Board of Education, 1954 Monday, April 26 to Friday, April 30, 2004 A free online discussion co-facilitated by Dr. Beth Harry, University of Miami; Drs. Alfredo J. Artiles, Janette K. Klingner, Elizabeth B. Kozleski, and Cheryl A. Utley, NCCRESt's Co-Principal Investigators; and Dr. Carolyn Jefferson-Jenkins, NCCRESt's Professional Development Coordinator Fifty years after the landmark Brown vs. Board of Education case, we still must combat discrimination: * the discrimination of students of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds who are commonly over-represented in special education * the discrimination of children and youth with disabilities who are segregated in separate classrooms * the discrimination of students who attend our nation's overcrowded, rundown, ill-staffed urban schools This weeklong online event will link the historic Brown case to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 1997 and the current day disproportionate representation of culturally and linguistically diverse students in special education. It is designed to bring together a wide array of practitioners, researchers, policymakers, and others who are concerned about finally fulfilling the promise of Brown. Dr. Harry will guide participants in a historical overview of Brown and current research and data related to the separate and unequal education that still prevails for both children and youth of diverse backgrounds and those with disabilities. NCCRESt's principal investigators will share a framework for reducing disproportionality in special education and ensuring a culturally responsive education for all students. Participants will be encouraged to offer their own thoughts and strategies related to achieving true educational justice for all in modern day America. For more information or to log onto the discussion, please visit www.nccrest.org. Jennifer S. Quinlan Research/Development Associate Education Development Center, Inc. 55 Chapel Street Newton, MA 02458-1060 617.618.2485 Fax 617.969.3440 jquinlan@edc.org
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