Americal Education today: Challenges and Issues

Spring Quarter, 2015

Thursday mornings, 9:30 - 11:30 a.m

C. American Education Today: Challenges and Issues Faculty from the School of Education and Social Policy Thursday mornings, 9:30 - 11:30 a.m., Norris University Center

Each day's news is filled with hot-button topics relating to American education: Common Core, No Child Left Behind, preschool education, charter schools, achievement gaps, and effects of technology to cite a few. Faculty from the School of Education and Social Policy (SESP) will share their insight and research findings on these and other issues regarding the challenges facing American education in the 21st century.

Dr. Tim Dohrer will present the lecture, School Climate: Creating Safe and Respectful Schools on Thursday, April 16, for Course "C", American Education Today: Challenges and Issues. The scheduled professor, David Figlio, has had a family emergency.

LECTURE NOTES:

Early vs. Late Intervention: It's Not Too Late in High School Jonathan Guryan, Associate Professor, Human Development and Social Policy

https://www.dropbox.com/s/2wdgq9fv4c4m5i8/Guryan-NotTooLate-NUAlumnae-20...

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