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Professor Myron Orfield presents “Segregation in Schools and Housing in the Twin Cities”
10 February 2012Professor Myron Orfield spoke to a standing room only crowd yesterday. His talk: “Segregation in Schools and Housing in the Twin Cities” illustrated the alarmingly dangerous trends of continued segregation in schools and housing along racial and class divides in the Twin Cities, how these trends relate to nation-wide trends, and possible solutions for communities and school districts. Professor Orfield’s work over the past two decades exemplifies the kind of interdisciplinary research and analysis that is valued at Carleton College.
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Congratulations to our 2011 Student Teachers
17 November 2011Congratulations to Claire Bansberg, Communication Arts; Sally Larkins, Communication Arts; Sarah Prather, Social Studies; and Richard Scheele, Social Studies on nearing completion of their challenging, exhausting, and immensely successful and rewarding student teacher experience.
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The Department Hosts Another Successful Alumni Teaching Panel
7 November 2011On Thursday, October 27th, over 20 interested Carleton students gathered to hear the trials, but mostly tribulations, of current teachers and student teachers in the field. Our alumni represented experiences from schools all over the metro area: both urban and suburban. Students in the audience asked poignant questions about job prospects, elementary versus secondary, and licensure fields among many others. And, of course, a lot of pizza was eaten. Thanks for the Career Center for their co-sponsorship.
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Deborah Appleman, the Hollis L. Caswell Professor of Educational Studies, wrote a commentary piece for Minnesota Public Radio
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Jack Schneider, Robert A. Oden Jr. Postdoctoral Fellow for Innovation in the Liberal Arts at Carleton, wrote an opinion piece in the Oct. 5 edition of Education Week
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Carleton College Welcomes Pedro Noguera October 6 & 7
27 September 2011Please join the Carleton community in welcoming Pedro Noguera to campus, October 6 and 7.
Mr. Noguera will be the convocation speaker at 10:50 a.m. in Skinner Chapel on Friday, October 7. Prior to Friday’s convocation, students are invited to dinner with Mr. Noguera on Thursday, October 6 at 5:30 p.m. in La Casa del Sol (Hunt Cottage).
Pedro Noguera is one of America’s most important voices for healthy public education. Please read on for more information.
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2011 Student Teachers
6 September 2011Four student teachers are in the field this fall: Claire Bansberg, Communication Arts at Northfield High School-Northfield; Sally Larkins, Communication Arts at Southwest High School- Minneapolis; Sarah Prather, Social Studies at Central High School-St. Paul; and Richard Scheele, Social Studies at Northfield High School-Northfield.
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Students, faculty, and staff joined together last week to celebrate the end of another terrific year in educational studies. This annual picnic is a chance to thank everyone in the department for their contributions, recognize the graduating senior licensure students and concentrators, and to share time together as a department.
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St. Paul Central High School Touring Theater company visits Carleton to perform their production “American Dream: Where is it?”, an original play created by the urban youth ensemble Special guests included Northfield High School’s ESL class that started the first Latino Short Play Festival. At the conclusion of the play, Northfield students joined Central students to discuss reactions to the performance.
This year’s play, “American Dream, Where Is It?”, utilized hip-hop, spoken word, dance, and theater to express youth voice. Set in a classroom of a caring social studies teacher, the young people in the class reveal problems that get in the way of their ability to focus on their studies. They ask heartfelt questions such as what is the American Dream and how to use education to create a safer and more just America. Stories focus on resisting peer pressure, surviving street violence and growing up without a father. The stories also touch on social justice issues such as immigration and GLBT rights, homelessness and other issues that affect them as they try to get through their daily lives in school. As the play ends they make the same statement in their original song that ends their play Don’t Give Up Its Okay It Get Better!
Sponsored by the Educational Studies Department and American Studies Department
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On May 18, the department hosted about 30 urban students through the Big Brothers/Big Sisters of the Greater Twin Cities organization.
Carleton alum, Annie Loch (’00), Director of Education and Enrichment, organized a group of both high school (the big brothers/sisters) and elementary (little brothers/little sisters) from Como Park Senior High School, Johnson High School, and Mississippi Magnet Elementary all based in St. Paul to visit campus.