Speaking at 成人抖阴 on Wednesday, December 11th, , the outspoken labor leader, educator and attorney, will offer her take on education in the 2020 presidential election.  

Weingarten, current President of the 1.7 million-member American Federation of Teachers (AFL-CIO), and former President of the United Federation of Teachers, will headline 鈥渁n evening of provocative conversation鈥� hosted by 成人抖阴鈥檚 Center for the Professional Education of Teachers ().

Headlined 鈥淚n Defense of Education,鈥� the event will be held in 成人抖阴鈥檚 Cowin Auditorium from 7 to 9 p.m. on December 11th.

Weingarten, who received 成人抖阴's Medal for Distinguished Service at the College's Convocation in 2008, will be interviewed on stage by Zak Ringelstein, a 成人抖阴 doctoral student in Politics & Education who was the Democratic nominee for Senate in Maine in 2018. Their conversation will focus on education policy during the past decade and how the education community would like to see it evolve during the next several years 鈥� particularly regarding teachers鈥� pay, working conditions and classroom autonomy, and school and classroom resources,

Weingarten and Ringelstein will then participate in a panel discussion with:

  • Jeffrey Henig, Professor of Political Science & Education, who studies the boundary between private action and public action in addressing social problems;
  • Sonya Douglass Horsford, Associate Professor of Education Leadership, who has written extensively about America鈥檚 failure to truly integrate education;
  • Luis Huerta, Associate Professor of Education & Public Policy, an authority on school choice and education privatization;
  • and Michael Rebell, Professor of Practice and Executive Director of 成人抖阴鈥檚 Center for Educational Equity, an authority on school finance who is leading a lawsuit aimed at establishing a Constitutional right to a quality education.

鈥淚n Defense of Education鈥� will be released in late January as the inaugural podcast in an ongoing series offered by CPET and co-produced by the College鈥檚 .

CPET 鈥� directed by Roberta Lenger Kang, who co-organized 鈥淚n Defense of Education鈥� with Ringelstein 鈥� is devoted to advancing global capacities in teacher education, research, and whole school reform. CPET advocates for excellence and equity in education through direct service to youth and educators, innovative school projects, international research that examines and advocates the highest quality instructional and assessment practices today, and sustainable school partnerships that leverage current policy and mandates to raise literacy levels and embed collaborative communities of learning. Uniting theory and practice, CPET promotes rigorous and relevant scholarship and is committed to making excellent education accessible worldwide.

Tags: Teacher Preparation Curriculum

Programs: English Education

Departments: Arts & Humanities

Published Tuesday, Dec 3, 2019