Category: 2010-2011

Thursday, April 28th: 2011 Undocumented Students Teach In

by on February 7, 2014 8:42 pm
Join us for the 2011 Undocumented Students Teach In! Keeping the DREAM alive Thursday, April 28th CERAS 100B, Stanford University 4pm-8pm* Dinner Served RSVP NOW: AB540teachin@gmail.com Volunteers Needed: Contact Claudia Rodriguez-Mojica cmojica@stanford.edu 4:15 pm-Panel 1: Finding Professional Experience What are some obstacles undocumented students encounter when looking for professional opportunities? What opportunities or alternatives are there for… Read more Thursday, April 28th: 2011 Undocumented Students Teach In

April 29th: Dr. Patricia Gándara

by on February 7, 2014 8:41 pm
April 29th: Dr. Patricia Gándara Professor of Education, University of California, Los Angeles Co-director of the Civil Rights Project/Proyecto Derechos Civiles “Will We All be Arizona? Horne vs Flores and the Future of Language Policy in the United States” 12:00 pm Cubberley 115 Pizza and refreshments will be provided   Dr. Gándara’s talk will focus on… Read more April 29th: Dr. Patricia Gándara

April 13: Stuart McNaughton

by on February 7, 2014 8:40 pm
April 13: Stuart McNaughton Professor of Education University of Auckland, New Zealand Director of the Woolf Fisher Research Centre Effective Literacy Instruction with Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students: A New Zealand Perspective on School Change 10:30 am CERAS 123 (SCANCOR Room) Coffee and refreshments will be provided   The design of more effective literacy instruction… Read more April 13: Stuart McNaughton

February 17: Adam Sawyer and Bryant Jensen

by on February 7, 2014 8:40 pm
Assistant Professors of Education Bard College MAT Regarding Educación: How and Why Frameworks Matter The youngest and fastest-growing demographic in U.S. society, students of Mexican-origin, have largely been left behind despite decades of well-intended schooling reforms. Given the demographic importance of this student population, the attainment of a vibrant democracy and well-distributed economic growth in the… Read more February 17: Adam Sawyer and Bryant Jensen

January 19: Mary Cecilia Colombi

by on February 7, 2014 8:39 pm
Professor of Linguistics University of California, Davis     Cubberley Room TBA 6:00 pm Pizza and drinks provided   Professor Colombi will address the biliteracy development of Spanish as a heritage language in university students in California. In academic contexts language is used to display information using technical lexicon, with high degrees of structure and… Read more January 19: Mary Cecilia Colombi

October 20: Guadalupe Valdés

by on February 7, 2014 8:38 pm
Bonnie Katz Tenenbaum Professor of Education Stanford University presents her latest research publication: “Latino Children Learning English”   6:00-7:30 Cubberley 114 pizza and drinks provided   “This timely and incisive book examines the ways in which English language proficiencies develop in newly arrived immigrant students. Beginning by describing the challenges faced by children who currently… Read more October 20: Guadalupe Valdés