the last session!

The Last Session!1. Announcements

2. Final Points

3. Exam Guidelines

4. Presentation Schedule

The Lottery and Panel Discussion

June 8th, 2010, 7:30-9:30 

A film about charter schools and education reform. 

It highlights educational inequalities and the need for reform

 http://TheLotteryFilm.com 

Panelists: three San Diego charter school experts Bud Mehan, Professor of Sociology and Director of CREATE at UC San Diego

Scott Barton, Principal of The Preuss School

Julian Betts, Professor and Chair of Economics at UC San Diego 

Limited number of tickets available at  http://boxoffice.printtixusa.com/ultrastar/advance?i=9376

The Lottery and Panel Discussion

June 8th, 2010, 7:30-9:30 

A film about charter schools and education reform. 

It highlights educational inequalities and the need for reform

 http://TheLotteryFilm.com 

Panelists: three San Diego charter school experts Bud Mehan, Professor of Sociology and Director of CREATE at UC San Diego

Scott Barton, Principal of The Preuss School

Julian Betts, Professor and Chair of Economics at UC San Diego 

Limited number of tickets available at  http://boxoffice.printtixusa.com/ultrastar/advance?i=9376

Tutoring: Preuss, Gompers, Lincoln

• Academic credit for upper-division students with a 2.5 GPA+. • Positions: Academic Counseling, Gear UP, School Nurse,

Special Education, Social Justice, and in all academic subjects.• Information Sessions:

– Tuesday, June 1st at 10am and 4pm– Wednesday, June 2nd at 12:30pm– Friday, June 4th at 2pm and 3pm 

• Website: http://create.ucsd.edu/partnerships/index.html  • Contact Evelyn Lucio at elucio@ucsd.edu • Contact Mariko Cavey at mcavey@ucsd.edu

126 Announcements

• Two Presentations Today• Group #30: Iran, US & Germany

– Devalin Jackson-The Relevance of HCBUs

• Office hours: 3:30-4:30 in PC 304• Final Exam is on CREATE Website• Scoring Rubric for Presentations is on

website

Project Schedule, June 8th

• In CREATE– 12:30 Wang & Yi-Chun:

Education in Taiwan

– 1:30: Jalin Patel: The Value of AP

– 1:50 Tina Kim: Education in Korea

• In CH 113– 3:00: Group 21: Education

in Mexico– 3:20: Group 35: Teacher

Preparation

-- 3:40 Sana Meghani: Education in Pakistan

– 4:00: Ernest & Cazarez: Narratives in Textbooks

– 4:20 Craig Curry: Math Instruction

– 4:40: Group 32: Social Class Differences in Parent Involvement

Final Points:The Idea of Education

• Equity and excellence--a dream not yet realized

• “Bringing together” thwarted by those in positions of privilege

• Tax-based “free” public education resisted by powerful interests

Final Point:The US Narrative

• Narrative of Progress--a smooth, beneficent path to perfection; or:

• Narrative of Struggle--for:– Rights– Dignity– Healthcare– Residence

Final Point: Achievement Ideology? Or: Reproduction of Inequality

• Consider Both/and Not Either/Or

• Persons Blame Self for “Failure to Achieve”