César Chávez Education Conference

[Peter Farruggio <pfarr@cal.berkeley.edu>]

California State University Fresno
The Kremen School of Education and Human Development


César Chávez Education Conference: Issues Parents and Teachers Face

See full program at: http://education.csufresno.edu/CesarChavezConf.htm


Keynotes:
Susan Ohanian, author of Why is Corporate America 
Bashing our Public Schools?           (Keynote speech: Sat., 9:00 AM)

Elaine Garan, Ph.D., author of Smart Answers To 
Tough Questions and honored as One of the Top Ten 
Most Influential Educators in the U.S. 2005
                                                                                        (Keynote 
speech: Sat, 11:45 AM)

Francisco Guajardo, Ph.D., co-founder and 
Executive Director of the Llano Grande Center

Miguel Guajardo, Ph.D., Texas State University, 
co-founder of the Llano Grande Center


Friday, March 23, 3:00-7:00
Saturday, March 24, 8:00-5:00

Saturday NCLB sessions:

10:15 AM
Negative Impacts of High Stakes Graduation 
Tests:  The Mounting Body of Evidence from the Nation?s Largest Petri Dish
Jo Behm(ED177)

High Stakes Testing-Part 1
Susan Harman
(ED390)

1:30 PM
High Stakes Testing-Part 2
Susan Harman
(ED390)

2:45 PM
Organizing around the Elimination of NCLB
Phillip Brown(ED187)

The conference will take place at the Kremen 
School of Education and Human Development, CSUF
Lunch available for purchase on Friday and 
relaxed parking on Friday and Saturday in Lot C.
On-site registration: Free entrance.  Donations 
accepted to support Teachers for Social Justice.
One-unit of credit will be available at registration.
Call Laura Alamillo, Ph.D., for more information, (559) 278-0280
Sponsored by: Associated Students, The Kremen 
School of Education and Human  Development, The 
California Reading and Literature Project, Fresno 
Teachers Association, Teachers for Social Justice 
(CSUF), CTA/King/Tulare/Visalia, CalCARE, 
Trabajadores de la Raza, CSUF  Chicano Studies Dept.