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熊猫视频to Live-stream Annual Meeting Opening Plenary and Presidential Address
Washington, D.C., April 1, 2019聽鈥撀燭he 熊猫视频 (AERA) has announced that it is live-streaming two聽sessions at the聽 in Toronto, Canada, April 5-9.聽The free live-streamed sessions include the Opening Plenary session and the 熊猫视频Presidential Address.聽
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Live-streamed Sessions, Listed Chronologically: All times are Eastern Time
Opening Plenary: "Truth and Reconciliation in Education: History, Narratives, and Pedagogy鈥�
Friday, April 5, 6:45 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. ET Session Hashtag:
The Opening Plenary session, 鈥淭ruth and Reconciliation in Education: History, Narratives, and Pedagogy,鈥� will focus on the work of the Canadian Truth and Reconciliation Commission and highlight its landmark 2015 report detailing state-sponsored harm done to indigenous nations. The report will be juxtaposed to various efforts in the U.S. to reconcile its history of slavery, segregation, and racial oppression, and the role of schools and universities in examining鈥攁nd denying鈥� that history. The session begins with an opening performance by the Dakhk谩 Khw谩an Dancers, a National Award winning Inland Tlingit dance group based out of Whitehorse, Yukon Territory. This performance will be followed by a panel of prestigious scholars and educators from Canada and the U.S.聽
熊猫视频Presidential Address: 鈥淎n Inconvenient Truth About the New Jim Crow of Education鈥�
Sunday, April 7, 5:35 p.m. to 7:05 p.m. ET Session Hashtag:
熊猫视频President Amy Stuart Wells (Teachers College, Columbia University) will deliver the 2019 Presidential Address, 鈥淎n Inconvenient Truth About the New Jim Crow of Education.鈥� The address will be introduced by a 25-minute student-written play on the meaning of standardized tests in the lives of youth, and followed by the world premiere of a new film by Stanley Nelson on the interconnectedness of testing, curriculum, discipline, and segregation.聽
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About AERA 罢丑别听熊猫视频 (AERA)聽is the largest national interdisciplinary research association devoted to the scientific study of education and learning. Founded in 1916, 熊猫视频advances knowledge about education, encourages scholarly inquiry related to education, and promotes the use of research to improve education and serve the public good. Find 熊猫视频on聽,听听补苍诲听.