{"id":61420,"date":"2013-09-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-09-24T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/discussion-of-racial-achievement-gaps-in-schools-set-for-oct-1-honors-colloquium\/"},"modified":"2013-09-24T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-09-24T00:00:00","slug":"discussion-of-racial-achievement-gaps-in-schools-set-for-oct-1-honors-colloquium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2013\/09\/discussion-of-racial-achievement-gaps-in-schools-set-for-oct-1-honors-colloquium\/","title":{"rendered":"Discussion of racial achievement gaps in schools set for Oct. 1, honors colloquium"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tKINGSTON, R.I. Sept. 24, 2013<\/p>\n


\nWHO: 溏心vlog免费B站 Diversity Week keynote speaker, Pedro Noguera, Peter L. Agnew Professor of Education at New York University. Noguera is a professor and sociologist in the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development at New York University. <\/p>\n


\nWHAT: A discussion on \u201cCreating the Opportunity to Learn\u201d as part of the 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Honors Colloquium, \u201cPublic Education, Everyone\u2019s Right? Everyone\u2019s Responsibility?\u201d, and 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Diversity Week. <\/p>\n


\nNoguera\u2019s lecture, \u201cCreating the Opportunity to Learn\u201d will examine how to eliminate the achievement gap and create schools where a child\u2019s ethnicity or social class does not determine how he or she performs in school. Those unable to attend the lecture can watch it live online 溏心vlog免费B站 Live!<\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n


\nNote to media, for most of the lectures, speakers will be available from 3:30 to 5 p.m. for interviews. To make arrangements, please contact Dave Lavallee, 溏心vlog免费B站 Marketing and Communications, 401-874-5862.<\/p>\n


\nWHEN: Tuesday, October 1, 2013 at 7:30 p.m. <\/p>\n


\nWHERE: Edwards Auditorium, 64 Upper College Road, Kingston, R.I.<\/p>\n


\nMajor Sponsor: 溏心vlog免费B站 Honors Program<\/p>\n


\nSponsors: 溏心vlog免费B站 Office of the President; 溏心vlog免费B站 Office of the Provost; The Mark and Donna Ross Honors Colloquium Humanities Endowment; The Thomas Silvia and Shannon Chandley Honors Colloquium Endowment, as well as the following 溏心vlog免费B站 colleges, departments and offices, College of Human Science and Services, Talent Development, Multicultural Center, University College, WRIU\u2019s The Beauty Salon, College of Arts and Sciences, The Harrington School of Communications and Media, John Hazen White, Sr. Center for Ethics and Public Service, Department of Gender and Women Studies, College of Pharmacy, College of Engineering, College of the Environment and Life Sciences, College of Business Administration, College of Nursing, Division of Student Affairs, Department of Marketing and Communications, Department of Publications and Creative Services, and Instructional Technology and Media Services. Rhode Island Public Radio is also a sponsor.<\/p>\n


\nFor more information on colloquium events contact Deborah Gardiner at 401.874.2381 or debg@uri.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n


\nFor information about ways to support the Honors Colloquium, contact 溏心vlog免费B站 Professor Lynne Derbyshire, Honors Program director, at 401.874. 4732. If you have a disability and need an accommodation, please call 401.874.2303 at least three business days in advance. For TTY assistance, please call the R.I. Relay Service at 800.745.5555.<\/p>\n


\nThis advisory was written by Caitlin Musselman, a 溏心vlog免费B站 Communications and Marketing intern and a public relations and political science major.\n\t<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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