The Limits of Schooling, The Power of Poverty
Speaker: Charles Payne
Lecture Title: The Limits of Schooling, the Power of Poverty
Moderator: Erin Einhorn, Chalkbeat Detroit
Commentators: Sarah Lenhoff, Wayne State University, Jeffery Robinson, Paul Robeson Malcolm X Academy, Punita Dani Thurman, Skillman Foundation
Date: Thursday, March 23, 2017
Time: 6:30 p.m. ET
City: Detroit
Location: Detroit Institute of Arts
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About the Lecture
The persistent idea that schools can have little influence on children coming from poor homes and neighborhoods is increasingly being challenged by the best available research evidence. At one time, it was a position clearly favored by conservatives; more recently, it has been embraced by progressives. Given stronger organizational cultures and more strategic investments in youth, schools can see better outcomes, even at current resource levels. With more resources, there is every reason to think they could do better still.
About Charles Payne
Charles Payne is the Frank P. Hixon Professor in the School of Social Service Administration at the University of Chicago. His interests include urban education and school reform, social inequality, social change and modern African American history. His books on education include So Much Reform, So Little Change: The Persistence of Failure in Urban Schools (2008) and a co-edited anthology, Teach Freedom: The African American Tradition of Education For Liberation (2008). Payne served for two years as acting director of the Woodlawn Children’s Promise Community in Chicago, a neighborhood-based attempt to improve life- outcomes for urban youth. He has taught at Southern University, Williams College, Northwestern University, and Duke University, and has won several teaching awards.
Lecture Title: The Limits of Schooling, the Power of Poverty
Moderator: Erin Einhorn, Chalkbeat Detroit
Commentators: Sarah Lenhoff, Wayne State University, Jeffery Robinson, Paul Robeson Malcolm X Academy, Punita Dani Thurman, Skillman Foundation
Date: Thursday, March 23, 2017
Time: 6:30 p.m. ET
City: Detroit
Location: Detroit Institute of Arts
WATCH VIDEO OF THE FULL LECTURE AND OPEN FORUM HERE!
View photos from the Lecture here.
View a five minute recap of the Lecture here.
About the Lecture
The persistent idea that schools can have little influence on children coming from poor homes and neighborhoods is increasingly being challenged by the best available research evidence. At one time, it was a position clearly favored by conservatives; more recently, it has been embraced by progressives. Given stronger organizational cultures and more strategic investments in youth, schools can see better outcomes, even at current resource levels. With more resources, there is every reason to think they could do better still.
About Charles Payne
Charles Payne is the Frank P. Hixon Professor in the School of Social Service Administration at the University of Chicago. His interests include urban education and school reform, social inequality, social change and modern African American history. His books on education include So Much Reform, So Little Change: The Persistence of Failure in Urban Schools (2008) and a co-edited anthology, Teach Freedom: The African American Tradition of Education For Liberation (2008). Payne served for two years as acting director of the Woodlawn Children’s Promise Community in Chicago, a neighborhood-based attempt to improve life- outcomes for urban youth. He has taught at Southern University, Williams College, Northwestern University, and Duke University, and has won several teaching awards.