Past Events
Contesting Public Education: Opting Out, Activism, and Dissent in Education Policy
Champaign , USA
Levis Faculty Center, Room 210 (919 W. Illinois St., Urbana, IL 61801)
Levis Faculty Center, Room 210 (919 W. Illinois St., Urbana, IL 61801)
The journal Educational Theory will host a one-day conference on September 22, 2017, on the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus.
Event Type: Conference/Workshop
The journal Educational Theory is pleased to invite you to a one-day conference exploring such questions as:
- What values and claims are at stake when parents and students opt out of education?
- How do these claims intersect with public goals for education, including equity?
- How might opting out be understood as a form of dissent, activism and political action?
Guest presenters: Michele Moses (University of Colorado-Boulder), Amy Shuffelton (Loyola University Chicago), Sarah Stitzlein (University of Cincinnati), Ashley Taylor (Colgate University), Quentin Wheeler-Bell (Indiana University-Bloomington), Terrenda White (University of Colorado-Boulder), and Terri Wilson (University of Colorado-Boulder).
Click here for flyer with schedule.
Please RSVP to Emily Comer (ecomer3@illinois.edu) to help us estimate attendance.
Cost: The institute is free and open to the public; lunch and refreshments provided.
Contact: Emily Comer
ecomer3@illinois.edu
Co-sponsors: The Learning Publics Initiative (Center for Advanced Study), The State of Learning: The University in a Divided Nation (A Provost's Office Initiative, supported by the Center for Advanced Study), The Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities, and the Department of Education Policy, Organization & Leadership