Writing to Be Heard discussion
Posted by on October 26, 2009
Join Dr. Gretchen Suess, Dr. Eva Gold, Lawrence Mahoney-Jones, and William Crosby, authors of the Writing to Be Heard papers as they discuss realities of public education in Philadelphia from the students’ perspectives.
Where: Civic House at the University of Pennsylvania, 3914 Locust Walk
When: Friday, December 11, 3:00-4:30 PM
Please RSVP to Jackie Lopez at jackie@phennd.org
The papers originally came to my attention through the Comm-Org list and seemed particularly relevant for our work with the School District related to Senior Projects. Read more about our Senior Projects partnership at: https://phennd.org/index.php/initiatives/initiatives/pssr/
Below is more information about the papers, part of a project led by Research for Action.
Eva Gold, Kristine Lewis, Gretchen Suess, Cheryl Jones-Walker, and Sonia Rosen, Writing to be Heard. This is a collection of three papers by youth researchers doing school organizing, which includes:
-William Crosby, Antonia George, Ashley Hatch, Rahdia Robinson, & Terrese Thomas, Building Respectful Communities: Kensington Students Examine Adult-Student Relationships in their New Small Schools
-Rasheeda Enoch and Gerardo Zuviri, What Olney Teachers say about their Students and School
-Tiffany Fogle and Lawrence Jones, Parents Speak Up and Out about Parents’ Participation in Urban Public High Schools
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