Tragedies and Current Events: Helping Students to Cope with What They See, Read, and Hear in the News

Posted by Gesu School on October 26, 2015

Gesu School’s 18th Annual Symposium on Transforming Inner-City Education is November 6, 2015.

Topic:
Tragedies and Current Events: Helping Students to Cope with What They See, Read, and Hear in the News

Technological and social advances made during the twentieth century have resulted in increases in the immediacy and graphic nature of mass media coverage of current events. Experts from psychology, news literacy, and education will provide topical, cutting-edge perspectives in TED-style talks:
• Mary McNaughton-Cassill, Ph.D., University of Texas at San Antonio: Psychology of Media Impact
• Michael A. Spikes, Center for News Literacy at Stony Brook University: Teaching News Literacy
• Dana Weeks, Head of School, Germantown Friends School: School Protocols to Address Tragic Events

Taunya English, Senior Health Writer for WHYY’s “The Pulse” radio show, will moderate a Q&A.

Tickets are free. Registration is required. To register and for more details: http://www.gesuschool.org/2015symposium

When and Where:
November 6, 2015 1pm-3pm (Networking reception to follow)
Gesu School, Sherrerd Gymnasium
1700 West Thompson Street
Philadelphia, PA 19121

More Information: Contact Julianne Mesaric, Director of Annual Fund & Special Events, at 215-763-9077 or julianne.mesaric@gesuschool.org.

Always seeking to improve education for America’s inner-city children, Gesu School launched our Annual Symposium on Transforming Inner-City Education in 1997 to bring together funders, stakeholders, policymakers, and educators to tackle the tough issues in inner-city education today. From our first moderator, the late Tim Russert, to outstanding panelists like Stedman Graham, Joe Klein, and Paul Tough, the annual gathering brings together leading thinkers to stimulate productive conversation and energize us for our work in the field.