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 [email protected]

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

http://comm-org.wisc.edu/papers2008/schools/gold.htm


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