The Race, Education and Democracy Lecture and Book Series, a collaborative effort of Simmons College and Beacon Press, will bring annually to Boston a prominent scholar to deliver four to five public lectures on the topic of Race, Education and Democracy. These lectures will form the basis for a book to be published by Beacon Press. 

This Lecture and Book Series aims to reestablish in the public imagination the historic connection between public education and the possibility of a robust democracy, against the backdrop of the issue of race in America.

The Series is aimed at a broad audience and will present educational issues in all their complexities, in readily accessible language.  The Series proceeds on the assumption that public education is at the center of American public life and that discussions about critical educational issues need to occur in the public domain and engage Americans from many different backgrounds in thoughtful and complicated conversations.

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Linda Darling-Hammond will deliver the 2010 Race, Education and Democracy Lectures, addressing the overarching question, Will We Educate All of the Nation’s Children--If Not Now, When?.

Professor Darling-Hammond is the Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education at Stanford University.  Her recent publications include, The Flat World and Education:  How America’s Commitment to Equity Will Determine Our Future, Teachers College Press, 1010; Preparing Principals for a Changing World:  Lessons From Effective School Leaders, with Meyerson, D, Lapointe, M and Orr, M.T, John Wiley & Sons, 2010 and Powerful Teacher Education:  Lessons From Exemplary Programs, John Wiley & Sons, 2006.


Some of Linda Darling-Hammond' Books:

Theresa Perry
Professor of Africana Studies and Education
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