School of Education
2007 Julian Parker Lecture Series
A Series on Issues and Values in Urban Education
FREE and open to the public
Urban education: Insights from America's most progressive districts
6:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 25, 2007
University of St. Thomas, Minneapolis Campus
Terrence Murphy Hall, Thornton Auditorium
1000 LaSalle Ave., Minneapolis, MN
(Corner of 10th Street and LaSalle Avenue)
Join us at the 2007 Julian Parker Lecture Series, an annual event focusing on values and issues in education.
Featured Speakers
Dr. Arlene Ackerman
Ackerman has served in public education for more than 30 years. She currently serves as a professor of practice at Columbia University's Teachers College, holding the prestigious Christian A. Johnson endowed chair. She was former superintendent of the San Fransisco Unified School District, where she was credited for rising student achievement and renewed fiscal health in the public school system. In 2005, she was named Superintendent of the Year by the National Alliance of Black School Educators. She also served as superintendent of the Washington, D.C. Public Schools. Ackerman has also been a classroom teacher and principal at both the elementary and middle school levels as well as director of both the Upward Bound Program for first generation college-bound students and the Basic Skills Academy for at-risk high school youth. She received her master's and doctoral degrees from Harvard University.
Dr. Joseph J. Scherer
Scherer started his career as a classroom teacher in Minneapolis. In 2004 Scherer co-founded the District Management Council, an organization dedicated to helping districts discover practical results, showcase the best practices, and create opportunites for superintendents to learn from one another. Formerly, Scherer was a vice president at Harcourt Education, vice president of Kaplan Learning Services. He also spent nearly 20 years administering a number of education programs in Washington, D.C. University of St. Thomas alum, Scherer has beed inducted in the School of Education Wall of Fame.
Metro Area Superintendents Panel Discussion
Superintendents from among the largest urban districts in the Twin Cities Metro Area will react to the evening's lecture and discuss opportunities and challenges facing Minnesota's districts today. A question and answer period will follow.
Moderator: Calvin Walker, Education Chair, NAACP Minneapolis
Panelists:
Dr. Meria Carstarphen, superintendent, St. Paul Public Schools
Dr. William D. Green, superintendent, Minneapolis Public Schools
Dr. Dennis Peterson, superintendent, Minnetonka Public Schools
Sponsors
University of St. Thomas School of Education Department of Leadership, Policy and Administration
Minnesota Alliance of Black School Educators
Academia Cesar Chavez
African American Registry
African Roots Connection heard on KMOJ
American Indian Magnet Schools
Association for the Advancement of Hmong Women
Collaborative Urban Educator (CUE) Program, University of St. Thomas
Hope Academy, Minneapolis
HOPE (Hmong Open Partnerships in Education) Community Academy, St. Paul
Interdistrict Downtown School
NAACP Minneapolis
Evening Program
6:30-7 p.m. Reception
7-7:30 p.m. Minnesota Alliance of Black School Educators Excellence in Diversity Award and Azell Smith Memorial Scholarships presentations
7:30 p.m. Featured Speakers: Dr. Arlene Ackerman and Dr. Joseph J. Scherer 8:15-8:45 p.m. Metro Area Superintendents Panel Discussion and Q & A
8:45 p.m. Coffee and Conversation
call Allissa Koenen at (651) 962-4983.
Clock hour certificates available upon request.
Sponsored by the University of St. Thomas Department of Leadership, Policy and Administration.
Julian Parker Lecture Series
The Julian Parker Lecture Series honors the longtime chairman of the
education department and graduate school dean at Xavier University, New
Orleans. Parker was a national leader on urban education and race relations. In the 1960s, Parker was instrumental
in dealing with issues of race and diversity when he worked at the University of St. Thomas in an exchange program between the nation's historically black colleges and private colleges in Minnesota.
