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Author Talk: Youth Held at the Border
Lynch School of Education Associate Professor Lisa (Leigh) Patel Stevens will read from and discuss her new book Youth Held at the Border: Immigration, Education and the Politics of Inclusion on January 29 at 7 p.m. in Gasson Hall, room … Continue reading
An intimate look at the immigrant student
In her new book, Youth Held at the Border: Immigration, Education and the Politics of Inclusion, Lynch School of Education Associate Professor Lisa (Leigh) Patel invites readers to rethink assumptions about immigrant youth. Patel spent years working with an all-immigrant … Continue reading
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Tagged education, immigration, law, Lynch School of Education, schools
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From Rotella: a new book, a NYT book review and two columns
According to a New York Times book review by English Professor Carlo Rotella, Escape Velocity: A Charles Portis Miscellany — a collection of the author’s reporting, essays, short stories and drama– is a worthwhile read for Portis’ fans. Rotella, who also … Continue reading
Transforming teaching
Lynch School of Education Thomas More Brennan Professor Andy Hargreaves and his co-author Michael Fullan have been selected as education authors of the month by Routledge Press, the British publisher of their new book, Professional Capital: Transforming Teaching in Every … Continue reading
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Tagged education, Lynch School of Education, policymakers
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Will There Be Faith?
These are enormously challenging times for faith on earth, according to Boston College School of Theology and Ministry Professor Thomas H. Groome, an internationally renowned authority on religious education and author of the new book Will There Be Faith? A … Continue reading
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Tagged Catholic, education, parents, religion, School of Theology and Ministry
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Urban schools
Charles M. Payne, noted for his writings on school reform and urban education, will speak at the Lynch School of Education’s Fall Symposium on Dec. 6 at 6 p.m. in the Yawkey Center. Payne is the Frank P. Hixon Distinguished … Continue reading
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