Lowell Lecture
The Health of Democracy: Privatizing Education
Date & Time
March 8, 2015
Location
First Parish Church in Cambridge
3 Church Street Cambridge, MA 02138
Driving Directions
Speaker(s)
Julian Vasquez-Heilig, education policy, California State University, Sacramento Suzie McGlone, teacher, Boston Public Schools
Presenting Organization
Topics
The Massachusetts School Law of 1642 laid out the rationale for public education: "Forasmuch as the good education of children is of singular behoof and benefit to any Common-wealth." How do contemporary efforts to privatize public education square with the civic role that education has played in American democracy? Internationally recognized leader in education policy Julian Vasquez Heilig examines the variety of ways in which public education is being privatized in the name of "reform" and suggests ways for citizens to respond that both improve educational experience and strengthen the societal and civic role that education plays.
This program is funded in part by MassHumanities.