(NAME-MCE) Online Discussion on Teaching Current Events

[Tara Mack]

the Education for Liberation Network presents...

TALKIN 'BOUT...TEACHING CURRENT EVENTS
a public, online discussion about how to bring current events into the
social justice classroom
monday, may 19 to Tuesday, may 20
(www.edliberation.org/talkin-bout)

talkin' bout is an online discussion series that brings together educators,
activists and youth to participate in a public conversation on the network
website about timely and important topics in liberatory education. From
Monday, May 19 to Tuesday, May 20 a panel will answer questions posted to an
online discussion board about what teaching current events in the context of
Education for Liberation means. The conversation will take place on the
website of the Education for Liberation Network (www.edliberation.org).
Please join us by posting questions and comments for the panelists and
participants.

This discussion features panelists from organizations and media outlets that
publish current events teaching materials including The Nation magazine,
IndyKids, Democracy Now! and World Savvy.

In the column on the right-hand side of the talkin 'bout page you can
download examples of current events teaching resources.

The panelists are:
*  Amanda Vender, is an IndyKids founder and editor. Amanda is currently a
graduate student in education at Hunter College.
*  Jeff Kisseloff, who writes the teachers guides for The Nation magazine.
Jeff is a journalist and author of five books, most recently, "Generation on
Fire: Voices of Protest from the 1960s."
*  Kelly Korenak, the Program Associate for World Savvy, a global education
non-profit. She is also a teacher and social worker.
* Ricky Schneider, who has taught English as a Second Language at Newtown
High School in Elmhurst, New York (Queens) for the past thirteen years. 
He uses reports from Democracy Now! in his classroom.  A human rights unit
is a major component of his classes.
*  Tara Mack (Moderator), Director of the Education for Liberation Network.

Additional panelists TBA

The network invites all those interested in this important issue to post
their own questions and comments for the panelists and for each other.
Anyone can read the discussion without registering. To post, first you must
register to use the site (www.edliberation.org/join_form)

We hope you will join us for an enlightening and lively digital
conversation.


The Education for Liberation Network is a national coalition of teachers,
community activists, youth, researchers and parents who believe a good
education should teach people-particularly low-income youth and youth of
color-to understand and challenge the injustices their communities face.
Click here (www.edliberation.org/join-us) to join the network listserv. For
more information contact Tara Mack, Director, Education for Liberation
Network on  <mailto:tara at edliberation.org> tara at edliberation.org.


Read about the Education for Liberation Network in The Nation magazine: (
<http://www.thenation.com/doc/20080225/doster>
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20080225/doster).