Participants David C. Berliner is a Regents' Professor in the College Of Education at Arizona State University. His books include Educational Psychology (6th edition) (with N. L. Gage), The Manufactured Crisis (with B. J. Biddle), and The Handbook of Educational Psychology (edited with R. L. Calfee). He has served as president of the American Educational Research Association and of the Educational Psychology Division of the American Psychological Association. Berliner is a fellow of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences and a member of the National Academy of Education. Collateral Damage: How High-Stakes Testing Corrupts America's Schools, written by Sharon L. Nichols and David Berliner, will be available in March of 2007. Deron Boyles is Professor of Educational Policy Studies in the College of Education at Georgia State University. His first book, American Education and Corporations: The Free Market Goes to School won the Critics’ Choice Award from the American Educational Studies Association. Schools or Markets?: Commercialism, Privatization, and School-Business Partnerships, his second book, is an edited volume highlighting young scholars and their work on corporatism. Marion Brady is a retired middle school through university level teacher, teacher educator, county-level administrator, publisher consultant, author of textbooks published by Prentice-Hall and Books For Educators, professional books published by The State University of New York Press and Books For Educators, a long-time writer of newspaper columns on education for Knight Ridder/Tribune, and frequent contributor to professional education journals such as Phi Delta Kappan. Jack Gerson teaches calculus, physics and remedial math at Castlemont Leadership Prep High in Oakland, California, where he is the lead math teacher and a member of the school district's math curriculum council. Gerson has been one of the leading voices in Oakland opposing the state takeover of Oakland public schools and the role of the Broad and Gates Foundations in imposing privatization via a "business model" for public schools. Gerson holds a Ph.D. in biostatistics from Berkeley. Kenneth Goodman is professor Emeritus at the University of Arizona. Goodman's work has changed our understanding of literacy processes, how they are learned, and how best to teach them. His sociotransactional theory of the reading process is the most widely cited in the world. Responding to the negative effects that standardization has had on our children’s education, Goodman's most recent works include The Truth About DIBELS: What It Is - What It Does, and Saving Our Schools: The Case For Public Education, Saying No to No Child Left Behind. Dr. Goodman’s presentation will address the “science” behind Reading First, a program used by thousands of Georgia’s children. Susan Ohanian is a longtime teacher and prolific writer. Her more than 300 articles have appeared in publications ranging from The Atlantic, The Nation, USA Today, and Parents, to Phi Delta Kappan, School Board Journal,The School Administrator, Education Week, and English Journal. The latest of Susan's many books is Why Is Corporate America Bashing Our Public Schools? The National Council of Teachers of English gave susanohanian.org the George Orwell Award for Distintiguished Contribution to Honesty and Clarity in Public Language. You. You are an essential part of this conversation. We invite you to share your experiences and insights with us. What is missing from our presentations? Can we help you solve issues in your community? What can we do together, to help children develop into critical, compassionate, engaged and reflective adults? There will be plenty of time before and after each presentation for debate and discussion, and we look forward to a "working" lunch with break out groups. We will begin open dialogue at 3:30. We look forward to your participation.
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