Educational Equity and Social Justice as Smart Economic Policy: A lecture by Martin Carnoy

The issues Dr. Carnoy will address during his lecture at SSU on 4/1/10 directly relate to our Arts Advocacy efforts.

Thursday, April 1st
7:00 pm
Person Theater, Sonoma State University
Free

Contact Pam Van Halsema, School of Education, (707) 664-2132 for more information.

Here is an excerpt from the flyer:

The title of the lecture is "Educational Equity and Social Justice as Smart Economic Policy: An International Perspective."

Dr. Carnoy is a labor economist with a special interest in the political economy of the educational system. Studying all aspects of educational policy, and focusing more specifically on what happens inside schools that affects students and their ability to learn,

Dr. Carnoy has done extensive research specific to diversity within schools internationally, and offers a great deal of insight to anyone interested in discussing his research at his lecture, in which he will be addressing the issues of minority education, both here in the United States and internationally.

Dr. Carnoy focuses his research on the changing economic value of education as well as aspects of educational production such as financing and resource allocation and even school choice. The results of his research can be found in his several books, and will be the topic of discussion at his lecture.

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