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The Re-Segregation of American Schools

INSTRUCTOR Steve Berk DATES Tuesdays 10am - 11:30am Sept. 28; Oct. 5, 12, 19, 26; Nov. 2 LOCATION The Class has moved to 253 South St, Astoria. Contact Coordinator for directions COORDINATOR Marjorie Spence 503-325-4233

Jonathon Kozol, one of America's greatest living writers on problems in public education, now in his seventies, has been studying children, teachers, and principals in some of our poorest school districts for over forty years.  In lucid, unsparing terms, he describes the persistence of racial segregation among minority school children.  Though no longer the law, or established custom, segregation continues because the United States has abandoned commitment to expansion of opportunity.  Our text this term is Kozol's latest offering, Letters to a Young Teacher,* the culmination of his compassionate, yet stinging insights on the cruel mania for high-stakes testing that dominates current public educational policies while draining all imagination and creativity from the educational process.  Students are asked to obtain this book, locally or online, and please read, if possible, to page 44.

*Letters to a Young Teacher; 2007, Three Rivers Press.  10 copies of this book will be available from Sue Zerangue, 503-338-0313, for $10/each, after Sept. 1st.  Please call to reserve a copy.

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Fall 10 Classes

• Classical Greek Philosophy
  
• The Re-segregation of American Schools
• All Aboard! Traveling by Rail in the US and Canada
• International Folk Dancing
  
• Astrobiology
  
• Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn
• Reading Aloud
  
• Book Group:
  Astoria & Empire

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