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  • Tim Shanahan, professor of Curriculum & Instruction and director of the UIC Center for Literacy, received the UIC Researcher of the Year Award for Social Sciences and Humanities. 

  • Rico Gutstein, professor of curriculum and instruction, was quoted in a Medill Reports story on criticisms of Chicago Public Schools' process of closing and overhauling schools. 

  • Pauline Lipman, professor of educational policy studies, was quoted in the Chicago Tribune on ROTC programs and their proliferation in low-income African American and Latino communities.

  • Rico Gutstein, professor of curriculum and instruction, was quoted in a Catalyst report on a Chicago Public Schools board meeting where he called for an emergency meeting to address the violence among students at Fenger High School.

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Strange Fruit: The Figurative and Literary Lynchings of Black Girls in Urban Schools

When:    Tuesday, 2/16 @12:00 - 1:30 pm
Where:   Humanities Institute,
              lower level of Stevenson Hall
RSVP:    irrpp@uic.edu

Lynette L. Danley, visiting assistant professor of Curriculum & Instruction, will give a presentation that draws on five years of data on the everyday and educational experiences of Black girls in the states of Utah, Missouri, and Illinois. Dr. Danley will uncover modern forms of modern-day slavery, embodying the concept of "figurative lynchings" which exist in American urban schools.

COE now admitting freshmen and sophomores

Beginning Fall 2010 freshman and sophomores can apply directly to the College of Education as Undeclared Majors.  Click here for more information.