As an educator, parent, aspiring teacher, or community member, are you concerned about standardized testing in American schools? The documentary film, Defies Measurement, asks, “What if the most important lessons learned in school are the ones that cannot be measured?” Filmmaker Shannon Puckett explores this question in a film featuring several experts on education, including
Recently, The Los Angeles Times broke the story about a plan to put more than half of all Los Angeles children into charter schools in the next few years. This caused a lot of discussion among CES faculty and staff. Monday, October 5, is World Teacher Day, and it seems an appropriate time to share
“I am Dani. I value diversity. I am a campus leader. I am a football player. I am a good friend. I am highly involved on campus, and I am an extrovert. I am also questioning my gender identity.” Dani is a representation of students who have multiple identities. Programs like Integrated Educational Studies (IES)
Two programs at Chapman University are working to bring social justice to the world — one neighborhood at a time. The Paulo Freire Democratic Project and Padres Unidos, programs centered at Chapman’s College of Educational Studies, provide residents in nearby neighborhoods with continuing education and training in social justice and civic involvement. Padres Unidos Padres
In celebration of its 25th anniversary, the Orange County Community Foundation is super-charging local giving by hosting Orange County’s first-ever countywide giving day on April 21-22 , 2015. Secure, tax-deductible donations will be accepted on iheartoc.org during a 30 hour period. Their goal is to raise $2 million for OC nonprofits! Chapman and the College
On Saturday, March 21 st , the College of Educational Studies hosted the renowned author, Victor Villaseñor at LMdeCU its Downtown Santa Ana bookstore. The full house event brought in old and young, students and community members, as well as local authors and artists who wanted to listen to the empowering words of this
What is the Hidden Curriculum? Integrated Educational Studies students Lauren Delgado, Marti McIntosh and Mattie MacKes conducted a presentation and policy brief on the topic of the hidden curriculum in education, a sociological concept as part of the course work for IES 206. IES 206: Schools in Society is a required course in the Integrated
Chapman University Ph.D. Students Maryann Krikorian, Kevin Stockbridge, Charlotte Achieng-Evensen were accompanied by Dr. Suzanne SooHoo to Honolulu in order to attend and present at the Hawaiian International Educators Conference (HICE). The goal was to encounter and engage with both National and International scholars.
Every once in a while, dreams come true. And sometimes they pass without full acknowledgement–we are off to the next big thing. Recently, one of our dreams was realized and thus it is worth pausing, just for a minute, to celebrate this special moment in time. Many years ago, led by Tom Wilson, a small
by Pamela Ezell and Chandra Jenkins, Ph.D. students Can this world be saved? That’s the question Dean Don Cardinal pondered aloud when he welcomed a full house to the symposium, “Teaching Critically and Democratically in Times of Crisis,” in the Bush Conference Center on Saturday morning. His answer, as he surveyed the nearly 300 students,