Educators on Education Reform

Saturday, June 25, 2011, 3:10-4:10 pm
Festival Tent, E. Washington Street near Alumni Center

When asked "would you rather work for change, or just complain?" 81% of respondents replied, "Do I have to pick? This is hard."

We’ve all heard the debate about reforming teacher tenure and teacher unions, but what kinds of change would classroom educators and researchers like to see? Join us for a frank discussion with:

Cathy Fleischer

Cathy Fleischer, parent of former Ann Arbor Public School students and a professor at Eastern Michigan University. Co-director of Teacher-Research for the Eastern Michigan Writing Project, she works with teachers to help them research and develop best practices in their own classrooms.

Victoria Haviland

Victoria Haviland, parent of students in the AAPS and a specialist in the University of Michigan's Joint Program in English and Education. She designed and taught in an innovative program for beginning teachers teaching under-served students and continues to develop programs that address the achievement gap.

Brit Satchwell

Brit Satchwell, long-time teacher in Ann Arbor Public Schools and currently serves as the President of Ann Arbor's teacher’s union, the Ann Arbor Education Association.

Jeff Kass (Panel Moderator)

Panel moderated by Jeff Kass, AAPS teacher and Director of the Neutral Zone's Literary Arts Programs.