Educators' Roundtable: Elitism (Potluck Luncheon)
Join fellow Harvard alumni to discuss issues in education, specific and general. Come to a potluck luncheon at the home of Priscilla and Michael Heim to voice your opinion and meet others interested in the current state of education.
Saturday, February 26, 2011 @ 12:30pm - 3:00pm
Home of Priscilla and Michael Heim, 500 Levering Ave.,LA 90024
Moderator: UCLA Professor, UCLA Vice-Chancellor Emerita, and former Harvard Professor Claudia Mitchell-Kernan
Subject: Elitism
'Elite' is an epithet continually associated with Harvard. Is a Harvard education an elite education or an education for the elite? Is the term pejorative or complimentary? What are the basic ingredients of a Harvard education and what are its goals? Or the goals of education?
Recently Harvard alumni have been gathering to discuss issues in education, specific and general. Charter schools, the bureaucracy, racism have been some of the subjects addressed in this informal environment promoting unofficial comments. Come to a potluck luncheon at the home of Priscilla and Michael Heim to voice your opinion and meet others interested in the current state of education.
Seating is limited, so please sign up early!
Cost: Free (bring an item for the potluck lunch; drinks and utensils will be provided)
Contact: Priscilla Heim, priheim@verizon.net, 310-472-4478