Issues in Education - Educators’ Roundtable - Common Core: Another Panacea?

Join fellow Harvard alumni for this exciting event. Educator's Roundtables have brought seminal issues in today's education to the attention of the Harvard community and allowed the free-wheeling conversation this community fosters to occur.

Saturday, February 8, 2014 @ 12:30pm - 2:30pm
Home of  Priscilla Heim, 500 Levering Ave., Los Angeles CA 90024 (parking up the street)

At the next event, Harvard alumni will have the opportunity to discuss the controversial Common Core Standards and the many issues -- political and philosophical, as well as educational -- surrounding their adoption in California and 44 other states.  The discussion will be moderated by JoAnn McKenna, '65. Dr. McKenna received her masters and doctorate in education from UCLA. Her extensive career has included K-12 teaching, education research, and the evaluation of innovative education programs. She spent the last 10 years teaching in the LAUSD, retiring in June 2013. Her consulting firm, Gemini Education Partners, is currently conducting professional development workshops for teachers on implementing the Common Core, with an emphasis on the integration of technology into instruction.

Come to a pot-luck luncheon at the home of Priscilla Heim and learn more about the controversy surrounding the Common Core, hear all sides of the controversy, and offer your criticisms and your ideas.

Cost: No cost. Contribution to a pot-luck luncheon will be appreciated.
Contact: Priscilla Heim, priheim@verizon.net, 310-472-4478
RSVP: Please RSVP to the right.

Bring a dish--it’s a pot-luck, which always promotes conversation--and bring your thoughts and your open Harvard mind.