Fall Symposium: Language Policy and the Latino Educational Crisis
New York University School of Law
Furman Hall, Room 210
Thursday, October 16, 4:00-6:30 p.m.
PROGRAM
Moderator
Professor Regina Cortina, Teachers College
Speakers
Prof. Carola Suarez-Orozco, NYU Steinhardt: “The Latino Educational Crisis: A Call to Action”
Rosemary Salomone, St. John’s Law School: “Smaller Victories: What Remains of Lau’s Promise of a ‘Meaningful’ Education”
David Hinojosa, MALDEF: “Protecting the Rights of ELL Children in the Courts: United States and GI Forum/LULAC v. Texas”
Kate Menken, CUNY: “The Covert Attack on Bilingual Education, NCLB Style: Testing as de facto Language Policy”
Discussant
Cristina Rodríguez, NYU School of Law: The Intersection of Language Education and the Legal System
Faculty coordinators for 2008-2009 for the Working Group on Latin American Migration*
New York University
- Professor Cristina Rodríguez, NYU School of Law
- Professir Carola Suárez-Orozco, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development
Columbia University
- Professor Regina Cortina, Teachers College
For further information and to RSVP, please contact Nicolas Stahelin at nts2106@columbia.edu.
*Sponsored by the Institute of Latin American Studies, Columbia University, the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at New York University and Teachers College, Columbia University.
September 26th 2008