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Adelaide Sanford to speak at 24th annual Benjamin E. Mays Lecture  Adelaide Sanford, retired educator and former vice chancellor of the New York State Board of Regents, will speak at the 24th annual Benjamin E. Mays Lecture on Oct. 4, 2012, at 6:30 p.m. in the Georgia State University Speakers Auditorium (44 Courtland St., Atlanta). This event, co-hosted by the Alonzo A. Crim Center for Urban Educational Excellence, is free and open to the public. A reception will be held from 5:30-6:15 p.m. in the auditorium lobby and a dessert reception will follow the lecture. In her 35-year career in education, Sanford served as an elementary school teacher, guidance counselor, assistant principal and principal in New York City, garnering city-wide recognition for her school's improvements in student achievement, teacher morale and gifted programs. After retiring in 1985, she was elected to two 7-year terms as a member-at-large on the New York State Board of Regents and served two 3-year terms as its vice chancellor. Sanford's leadership in elementary school education and empowering low-income communities earned her numerous awards, including the Josephine Shaw Lowell Award and the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's Humanitarian Award. To read more about the lecture, click here.
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Upcoming Events in the
College of Education
7th annual Dan E. Sweat Lecture
October 2, 2012
3 p.m.
Andrew Young School of
Policy Studies
7th floor seminar room
14 Marietta Street N.W.
Atlanta, GA 30303
Presenter: Brian Jacob
Brian Jacob, Walter H. Annenberg Professor of Education Policy and professor of economics at the University of Michigan, will speak at the 7th annual Dan E. Sweat Lecture on Oct. 2, 2012, at 3 p.m. in the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies (14 Marietta St. N.W., Atlanta). He will give a presentation entitled, "Does Raising Educational Standards Raise Student Achievement?"
The College of Education's Department of Educational Policy Studies serves as one of the event's co-hosts. This event is free and open to the public.
For more information, call (404) 413-0249 or click here.
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To learn more about giving to the Crim Center, click here.
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