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Feb 2016
Vol 7:4
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Earn your Ed.D. at San Francisco State
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 Attend our Open House on Sunday, March 6!Then, apply to be part of the 2016 Ed.D cohort!
Join us on Sunday, March 6, from 1:30pm-2:30pm in Burk Hall 321 to learn more about the SF State Ed.D program and find out whether it is right for you and your professional goals.
Come get your questions answered then, apply!
We are accepting applications for the 2016-2017 school year until April 1st.
Please RSVP to edd@sfsu.edu.
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Taking Scholarship to the Schools - SF State's Consultancy Model
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Anti-Racist Teaching: Working to Reveal Unconscious Bias and Structural Racism
By Christine Solari ('15)
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Many educational interventions have been developed to address the "achievement gap" between Black and Latino students and their White and Asian peers, but few interventions specifically identify the unconscious bias held by many educators that contributes to this gap.
A school that we're calling Bay High set out to do so.
In this high school, faculty have joined together to create professional development to help teachers to identify and interrupt the racism that often plays out in classroom instruction and management, negatively impacting students of color. READ MORE
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Educational Leaders Focused on Social Justice
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Faculty Profile: Jamal Cooks Helping Incarcerated Young People Realize Their Worth
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The so-called "school-to-prison pipeline" has essentially funneled many promising young students from school to prison, where potential talent withers, rather than into higher education opportunities that may lead to lucrative and productive jobs and a lifetime of contribution.
Dr. Jamal Cooks, Professor of Secondary Education at San Francisco State University, is focusing on helping students caught up in the system find their worth.
Working with the Positive Communication Practices Rights of Passage program, Cooks plans to teach students in the juvenile justice system's maximum security units how to express themselves through writing.
"I see myself as a worker. I see myself as a youth advocate. I see myself as being a vehicle to being the voice for voiceless youth," Cooks said. READ MORE
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Accomplishments in the SF State's Ed.D. Community
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In this section, we call attention to the exemplary achievements of our students, graduates, and faculty.
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The Stanford Social Innovation Review calls SFSU Ed.D. grad Avani Patel ('14) an inspiration to students for her work as an apprentice in the Social Impact Careers program. She focused her apprenticeship on problems in education, from the perspectives of teacher, administrator, and philanthropic manager, working to contribute to a climate of social change.
SF State Educational Leadership professor Maika Watanabe, Ph.D. has published an article focused on using assessments to promote collaborative learning. Find her in: Mathematics Teacher, Volume 109, Issue 4.
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About Us
The mission of the SF State doctorate in educational leadership is to prepare educational leaders for P-12 schools and community colleges who will transform their organizations to enhance learning and achievement for all students. |
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