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Speaker: Jeannie Oakes, UCLA Jeannie Oakes is Presidential Professor in Educational Equity and Director of UCLA's Institute for Democracy, Education & Access (IDEA) and UC's All Campus Consortium on Research for Diversity (ACCORD). Dr. Oakes' research examines inequalities in U.S. schools, and follows the progress of equity-minded reform. Specifically, Oakes' work addresses tracking and ability grouping, unequal distribution of resources and opportunities for education, and educators working for equity. The latter topic is reported in her latest book, Becoming Good American Schools: The Struggle for Civic Virtue in Education Reform ( 2000) (with Karen Hunter Quartz, Steve Ryan, and Martin Lipton).. Professor Oakes was also the founding director of UCLA's Center X-Where Research and Practice Intersect for Urban School Professionals. Oakes' current research program at the Center investigates teacher development aimed at social justice for urban schools serving low-income students of color. Oakes' awards include the Distinguished Achievement Award from the Educational Press Association of America; three major awards from the American Educational Research Association (Early Career Award; Outstanding Research Article; Outstanding Book), and the National Association for Multicultural Education's Multicultural Research Award. She is also the recipient of Southern Christian Leadership Conference's Ralph David Abernathy Award for Public Service. |