RESEARCH POSTER PRESENTATION DESIGN © 2011 www.PosterPresentations.com The Anthropology of Race: Cultural Anthropology Seminar How can we create schools that are, inclusive, culturally responsive, and democratic? Students in this class tutor at Central Park School for Children every other class period as part of the service-learning aspect of the course Magnet Schools Charter Schools Testing Teacher Incentives More Diverse Schools Increase School Day Smaller Classes Technology Access What is the ANSWER? There are over 1,746 schools in the U.S. that graduate less than 60% of their students. Are today’s schools any more inclusive or socially just than schools were 50 years ago? Lee D. Baker Dean of Academic Affairs at Trinity College Associate Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education Professor of Cultural Anthropology and Sociology American Higher Education and Civic Engagement Rethinking Schools through the Lens of Social Justice Jan Riggsbee Director of the Program in Education Associate Professor of the Practice David Malone Associate Professor of the Practice Director of Service-Learning Program Knowledge in the Service of Society FOCUS Cluster Eric Mlyn Executive Director, Duke Engage Adjunct Associate Professor of Public Policy In 1954 the Supreme Court case Brown vs. the Board of Education forever changed American schools by ending segregation and creating educational equity. Or did it? Two Types of Engagement Civic Engagement- Organized voluntary activity that has as its main purpose to help others and solve problems • Examples– Volunteering at a food kitchen, fundraising for a cause, tutoring Political Engagement- Activities performed that have the clear intention of influencing government behavior • Examples—Voting, running for office, signing a petition, writing to a public official The Case Against Civic Engagement in American Higher Education • The university is a place for research and teaching • Faculty should focus on developing analytical skills not personal, political, or moral views • Civic engagement should be done outside the classroom • Academicizing- To remove a topic form its real world context and placing it in a purely academic context Civic Engagement Organizations at Duke University • Students in the course are to conduct a research project on a civic engagement organization at Duke. They will analyze the work of such organization based on what has been discussed in class Examples: Wiser Robertson Scholars Best Buddies Duke Engage Hart Leadership Global Health Institute Since 1983, more than 10 million Americans reached the 12th grade without having learned to read at a basic level. one million children drop out of school each year