Centennial Events

Thursday, February 18, 2021 5:00 to 7:00pm
Unpacking Segregation in the NYC Public Schools to Promote Equity, Integration & Justice

• Featuring: New York State Senator Robert Jackson, Dr. Kaliris Salas-Ramirez, community activist; Mahadi Walrond, teacher; Chankele Winfield, undergraduate student
• Event Flyer
• Video

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2021 5:00 to 7:00pm
The Having of Wonderful Ideas: A Conversation about Jean Piaget

• Featuring: William Crain, author, and activist; Eleanor Duckworth, renowned educator and author.
• Event Flyer
• Video

Thursday, March 25, 2021 5:00 to 7:00pm
Educating for Democracy: Transforming Public Education to Ensure High Quality, Equitable Opportunities for All

• Keynote Speaker:
  Linda Darling-Hammond, renowned educator and scholar, Founder, President and CEO, Learning Policy Institute; Founder, Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education; Lead: Education Transition Team for President Biden’s and Obama’s administration        
• Video

Tuesday, April 13th, 2021 5:00 to 7:00pm
Schools that Promote Social Justice and Democracy: A Conversation with Deborah Meier

• Featuring: Deborah Meier, founder of Central Park Elementary and Secondary schools, MacArthur Award recipient, and author
• Video

Tuesday, May 18, 2021 5:00 to 7:00 pm
School of Education Centennial Gala

• Centennial Student Prizes to be awarded by Program Faculty, video of the History of the School of Education, video of the Voices of our Deans
• Video

Monday, November 29, 2021 5pm to 7pm
Artists as Agents of Change: Arts Education in the School of Education, the Next 100 Years

• Featuring: Jan Valle, professor of disability studies and inclusive education at CCNY; Elise Engler, artist; Durell Cooper, one of the nation's leading cultural strategists and Founder and CEO of the Cultural Innovation Group.
• Event Flyer
• Video

Thursday November 18, 2021 5 to 6:30pm
SoE Alumni: Highlights of Special Programs

• A conversation around SoE Special Programs
• Video

Thursday October 21, 2021 5 to 7pm
School of Education at a Critical Juncture

• Keynote speaker:
  Ofelia García is Professor Emerita in the Ph.D. programs in Urban Education and Latin American, Iberian and Latino Cultures at The Graduate Center of the City University of New York. She started her academic career as Assistant Professor in the School of Education at City College of New York in 1981. García has published widely in the areas of bilingualism/multilingualism and bilingual education, language education, language policy, and sociology of language. The American Educational Research Association has awarded her three Lifetime Research Achievement Awards ––Distinguished Contributions to Social Contexts in Education (2019); Bilingual Education (2017); and Second Language Acquisition Leadership through Research (2019). She is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Education. For more, visit www.ofeliagarcia.org.
• Video

Wednesday October 13, 2021 5 to 7pm
Teachers of Tomorrow Club – Past, Present, Future

• The History of the Teachers of Tomorrow Club video
• Video