"In the Face of What We Remember": Why We Must Talk About Race in Education

Session Type: Invited Speaker Session

Abstract

In response to the stream of recent legislation proposed or passed limiting or prohibiting critical race theory in education, this session explores the question of race in education. It features a moderated conversation between two giants—Dr. Gloria Ladson-Billings and Attorney Mark Rosenbaum. In a deep and deliberative conversation, they provide analyses of three broad questions, embracing an intersectional approach that defines educational equity at the fluid intersections of identities where students exist as plural, but also as possessing tools, supports, and conditions needed to experience success and joy in everyday learning. The session raises implications for how talking about race in education, particularly with respect to school systems that are too often found to be racially disproportionate, can be leveraged to more equitably serve and improve the institutional realities of students across lines of racial difference.

Sub Unit

• AERA Presidential Session

Moderator

• David E. Kirkland, New York University

Panelists

• Gloria J. Ladson-Billings, University of Wisconsin - Madison

• Mark Rosenbaum, Public Counsel Opportunity Under Law