Curry introduces new lecture series
A lecture series at the Curry School of Education this month will feature four acclaimed speakers who will focus on student underachievement due to factors ranging from poverty to learning disabilities.
All lectures will be held in Ruffner Hall's auditorium 4C, beginning at 10 a.m. Curry school organizers say they hope the presentations will help strengthen the school's commitment to risk and prevention education in curriculum.
The series' first speaker, Lindsay Chase-Lansdale, a professor at Northwestern University, spoke Jan. 31 on "Mother Transitions from Welfare to Work and the Well-Being of Preschoolers and Adolescents."
Kyle Snow, of the National Institute of Child Health & Human Development, will speak on "Methods in Early Childhood Education" Feb 21.
On March 14, Deborah Vandell, from the University of Wisconsin, will lecture on "After-School Programs for At-Risk Youth: When and Why They Support Positive Youth Development."
The series will close with a presentation entitled "Observational Methods and Sequential Analysis: Useful for Risk and Prevention Studies," by Roger Bakeman, of Georgia State University.
Roger Pianta, Chair of the Risk and Prevention work group, said the lectures will help educators view education with a wider lens, WHERE?
Colorado police admit to striking first
After Univ. of Colorado police exchanged blasts of pepper spray with students at a peace rally last week, officials have changed their story, admitting that police used mace on the students first.
Though police spokesman Tim McGraw initially said the police officers merely acted in self-defense, he admitted Friday that the officers did spray first after public outcry for further investigation into the incident.
Peace advocates gathered after the incident to protest the police conduct at the rally. Students claimed that only the police acted violently.
None of the protesters involved had filed formal complaints regarding the police conduct as of Friday, McGraw said in a Colorado Daily article.
The police will continue to investigate the whereabouts of a student suspect who allegedly sprayed three officers involved in the incident with his own can of pepper spray.
At least five students were maced during the incident. One of the three officers involved was hospitalized and treated for injuries inflicted by the pepper spray.
- Compiled by Whitney Garrison
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