At the American Educational Research Association's annual meeting this spring, several members presented lectures with their views of September 11th and the importance of education. These reflective educational researchers are among the university faculty members who can serve as thoughtful sources on education and September 11, commenting on how education matters in a terrifying world and why we must trust in it.
Catherine Cornbleth, professor of education at the University at Buffalo. A former high school social studies teacher, she has interviewed high school students on their images of America for her forthcoming book: Hearing American's Youth: Social Identities in Uncertain Times, due out this academic year. Her areas of interest include curriculum politics, policy, practice and social studies education.
Gloria Ladson-Billings, professor at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. She has focused on multicultural education, social studies and culturally relevant pedagogy. She can outline four things not to be done as we process and live through the trauma of September 11.
Barbara Finkelstein, an historian of education and a professor of education policy at the University of Maryland, College Park. Professor Finkelstein, who has conducted cultural studies and research on children's policy, can speak to a culturally more congested world and the challenge facing schools in the United States.
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