Meeting the Promise of Brown v. Board: 70 Years Later

As the landmark Brown v. Board decision turns 70, the country’s leading education researchers, civil rights advocates, legislators, community leaders and others will convene for dozens of interactive sessions on what we have learned in the 70 years since the Brown v. Board decision and where we go from here.

Featured Speakers

• Travis Bristol, Associate Professor of Teacher Education and Education Policy, University of California, Berkeley
• Melanie Carter, Associate Provost & Director, Center for HBCU Research, Leadership, and Policy, Howard University
• Chris Chatmon, CEO, Kingmakers of Oakland
• David Coleman, CEO, College Board
• Linda Darling-Hammond, President and CEO, Learning Policy Institute; Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education Emeritus, Stanford University
• Tyrone Howard, Professor of Education, University of California, Los Angeles
• Rucker Johnson, Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley
• Gloria Ladson-Billings, Professor Emerita of Urban Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Carol Lee, President, National Academy of Education Sciences; Professor Emerita, Northwestern University
• Chase Moore, Special Assistant, Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department of Education
• Na’ilah Suad Nasir, President, Spencer Foundation
• Pedro Noguera, Emery Stoops and Joyce King Stoops Dean, Rossier School of Education, University of Southern California
• Gary Orfield, Distinguished Research Professor of Education, University of California, Los Angeles; Co-Director, Civil Rights Project/Proyecto Derechos Civiles
• Congressman Robert “Bobby” C. Scott (D-Virginia), Chair, Committee on Education and Labor
• Ken Wesson, Neuroscience  Educational Consultant

Additional speakers to be announced.

If you have questions about this event, please contact NCoEDEquity@gmail.com.