Every Shut Eye Ain't Sleep: Positioning Culture at Center Stage in Learning

Stanford School of Education Cubberley Lecture Series: Professor Carol D. Lee

Educators often attribute poor academic performance among low-income youth of color to their home and community environments. African American Vernacular English, for example, is often viewed as a problem to be corrected at school. But can such cultural traditions lead to an understanding of how we can improve classroom teaching? Professor Carol D. Lee studies the ways in which historically underserved students bring powerful but often devalued and untapped skills into classrooms. She will discuss how cultural practices can inform our approaches to learning, teaching, and educational policy.

A reception will immediately follow the lecture.

Carol D. Lee is a Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford and Associate Professor in Learning Sciences and African American Studies at Northwestern University.