Rice’s Teacher Education program will celebrate 50th anniversary with special events Sept. 3-4

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David Ruth
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Jeff Falk
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Rice’s Teacher Education program will celebrate 50th anniversary with special events Sept. 3-4

HOUSTON – (Aug. 20, 2014) – Rice University’s pioneering Teacher Education program, part of Rice’s Susanne M. Glasscock School of Continuing Studies, will celebrate its 50th anniversary Sept. 3-4 with two special events highlighting educational equity in Texas schools. The events coincide with the beginning of the state’s K-12 school year.

On Sept. 3, Angela Valenzuela, a professor in the Educational Policy and Planning Program at the University of Texas at Austin, will give a public keynote address on “Educational Equity, Politics and Policy in Texas.” She also serves as director of the University of Texas Center for Education Policy and is the new director of the National Latino Education Research Agenda Project that aims to create a national teacher education pipeline for Latino youth. Valenzuela’s talk will be at 7 p.m. in Anderson-Clarke Center’s Hudspeth Auditorium, 6100 Main St. Public registration for this event is free; however, an RSVP is required at teach.rice.edu/50years.

On Sept. 4, a panel will explore the topic “Educating for Equity in Texas Schools.” This discussion is open only to the media and invited guests and will be from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. in Rice Memorial Center’s Grand Hall, 6100 Main St. Panelists will include Alex Byrd, associate professor of history at Rice; Grace Magnani, 2014 Rookie of the Year teacher in Fort Bend Independent School District; Linda McNeil, director of Rice’s Center for Education; Juliet Stipeche, president of the Houston Independent School District Board of Education and associate director of Rice’s Center for Excellence and Equity; Judy Radigan, director of Rice’s Teacher Education program; and Valenzuela.

Founded in 1964, Rice’s Teacher Education program was established on the tenets of creating content experts who are adept at writing and delivering innovative curriculum. Today, Teacher Education at Rice University provides professional education courses that include extensive study of critical issues in education and effective teaching for diverse learners.

For more information about the Rice University Teacher Education program, go to http://teach.rice.edu.

Members of the news media who want to attend should RSVP to Jeff Falk, associate director of national media relations at Rice, at jfalk@rice.edu or 713-348-6775.

For a map of Rice University’s campus with parking information, go to www.rice.edu/maps.

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