Southeastern to host panel discussion on educational policy
Thursday, April 12, 2018
by: Tonya Lowentritt
HAMMOND – Southeastern Louisiana University’s College of Education and Department
of Educational Leadership and Technology are hosting a community-wide panel discussion
on educational policy in a two-part series titled “Creating a Marketplace of Ideas.”
The discussions are scheduled April 23 and April 30 at 5 p.m. in the CATE Building,
room 1022, and are free and open to the public. The discussion on April 23 will focus
on educational policy in higher education, while the April 30 discussion will focus
on Pre-K – 12 educational policy.
Southeastern Assistant Professor of Educational Research John W. Hatcher III
and a team of doctoral candidates in Educational Leadership and Technology will lead
the discussions. The panels consist of local school board members and officials, principals,
community leaders, students, Southeastern administrators and other educational stakeholders.
“Creating a Marketplace of Ideas is a community-wide discussion focused on topics
in education related to equity, high academic standards and accountability,” Hatcher
said. “The mini series is designed to engage in appropriate intellectual discourse
around relevant topics in educational policy.”
Hatcher said the doctoral candidates have debated such topics as transgender
students in schools, teachers with guns, and DACA.
“We are now bringing the discussion to an open forum to begin the courageous
conversations that will move our system of education forward, so that all students
have appropriate opportunities for success,” he said.
For more information, contact the Hatcher at 985-549-5713.
