Call for proposals for Sources of Urban Educational Excellence Conference

by Claire Miller

The program committee for the 2013 Sources of Urban Educational Excellence Conference is accepting proposals for papers, panels, symposia and other conference sessions through Feb. 22, 2013.

The conference, hosted by the Alonzo A. Crim Center for Urban Educational Excellence, will examine urban education from multidisciplinary perspectives as it addresses this year’s theme, “Wisdom, Work, Will: Advancing Educational Excellence.”

The program committee encourages pre-service and in-service kindergarten through 12^th grade educators, graduate students, policy makers, community workers, and higher education faculty and scholars to submit proposals related to documenting success and challenging disparities in urban schools. Proposals could address the following educational issues:

• Educational policy and leadership for urban excellence
• Socialization and education of urban students
• Definitions and articulation of “urban education”
• Racial/ethnic, socioeconomic, linguistic and gender issues in urban education
• Curriculum theory and practice in urban schools
• Other areas related specifically to excellence in urban education

Proposals may be submitted electronically in .doc, .docx, or .pdf format to cueeinfo@gsu.edu or delivered in-person to:

The Alonzo A. Crim Center for Urban Educational Excellence

30 Pryor Street, Suite 350

Atlanta, GA 30303

E-mail submissions must be received no later than 11:59 p.m. Feb. 22; in-person submissions must be delivered no later than 5 p.m. Feb. 22.

Those whose proposals are accepted will be notified via e-mail on March 15, 2013.

For more details about submitting proposals, click here.

For more information about the conference and the Crim Center, visit http://education.gsu.edu/cuee.