On Tuesday night this week, WriterCoach Connection at Berkeley, the student arm of WCC on the Cal campus, co-sponsored, with UC's Moffit Library, a symposium on the Achievement Gap. The event attracted a standing-room only crowd of students, community members, and WCC associates, who participated in a lively dialogue on various aspects of literacy, the literacy landscape in local school districts, and the nature of instruction in California secondary schools. The panelists included:
* Carrie Donovan - Director of BUILD (Berkeley United in Literacy Development), UC Berkeley
* Andrew Dubin - Professor, Graduate College of Education, San Francisco State University
* Stephanie Sisk-Hilton - Professor, Graduate College of Education, San Francisco State University
For a two-minute trip through photos from the event, click here and hit the Start Slideshow link.
Panelist Andrew Dubin, from San Francisco State University
Panelist Carrie Donovan, of BUILD
Panelist Stephanie Sisk-Hilton, of San Francisco State University
A full house at the Free Speech Movement Cafe in Moffit Library!
We are indebted for an enlightening evening to our distinguished panelists; to Heather Thams, Reference and Instruction Librarian at UC Berkeley; to our WCC UC Bonner Leader, Caitlin Carnes; and to WCCB Chairperson Farah Kader and her hard-working and dedicated student colleagues.
Bob Menzimer