Monthly Archives: March 2011

Student activists from the University of Puerto Rico speak at NYU

Posted on 03/10/2011 by vondiaz | Leave a comment

For almost a year now students from the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) have been organizing demonstrations in protest of education budget cuts in Puerto Rico. In December of last year, the protests turned violent when student demonstrations, precipitated by a proposed $800 annual tuition increase, were met with violent repression. Police officers and private guards used excessive force against student protesters, who retaliated, also wounding some security officers. The protests have shut UPR down multiple times.

As the protests continue, Representative Luis Guiterrez and the American Civil Liberties Union have come out in opposition to excessive force used against students.

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Posted in Events and Happenings

Tagged human rights, protest, Puerto Rico, students

Teaching Gender Equality in a Global Classroom

Posted on 03/10/2011 by clacsblogadmin | 1 Comment

Left to right: Jen Lewis (CLACS), David Donaldson (U.S. Fund for UNICEF), Gail Slater (Spanish BETAC), Nicole Rosefort (Haitian BETAC), and Tara Broughel (U.S. Fund for UNICEF).

On March 8th, International Women’s Day, CLACS coordinated with the U.S. Fund for UNICEF Education Department, the New York State Spanish Bilingual Education Technical Assistance Center (BETAC) at NYU, and and the New York State Haitian BETAC to present the workshop “Teach UNICEF: Exploring Gender Equality through Global Education.” The participants, mainly English Language Learning (ELL) teachers of social studies and ESL teachers, discussed the unique contributions of ELL students to classroom discussions of global history and also how best to incorporate global themes and events into the classroom and curriculum. The discussion then focused on teaching about gender through an examination of several topics such as maternal health, education and marriage. Unicef hosts a number of gender-related curricular materials on its website, free for download and usage in the classroom.

The workshop concluded with a discussion of how teachers would use the TeachUnicef resources in their specific classrooms. Teachers planned to discuss their progress during the next workshop, which is scheduled for March 30, 2011.

If you are interested in participating in K-12 Educator events such as this one, please sign up to receive email alerts for K-12 events via the CLACS website. Learn more about the K-12 Educator Workshop by reading an article on Unicef’s Field Notes website.

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Posted in K-12 Outreach and Education

Tagged gender, workshop