Thomas H. Wright Lecture Series

2017
When All Else Fails, We Must Protect Childhood
Denisha Jones, PhD
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2016
Preserving Childhood at School: The Importance of Being Little
Erika Christakis, MPH, MEd
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2015
Recognizing, Understanding, and Transforming Inequalities into Opportunities in the Classroom
Steven Hawkins, Executive Director of Amnesty International USA
Joshua Bogin, Director of Springfield Magnet School Program, Springfield Public Schools
Jan Drucker, PhD, moderator
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2014
Asking Questions and Trusting What You're Told
Paul Harris, PhD
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2013
The Environment of Childhood Poverty
Gary Evans, PhD

2012
Teaching and Learning in a Diverse and Inequitable World
Patricia Ramsey, EdD
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2011
Voices of Children Voices of Teachers: Reclaiming the Classroom
Mary Hebron, MA

2010
When Parents, Educators, and Clinicians Collaborate: Classrooms for All Learners
A Panel Discussion with Stephanie Petrillo Gould, MEd, CSP; Maggie Hoffman; and Cassandra Hyacinthe, MEd
Jan Drucker, PhD, moderator

2009
Consuming Kids: Reclaiming Childhood from Media and Corporate Marketers
Susan Linn, EdD, Co-Founder and Director of the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood, and Associate Director of the Media Center of Judge Baker Children's Center
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2008
Where da Heat Go: Social Justice, Agency & Science
Angela Calabrese Barton, PhD, Associate Professor of Teacher Education, Michigan State University

2007
Children and Nature Design Principles
David L. Sobel, MEd, Director, Teacher Certification Programs; Co-director, Community Based School Environmental Education Program, Antioch New England Graduate School

2006
Open Pandora’s Box: Curiosity in the Classroom
Susan Engel, PhD, Director of the Program in Teaching at Williams College

2005
Building a Community/Building a School
Nancy Mann, MA, Principal, Fannie Lou Hamer Freedom High School

2004
Reflections on Teaching: Relationships, Possibilities, and Power
Jane Andrias, MA, Leader in New York City's progressive education movement

2003
Nurturing the Remarkable Powers of Children
William Crain, PhD, Professor of Psychology at The City College of New York

2002
Processes of Change in Schools
Tom Roderick, MEd, Executive Director of Educators for Social Responsibility, New York City Metropolitan Area

2001
Pathways to Literacy: Non-Standardized Approaches to the Enhancement and Assessment of Literacy Across the Curriculum
Frank Smith, PhD, Writer and Researcher, British Columbia, Canada

2000
Rethinking Standards and Assessment
Harriet K. Cuffaro, EdD, Professor Emerita of Education, Bank Street College of Education and Staff Developer at the City and Country School, New York City

1999
Play and Learning
Celia S. Genishi, PhD, Professor of Education, Teachers College, Columbia University

1998
A New Look at Families, Schools and Child Development
James P. Comer, MD, Maurice Falk Professor of Child Psychiatry, Yale University Child Study Center

1997
Rethinking Teaching: What Schools Can and Should Be
Linda Darling-Hammond, EdD, Stanford University

1996
Conflict as a Fact of Life: Families, Schools, Communities
Regina Arnold, PhD, Professor of Sociology and Associate Dean of Studies, Sarah Lawrence Colleg e

1995
Family/School Partnerships: Working Together for Children
Patricia Carini, Founder of Prospect School and the Prospect Archives and Center for Education and Research, North Bennington, Vermont