The Forum on the Future of Public Education

The journal Educational Theory is pleased to invite you to a one-day conference exploring such questions as:

• What values and claims are at stake when parents and students opt out of education?
• How do these claims intersect with public goals for education, including equity?
• How might opting out be understood as a form of dissent, activism and political action?

Guest presenters: Michele Moses (University of Colorado-Boulder), Amy Shuffelton (Loyola University Chicago), Sarah Stitzlein (University of Cincinnati), Ashley Taylor (Colgate University), Quentin Wheeler-Bell (Indiana University-Bloomington), Terrenda White (University of Colorado-Boulder), and Terri Wilson (University of Colorado-Boulder).

Click here for flyer with schedule.

Please RSVP to Emily Comer (ecomer3@illinois.edu) to help us estimate attendance.

Cost: The institute is free and open to the public; lunch and refreshments provided.

Contact: Emily Comer
ecomer3@illinois.edu

Co-sponsors: The Learning Publics Initiative (Center for Advanced Study), The State of Learning: The University in a Divided Nation (A Provost's Office Initiative, supported by the Center for Advanced Study), The Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities, and the Department of Education Policy, Organization & Leadership