Gloria Ladson-Billings: 2016 Graduation Cermony Commencement Speech
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Speaking to the Class of
Speaking to the Class of 2016 is Gloria Ladson-Billings, a 1972 graduate of the College who holds the Kellner Family Chair in Urban Education at University of Wisconsin School of Education.
Ladson-Billings is a past president of the American Educational Research Association whose research examines the pedagogical practices of teachers who are successful with African American students. She is the author of the critically acclaimed books The Dreamkeepers: Successful Teachers of African American Children, Crossing over to Canaan: The Journey of New Teachers in Diverse Classrooms and Beyond the Big House: African American Educators on Teacher Education.
Ladson-Billings will receive the College's 2016 Distinguished Alumnus Award during the commencement ceremonies.
"So if you pay any attention to adolescent language, then you are well aware that our youth are very creative with language. They make up their own vocabulary. And those words may not make sense to us as adults, but they form a lexicon and a world of their own. And believe me, that world makes sense to them.
Though some of their words and phrases in their linguistic repertoire are 'on fleek,' 'turn-up,' 'low key,' 'squad,' 'fam, and one of my favorite youth culture expressions is 'stay woke.'"
The University of Washington College of Education believes that an effective public education system for a diverse citizenry is the cornerstone of democracy. To that end, we dedicate our resources toward making an excellent education a daily reality for every student in every community across this state and country.
Learn more at http://education.uw.edu.
Ladson-Billings is a past president of the American Educational Research Association whose research examines the pedagogical practices of teachers who are successful with African American students. She is the author of the critically acclaimed books The Dreamkeepers: Successful Teachers of African American Children, Crossing over to Canaan: The Journey of New Teachers in Diverse Classrooms and Beyond the Big House: African American Educators on Teacher Education.
Ladson-Billings will receive the College's 2016 Distinguished Alumnus Award during the commencement ceremonies.
"So if you pay any attention to adolescent language, then you are well aware that our youth are very creative with language. They make up their own vocabulary. And those words may not make sense to us as adults, but they form a lexicon and a world of their own. And believe me, that world makes sense to them.
Though some of their words and phrases in their linguistic repertoire are 'on fleek,' 'turn-up,' 'low key,' 'squad,' 'fam, and one of my favorite youth culture expressions is 'stay woke.'"
The University of Washington College of Education believes that an effective public education system for a diverse citizenry is the cornerstone of democracy. To that end, we dedicate our resources toward making an excellent education a daily reality for every student in every community across this state and country.
Learn more at http://education.uw.edu.
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