SOE 2020
Teaching Africa in K-12 Education
In 2020, AAI’s 6th Annual State of Education on Africa Conference gathered virtually, and in solidarity with the global Black Lives Matter movement, to explore the theme “Teaching Africa”: A 21st Century, Anti-racist Agenda that Promotes Equity and Achievement in K-12 Education.”
Guided by a diverse group of knowledgeable and caring scholars and practitioners, conference participants explored the urgency, challenges, and transformative potential of “teaching Africa”—as a culturally responsive pedagogical approach to nurturing the high academic achievement and holistic wellbeing of K-12 students.
Virtual Conference
November 13, 2020
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Conference Speakers
OPENING REMARKS
Kofi Appenteng
President, AAI
Patrick Gaspard
President, Open Society Foundations
Tonya Allen
President & CEO, Skillman Foundation
Mora Mclean
President emerita, Program Advisor, AAI
Why Teach Africa, and What We Need to Know: How Africa is central to the creation of United States—and modern world.
Michael A. Gomez, PhD
Silver Professor of History and Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at New York University, founding director of the Association for the Study of the Worldwide African Diaspora (ASWAD), and author of (inter alia) Reversing Sail: A History of the African Diaspora (New Approaches to African History)
Race, Culture, Identity & Student Achievement: Looking back to push forward: A theory of Practice for African American Students
Dr. Theresa Perry
Professor Emerita of Africana Studies and Education, Simmons University, and co-author of (inter alia) Young, Gifted and Black: Promoting High Achievement Among African-American Students
Resources for Integrating Africa Across K-12 Curricula
Brenda Randolph
President of Africa Access and Outreach Director at the Title VI Center for African Studies, Howard University
Joe Truss
Principal of Visitation Mission School in San Francisco and founder, Culturally Responsive Leadership
Curtis Lewis, PhD
Chief of Teaching and Learning, Detroit 90/90-University Prep Schools
Dr. Olivia Lynch
Adjunct Professor of Education and AAI Advisor
Key Education Policy Issues: View from the Education Frontlines: Opportunities and Challenges movement
Introduction: Denise Lewis
Member, Board of Trustees, University Preparatory Schools and AAI Advisor
Janice K. Jackson, EdD
Chief Executive Officer, Chicago Public Schools