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CONSENSUS REPORT: Learning In and Out of School in Diverse Environments

Posted on Friday, May. 11th 2007 |

Banks-Learning-In-Out-of-School.jpgIn 2004, the LIFE Center and the Center for Multicultural Education at the University of Washington established the LIFE Diversity Panel. The Panel’s goal was to summarize important principles that educational practitioners, policy makers, and researchers can use to build upon the learning that occurs in the homes and community cultures of students from diverse groups. We are pleased to announce the culmination of this two year consensus process. On May 11th, 2007, the centers released the consensus report produced by the LIFE Diversity Panel called Learning In and Out of School in Diverse Environments: Life-Long, Life-Wide, and Life-Deep. A major assumption of this report is that if educators make use of the informal learning that occurs in the homes and communities of students, the achievement gap between marginalized students and mainstream students can be reduced.

Authors of the report include:

  • James A. Banks, University of Washington
  • Kathryn H. Au, University of Hawaii at Manoa
  • Arnetha F. Ball, Stanford University
  • Philip Bell, University of Washington
  • Edmund W. Gordon, Teachers College Columbia University
  • Kris D. Gutierrez, University of California, Los Angeles
  • Shirley Brice Heath, Brown University
  • Carol D. Lee, Northwestern University
  • Yuhshi Lee, University of Washington
  • Jabari Mahiri, University of California, Berekely
  • Na’ilah Suad Nasir, Stanford University
  • Guadalupe Valdes, Stanford University
  • Min Zhou , University of California, Los Angeles

On May 11th, 2007, members of the LIFE Diversity Panel — including LIFE Lead Philip Bell — participated in a “launch event” for the report on the University of Washington campus along with LIFE PI John Bransford. Over 140 faculty, students, educators, and citizens attended the event from across the state to hear about the findings of the report and discuss implications.


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