EDUCATION

• “We have entered an age in which education is not just a luxury permitting some men an advantage over others. It has become a necessity without which a person is defenseless in this complex, industrialized society.  We have truly entered the century of the educated man.“

  –President Lyndon Baines Johnson

   

   

  Multimedia Resources

  Johnson, Lyndon B. “Great Society Speech.” University of Michigan. Ann Arbor, Michigan. May 22, 1963. Address.
  —Audio and text of President Johnson’s “Great Society” speech at the University of Michigan. For the first time, President Johnson outlines what his vision was for a “Great Society.”

  Books and Articles by Speakers

  Comer, James P. Leave No Child Behind: Preparing Today’s Youth for Tomorrow’s World.
  New Haven: Yale University Press, 2004.

  Comer, James P. What I Learned in School: Reflections on Race, Child Development, and School Reform.
  San Francisco: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2009.

  Graham, Patricia A. Schooling America: How the Public Schools Meet the Nation’s Changing Needs.
  Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005.

  Ravich, Diane & Viteritti, Joseph P., eds. Making Good Citizens: Education and Civil Society.
  New Haven: Yale University Press, 2001.

  Steiner, David. “Urban Hero: The Wrong Role for Teachers.”  Education Next. 7.4. (2007).

  Viteritti, Joseph P., ed. When Mayors Take Charge: School Governance in the City. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2009.

  Viteritti, Joseph P. “Whose Equality? The Discouraging Politics of American Education (and what we might do about it).” Perspectives on Politics, Vol. 9 (September, 2011), pp. 585-595.

  Images from the panel

  

  

  Patricia Albjerg Graham, Charles Warren Professor of the History of American Education Emerita, Harvard University15-Mar-2012 14:42, NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D3, 4.0, 200.0mm, 0.017 sec, ISO 2500

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  Joseph P. Viteritti, Thomas Hunter Professor of Public Policy, Hunter College15-Mar-2012 14:42, NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D3, 4.0, 170.0mm, 0.017 sec, ISO 2500

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  Patricia Albjerg Graham, Charles Warren Professor of the History of American Education Emerita, Harvard University15-Mar-2012 14:40, NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D3, 4.0, 200.0mm, 0.013 sec, ISO 1600

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  David Steiner (foreground), Dean, School of Education, Hunter College; former NY State Commissioner of Education15-Mar-2012 14:34, NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D3, 4.0, 70.0mm, 0.017 sec, ISO 1600

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  James P. Comer, Patricia Albjerg Graham and David Steiner15-Mar-2012 14:28, NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D3, 3.2, 70.0mm, 0.013 sec, ISO 1600

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  Joseph P. Viteritti and James P. Comer15-Mar-2012 14:27, NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D3, 3.2, 105.0mm, 0.017 sec, ISO 1600

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  Joseph P. Viteritti, Thomas Hunter Professor of Public Policy, Hunter College015-Mar-2012 14:11, NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D3, 2.8, 70.0mm, 0.017 sec, ISO 1600

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  Joseph P. Viteritti, Thomas Hunter Professor of Public Policy, Hunter College15-Mar-2012 14:11, NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D3, 2.8, 70.0mm, 0.017 sec, ISO 1250

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  James P. Comer, M.D., Maurice Falk Professor of Child Psychiatry, Yale Child Study Center; Founder, School of Development Program15-Mar-2012 14:12, NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D3, 2.8, 70.0mm, 0.017 sec, ISO 1250

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  Patricia Albjerg Graham, Charles Warren Professor of the History of American Education Emerita, Harvard University15-Mar-2012 14:14, NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D3, 3.5, 100.0mm, 0.017 sec, ISO 1600

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  James P. Comer, M.D., Maurice Falk Professor of Child Psychiatry, Yale Child Study Center; Founder, School of Development Program15-Mar-2012 14:25, NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D3, 3.2, 70.0mm, 0.017 sec, ISO 1600

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  James P. Comer, M.D., Maurice Falk Professor of Child Psychiatry, Yale Child Study Center; Founder, School of Development Program15-Mar-2012 14:27, NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D3, 3.2, 70.0mm, 0.017 sec, ISO 1600

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  Joseph P. Viteritti and James P. Comer15-Mar-2012 14:27, NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D3, 3.2, 105.0mm, 0.017 sec, ISO 1600

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  James P. Comer, Patricia Albjerg Graham and David Steiner15-Mar-2012 14:28, NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D3, 3.2, 70.0mm, 0.013 sec, ISO 1600

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  David Steiner (foreground), Dean, School of Education, Hunter College; former NY State Commissioner of Education15-Mar-2012 14:34, NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D3, 4.0, 70.0mm, 0.017 sec, ISO 1600

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  Patricia Albjerg Graham, Charles Warren Professor of the History of American Education Emerita, Harvard University15-Mar-2012 14:40, NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D3, 4.0, 200.0mm, 0.013 sec, ISO 1600

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  Joseph P. Viteritti, Thomas Hunter Professor of Public Policy, Hunter College15-Mar-2012 14:42, NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D3, 4.0, 170.0mm, 0.017 sec, ISO 2500

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  Patricia Albjerg Graham, Charles Warren Professor of the History of American Education Emerita, Harvard University15-Mar-2012 14:42, NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D3, 4.0, 200.0mm, 0.017 sec, ISO 2500

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