coe-staff: FW: Colloquium Invitation: Dr. Ilana Umansky

[Lisa Fortin]

Forwarded on behalf of Sandra Epple.  Please contact her at sepple at uoregon.edu<mailto:sepple at uoregon.edu> with any questions.

Center for Equity Promotion (CEQP) would like to invite faculty, staff, and students to the following colloquium:

Leveled and Exclusionary Tracking: English Learners' Access to Core Content in the Era of the Common Core
Dr. Ilana Umansky, Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Methodology, Policy and Leadership at the College of Education (EMPL)
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Talk description:

This talk explores how immigrant students face inferior access to curricular content in middle school due to linguistic stratification in schools. Using data from a large, urban school district, the paper describes the course-taking patterns of students classified as English language learners (ELLs) and explores the multiple barriers to content that this population faces. The paper concludes with implications for policy and practice.

Brief bio:

Dr. Umansky received her doctorate from Stanford University in 2014. A current Spencer fellow and former Fulbright fellow, Ilana Umansky's work focuses on quantitative and longitudinal analysis of the educational opportunities and outcomes of immigrant students and students classified as English language learners (ELLs). She studies ELL course-taking and access to core academic content, the effects of the ELL classification system, and how educational outcomes vary for students in different linguistic instructional environments. In her work, she collaborates with school districts and states as they work to improve educational opportunities for their ELL students.


This colloquium will be held next Thursday, April 29th

Time: 12:00 - 1:00 pm

Location: HEDCO 230T

Light lunch provided at 11:45 am

Please forward to colleagues and students who might be interested in attending.



Thank you,

Sandra Epple
Center for Equity Promotion
350 Clinical Services Bldg
6215 University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403-6215
Office (541) 346-8898

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