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4th Annual LASER
Urban Education Research Conference

Reconstructing Urban Education:
" With All Deliberate Speed"

September 23-25, 2004
Pre-Conference: September 22


Wyndham Emerald Plaza Hotel
San Diego, California

LASER Conference Highlights | Agenda | Pictures |

Project LASER Conference Highlights

This year's conference focused on evidence-based research in urban education and how these findings can help us to reconstruct the status of special education across cultures. Highlights included:

Invited Keynote Speakers:

Dr. Na'im Akbar, Florida State University
Mr. Ramon C. Noches and Mrs. Nancy T. Noches, Brown v. Board of Education

Dynamic presenters, including:

Dr. Lisa Delpit, Florida International University
Dr. Sharon Ishii-Jordan, Creighton University
Dr. Yolanda Padron, University of Houston
Dr. Valerie Pang, San Diego University
Mr. Greg Michie, University of Illinois, Chicago

Pictures

Dr. LaVonne Neal from Southwestern University with Mr. Ramon Noches and Mrs. Nancy Todd Noches
Dr. Monika Shealey with Dr. Valerie Pang of San Diego State and Dr. Lisa Delpit of Florida International University
Tracy Dace with Dr. Gwendolyn Webb-Johnson of the University of Texas-Austin, Dr. Mary Anderson of Jackson State University, and Keynote Speaker Dr. Na'im Akbar
Dr. Sharon Ishii-Jordan of Creighton University
Keynote Speaker Dr. Na'im Akbar
Reality Teaching Workshop
Reality Teaching Workshop Facilitators:
Dr. Valerie Pang of San Diego State University, Dr. Gwendolyn Webb-Johnson of the University of Texas-Austin, Dr. Ruben Garza of theTexas State University


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