Location Information Street parking is available on the streets adjacent to the Cathedral for $3.00 per hour. Parking may be available in Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall Parking Lot on Bigelow Boulevard; it is approximately $1.00 per hour. Address: 4200 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh PA 15206 2017 Cathedral of Learning All lectures are from 12pm-1:15pm in […]
#CUETalks – Finding Reason for Hope: Race, Inequality, and Educational Change
Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019, Alumni Hall (4227 Fifth Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15206), 4-6 p.m. – Followed by a reception 6-7 p.m. This talk will explore educational inequality and trends related to inequality in U.S. society, focusing in particular on inequality in relation to race. Dr. Nasir will also explore both the ideology of structural racial […]
Lunch & Learn: Insurgent Knowledges Book Talk
Thursday, April 18, 2019 – 12:00pm to 1:15 p.m. CUE Commons 4303 Wesley W. Posvar Hall Light refreshments will be available at 11:45 a.m. This dialogue with the authors, Damien M. Sojoyner and Sabina E. Vaught will both challenge and deepen our understanding of the school-to-prison pipeline, the relationship of schools and prisons, and cultures […]
Sorry to Bother You: Education and the Disruption of White Cultural and Linguistic Hegemony in the U.S. and South Africa
Thursday, March 21, 2019 4-6 p.m. O’Hara Student Center Ballroom | 4042 O’Hara Street Presented by H. Samy Alim, Ph.D. Presenting data collected over the past 20 years, this talk will highlight how we can disrupt White cultural and linguistic hegemony by developing new paradigms for the study of language, race, and culture in education. Dr. […]
Lunch & Learn – Critical Language Pedagogy: Reimagining Dialects, Identity and Power in Urban Education
Lunch & Learn – Critical Language Pedagogy: Reimagining Dialects, Identity and Power in Urban Education December 6, 2018 – 12:00pm to 1:15pm , CUE Commons, 4303 Wesley Posvar, 230 S. Bouquet St. Light refreshments will be available at 11:45 a.m. Critical Language Pedagogy is an approach to teaching about language that acknowledges power, privilege, identity and racism in how […]
Lunch & Learn – Schooling in Racist America: White Teachers and Whiteness with a Soft Touch
November 8, 2018 – 1:00pm to 2:30pm 4303, Wesley Posvar Hall, 230 S. Bouquet Street Light refreshments will be available at 12:45 p.m. This talk first argues that, as a descriptive and analytic phrase, “White supremacy” has certain advantages over the more folk use of “racism.” This utility is only becoming more obvious as white supremacy re-enters our national […]
September Lunch and Learn: Meet the CUE Director
Thursday, Sept. 20 | 11:45 a.m. – 1:15 p.m. 4303 Wesley Posvar Hall Center for Urban Education Auditorium Join Dr. T. Elon Dancy II for light refreshments and a discussion about this year’s theme: Reimagining Urban Education: Place, Space, and People. “Broadly, this theme aims to inspire our friends and networks to grapple with our imaginations […]
2018 CUE Summer Educator Forum
June 26-27, 2018: 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. David L. Lawrence Hall University of Pittsburgh: 3942 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15260 The Center for Urban Education Summer Educator Forum (CUESEF) is a professional learning experience for education professionals (pre- and practicing educators) in Pittsburgh and the surrounding region that focuses on supporting Culturally Responsive Education. During this intensive, two-day […]
Social Justice Teaching Issues Workshop: Youth Organizing
RSVP Youth Organizing March 1, 2018 5:30-7pm Please let us know if you can join us for a discussion about Youth Organizing with high school student organizers Suhail Gharaibeh-Gonzalez, Peyton Klein, Gigi Varlotta, Zoe Vongtau, and Serena Zets. March 1st 5:30-7pm (food provided please RSVP so we can plan for how much food to […]
Center for Urban Education: Responding to Reality
Responding to Reality: Advocating for Healthy Children in Urban Communities and Schools Join CUE and the Department of Health & Physical Activity for a panel discussion and reflection examining health issues and disparities, and how they influence educational outcomes. Moderated by Dr. A. Dex Samuels, Meharry Medical College and Dr. John Jakicic, Department of Health & Physical Activity […]