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30 SATURDAY, MAY 17, 2014 DETAILED AGENDA 2:45 PM Group Photo 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM Empowering and Educating Communities: Expanding the Classroom for Supports-Based Learning California Room This panel will focus on approaches to education that take into account the whole child, the whole family, and the school and social systems that support them. The discussion will address early learning, wraparound services, and development opportunities for both students and teachers. Lindsay Burningham San Diego Education Association Lindsay Burningham graduated with a master’s from UCLA’s teacher education program in 2004. She is the current San Diego Education Association (SDEA) vice president, past SDEA secretary and past Area 4 board member. At SDEA, Burningham is on the bargaining team, SDEA/SDUSD joint budget team, contract administration committee, and Common Core State Standards advisory group. Throughout her involvement in SDEA, she has never lost sight of educators’ voices and students’ needs. Burningham is in her 10th year of teaching at Ellen Browning Scripps Elementary where she is the union representative. In 2012, SDEA worked with community members to get Prop 30 passed. Tyrone Howard UCLA Graduate School of Education and the Black Male Institute Dr. Tyrone C. Howard is a professor of education at UCLA in the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies’ Urban Schooling Division. He is director and founder of the Black Male Institute at UCLA, an interdisciplinary cadre of scholars, practitioners, community members, and policy makers dedicated to improving the educational experiences and life chances of Black males. He is also the director of Center X, a consortium of urban school professionals working toward social justice and educational equity in Los Angeles schools. Howard’s book, Race, Culture, and the Achievement Gap, examines the role that race and culture play in educational outcomes. His new book, Black Male(d), examines the lives and identities of African American males in diverse contexts. In 2007 he was awarded an Early Career Award by the American Educational Research Association for his work on equity and access in urban schools. 2014 Young Elected Officials Network National Convening