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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