CCNY Assistant Education Professor Terri N. Watson is the next speaker in the "Presidential Conversations" series, December 4.
Dr. Terri N. Watson, assistant professor in the City College of New York School of Education, is the next speaker in the "Presidential Conversations: Activism, Scholarship, and Engagement," series Thursday, December 4. Her talk, "No Child Left Behind: A Harlem Tale," starts at 4 p.m. in the Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture's Sciame Auditorium, AR-107, at City College.
Professor Watson will speak about her research on successful principals of urban schools.
An article on her research, "Reframing Parent Involvement: What Should Urban School Leaders Do Differently?" will be published in a forthcoming issue of the journal "Leadership and Policy in Schools."
Launched November 13, "Presidential Conversations" is a forum that features a City College faculty member in conversation with CCNY President Lisa S. Coico. Speakers share their research and creative scholarship that may impact public policy, reform, and the civic, social, political or environmental landscape.
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