1 John S. Rogers Graduate School of Education & Information Studies 1032 Moore Hall University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, California 90095-1521 310-206-4620; [email protected]EDUCATION Stanford University, Ph.D. 1994, School of Education. Dissertation: Education as Politics, Politics as Education: John Dewey and Critical Intelligence. Advisor: Henry Levin. Princeton University, B.A. 1983, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, with Concentration in Urban Studies. Certificate in Afro-American Studies. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2008-present Associate Professor, UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies. Director, UCLA’s Institute for Democracy, Education, and Access (IDEA). Faculty Co-Director, UCLA’s Principal Leadership Institute. 2006-2008 Assistant Professor, UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies. Co-Director, UCLA’s Institute for Democracy, Education, and Access (IDEA). Faculty Co-Director, UCLA’s Principal Leadership Institute. 2002-2006 Adjunct Associate Professor, UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies. 2000-2006 Associate Director, UCLA’s Institute for Democracy, Education, and Access (IDEA). 1999-2000 Director of Research, Center X, Graduate School of Education and Information Sciences, University of California at Los Angeles. 1995-1998 Associate Director, Teachers for Urban Schools and Communities Project, University of California at Los Angeles. University partner to Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District reform initiative.
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John S. Rogers
Graduate School of Education & Information Studies 1032 Moore Hall
University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, California 90095-1521 310-206-4620; [email protected]
EDUCATION
Stanford University, Ph.D. 1994, School of Education. Dissertation: Education as
Politics, Politics as Education: John Dewey and Critical Intelligence. Advisor: Henry Levin. Princeton University, B.A. 1983, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, with Concentration in Urban Studies. Certificate in Afro-American Studies. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2008-present Associate Professor, UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies.
Director, UCLA’s Institute for Democracy, Education, and Access (IDEA).
Faculty Co-Director, UCLA’s Principal Leadership Institute. 2006-2008 Assistant Professor, UCLA Graduate School of Education and
Information Studies. Co-Director, UCLA’s Institute for Democracy, Education, and Access
(IDEA). Faculty Co-Director, UCLA’s Principal Leadership Institute.
2002-2006 Adjunct Associate Professor, UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies.
2000-2006 Associate Director, UCLA’s Institute for Democracy, Education, and
Access (IDEA). 1999-2000 Director of Research, Center X, Graduate School of Education and
Information Sciences, University of California at Los Angeles. 1995-1998 Associate Director, Teachers for Urban Schools and Communities
Project, University of California at Los Angeles. University partner to Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District reform initiative.
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1991-1995 Assistant Professor, University of Michigan School of Education. 1983-1985 Social Studies Teacher, Academy of Notre Dame, Washington D.C.
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BOOKS
Orr, M. and Rogers, J. eds. (November 2010). Public Engagement for Public Education: Joining Forces to Revitalize Democracy and Equalize Schools. Stanford University Press. Oakes, J. and Rogers, J. (2006). Learning Power: Organizing for Education and Justice. New York: Teachers College Press. PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS
Rogers, J. and Terriquez, V. (2009). “’More Justice’: The Role of Organized Labor in Education Reform,” Educational Policy 23:1:216-41. Oakes, J., Rogers, J., Blasi, G., and Lipton, M. (2008). “Grassroots Organizing, Social Movements, and the Right to High-Quality Education.” Stanford Journal of Civil Rights
and Civil Liberties 4:2:339-71. Rogers, J., Sanders, M., Terriquez, V., and Velez, V. (2008). “Civic Lessons: Public Schools and the Civic Development of Undocumented Students and Parents,” Northwestern Journal of Law and Social Policy 3:2:201-18. Rogers, J., Morrell, E., and Enyedy, N. (2007). “Studying the Struggle: Contexts for Learning and Identity Development in Urban Youth,” American Behavioral Scientist 51:419-43. Rogers, J. (2007). “Constructing Success: Accountability, Public Reporting, and the California High School Exit Exam,” Santa Clara Law Review 47:755-80. Oakes, J. and Rogers, J. (2007). “Radical Change Through Radical Democratic Means: Organizing for Equitable Schools,” Journal of Educational Change 8:193-206. Rogers, J. (2006). “Forces of Accountability? The Power of Poor Parents in No Child Left Behind,” Harvard Educational Review 76:4:611-41. Morrell, E. and Rogers, J. (2006). “Students as Critical Public Historians: Insider Research on Diversity and Access in Post Brown v. Board Los Angeles,” Social
Education 70(6):365-8. Rogers, J. and Oakes, J. (2005). “John Dewey Speaks to Brown: Research, Democratic Social Movement Strategies, and the Struggle for Education on Equal Terms,” Teachers
College Record 107:9:2178-2203.
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Rogers, J. (2004). “Creating a Public Accountability for California’s Schools,” Teachers
College Record 106:11:2171-2192. Oakes, J., Franke, M., Quartz, K., Rogers, J. (2002). “Research For High-Quality Urban Teaching: Defining It, Developing It, Assessing It,” Journal of Teacher Education 53:3:228-34. BOOK CHAPTERS
Terriquez, V. and Rogers, J. (Forthcoming). “Becoming Civic: The Active Engagement of Immigrant Parents in Public Schools,” in Edward Olivos and Albert Ochoa, eds., Critical Voices in Bicultural Parent Engagement: Operationalizing Advocacy and
Empowerment. New York: Teachers College Press. Orr, M. and Rogers, J. (Forthcoming November 2010). “Unequal Schools, Unequal Voice: The Need for Public Engagement for Public Education,” in Marion Orr and John Rogers eds., Public Engagement for Public Education: Joining Forces to Revitalize
Democracy and Equalize Schools. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, pp. 1-26. Rogers, J. and Morrell, E. (Forthcoming November 2010). “A Force to Be Reckoned With”: The Campaign for College Access in Los Angeles,” in Marion Orr and John Rogers eds., Public Engagement for Public Education: Joining Forces to Revitalize
Democracy and Equalize Schools. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, pp. 227-49. Orr, M. and Rogers, J. (Forthcoming November 2010). “Public Engagement for Public Education: Reflections and Prospects,” in Marion Orr and John Rogers eds., Public
Engagement for Public Education: Joining Forces to Revitalize Democracy and
Equalize Schools. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, pp. 301-14. Fanelli, S., Rogers, J. Bertrand, M. (2008). “California’s Educational Opportunity Gaps,” in D. Mitchell, Ed., California Policy Options 2008. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA School of Public Policy. Rogers, J., Kahne, J., and Middaugh, E. (2008). “Multiple Pathways and the ‘Future of Democracy,’” in Jeannie Oakes and Marisa Saunders eds., Beyond Tracking: Multiple
High School Pathways That Prepare Students for College, Career, and Civic
Participation Boston: Harvard Education Press.
Oakes, J., M. Renée, J. Rogers and M. Lipton. (2007). “Research and Community Organizing as Tools for Democratizing Educational Policymaking,” in C. Sugrue ed., New directions for educational change: International perspectives. New York: Routledge.
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Rogers, J. (2007). “No Teaching Without Learning” (Commentary on “Six Summers of YPAR: Learning, Action, and Change in Urban Education,”) in Michelle Fine and Julio Camarrota eds., Revolutionary Education: Youth Participatory Action Research. New York: Routledge. Renee, M., Oakes, J., Rogers, J., and Blasi, G. (2007). “Organizing Education: Academic Research and Community Organizing for School Reform,” in Andrew Barlow, ed., Community Empowerment and Professional Advocacy for Social Justice. New York: Rowman and Littlefield. Rogers, J., Terriquez, V., Valladares, S., & Oakes, J. (2007). “Roadblocks to College,” in D. Mitchell, Ed., California Policy Options 2007. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA School of Public Policy. (This chapter draws from two IDEA reports listed below: a) California
Educational Opportunity Report 2006: Roadblocks to College; and b) Removing the
Roadblocks: Fair College Opportunities for All California Students.) Oakes, J., Blasi, G., Rogers, J. (2004). “Accountability for Adequate and Equitable Opportunities to Learn,” in Kenneth Sirotnik, ed., Moral Dimensions of Educational
Accountability: Toward Responsible Concepts and Practices. New York: Teachers College Press. Oakes, J., Rogers, J., Lipton, M., and Morrell, E. (2002). “The Social Construction of College Access: Confronting the Technical, Cultural, and Political Barriers to Low Income Students of Color,” in William Tierney and Linda Serra Haggerdorn (eds.) Increasing Access to College: Extending Possibilities for All Students. Albany, NY: SUNY Press. Oakes, J. and Rogers, J. (2001). “The Public Responsibility of Public Schools of Education,” in William Tierney, (ed.), Faculty Work in Schools of Education: Rethinking
Roles and Rewards for the Twenty-First Century. Albany, New York: SUNY Press.
COMMISSIONED RESEARCH REPORTS
Oakes, J. Rogers, J. Valladares, S. (2008). “State of Middle and High School Education in Los Angeles County,” in Seizing the Middle Ground: Why Middle School Creates the
Pathway to College and the Workforce. The United Way of Greater Los Angeles, pp. 24-29. Rogers, J., Sanders, M., Terriquez, V., and Velez, V. (2007). “Civic Lessons: Public Schools and the Civic Development of Undocumented Students and Parents,” paper commissioned by the Warren Institute, UC Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, for the Plyler v. Doe Symposium on May 7, 2007.
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Oakes, J., Rogers, J., Blasi, G., and Lipton, M. (2006). “Grassroots Organizing, Social Movements, and the Right to High-Quality Education,” paper commissioned by the Warren Institute, UC Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law (for the Rethinking Rodriquez
Symposium on April 27-28, 2006. Rogers, J. (2006). An Assessment of Opportunities for California Students to Learn
Material Covered in the Exit Exam. Expert report to Morrison and Foerster, in conjunction with Valenzuela v. O’Connell. Rogers, J. (2005). An Assessment of California’s Readiness to Fully Implement the Exit
Exam for Special Education Students. Expert report to Disability Rights Advocates, in conjunction with Chapman v. California. Rogers, J. (2002). The Role of California Parents In Insuring Quality Schooling for All. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA’s Institute for Democracy, Education, and Access. Williams
Watch Series: Investigating the Claims of Williams v. State of California. Paper wws-rr010-1002. Oakes, J., Rogers, J., McDonough, P., Solorzano, D., Mehan, H., Noguera, P.. (2000). Remedying Unequal Opportunities for Successful Participation in Advanced Placement
Courses in California High Schools. Report prepared for the ACLU of Southern California. Rogers, J. (1998). Community Schools: Lessons From the Past and Present. Monograph commissioned by the Charles S. Mott Foundation.
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IDEA RESEARCH REPORTS
Rogers, J., Fanelli, S., Freelon, R., Medina, D., Bertrand, M., Del Razo, M. (2010). Educational Opportunities in Hard Times: The Impact of the Economic
Crisis on Public Schools and Working Families. Los Angeles: UCLA IDEA, UC /ACCORD. Fanelli, S., Bertrand, M, Rogers, J., Medina, D., Freelon, R. (2010). Conditions, Opportunities, and Outcomes in California Public Schools. Los Angeles: UCLA IDEA, UC /ACCORD. Rogers, J., Fanelli, S., Medina, D., Zhu, Q., Freelon, R., Bertrand, M., Del Razo, J. (2009). California Educational Opportunity Report: Listening to Public School Parents.
Los Angeles: UCLA/IDEA, UC /ACCORD. Rogers, J., Oakes, J., Fanelli, S., Medina, D., Valladares, S., Terriquez, V. (2007). California Educational Opportunity Report 2007: The Racial Opportunity Gap. University of California/All Campus Consortium for Research on Diversity and UCLA’s Institute for Democracy, Education, and Access. Oakes, J., Valladares, S., Renee, M., Fanelli, S., Medina, D., Rogers, J. (2007). Latino
Opportunity Report 2007: California’s Latino Opportunity Gap. University of California/All Campus Consortium for Research on Diversity and UCLA’s Institute for Democracy, Education, and Access. Ali, A., Wells, L., Oakes, J., Valladares, S., Medina, D., Fanelli, S., Rogers, J. (2007). African American Opportunity Report 2007: California’s African American Opportunity
Gap. University of California/All Campus Consortium for Research on Diversity and UCLA’s Institute for Democracy, Education, and Access. Oakes, J., Rogers, J., Silver, D., Valladares, S., Terriquez, V., McDonough, P., Renee, M., Lipton, M. (2006). Removing the Roadblocks: Fair College Opportunities for All
California Students. University of California/All Campus Consortium for Research on Diversity and UCLA’s Institute for Democracy, Education, and Access. Rogers, J., Terriquez, V., Valladares, S., and Oakes, J. (2006). California Educational
Opportunity Report 2006: Roadblocks to College. UCLA’s Institute for Democracy, Education, and Access. Rogers, J., Jellison-Holme, J., and Silver, D. (2005). More Questions Than Answers:
CAHSEE Results, Opportunity to Learn, and the Class of 2006. UCLA’s Institute for Democracy, Education, and Access. Rogers J. and Goode, J. (2005). California’s Educational Opportunity Report, 2005. UCLA’s Institute for Democracy, Education, and Access.
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Oakes, J., Rogers, J., Silver, D., Horng, E., and Goode, J. (2004). Separate and
Unequal 50 Years After Brown: California’s Racial Opportunity Gap. UCLA’s Institute for Democracy, Education, and Access. POLICY BRIEFS
Rogers, J. (2010). Safe and Participatory Public Schools. Los Angeles: UCLA’s Institute for Democracy, Education, and Access. Rogers, J. (2009). Principles for Equitable and Democratic School Choice. Los Angeles: UCLA’s Institute for Democracy, Education, and Access. Terriquez, V., Rogers, J., Blasi, G., Hernandez, J., and Applebaum, L. (2009). Unions
and Education Justice: The Case of SEIU Local 1877 Janitors and the
“Parent University.” Los Angeles. UCLA Institute for Research on Labor and Employment. Research and Policy Brief, #3. Rogers, J. (2008). Data for Democracy. Los Angeles: UCLA’s Institute for Democracy, Education, and Access. Jellison-Holme, J. and Rogers, J. (2005). Are California Schools Ready for the Exit
Exam? Los Angeles: UCLA’s Institute for Democracy, Education, and Access. Rogers, J. (2004). Brown v Board of Education, 1954-2004: What Does it Mean for Los
Angeles? Los Angeles: UCLA’s Institute for Democracy, Education, and Access. Rogers, J. (2003). The Critical Research Handbook. Los Angeles: UCLA’s Institute for Democracy, Education, and Access.
PUBLISHED COMMENTARY
Rogers, J. (October 21, 2010), “School Matters: In LA Lawsuits, Two Rights Don't Correct a Wrong.” New America Media. http://newamericamedia.org/2010/10/school-matters-in-la-lawsuits-two-rights-dont-correct-a-wrong.php Rogers, J. (August 23, 2010). “Value added is no magic: Assessing teacher effectiveness.” Huffington Post. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-rogers/value-added-is-no-magic_b_691760.htmlRogers
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Rogers, J. (August 22, 2010). “Testing the system.” Los Angeles Times.
Rogers, J. (April 22, 2009). “Teacher layoffs would hit schools with students of color, low-income hardest,” UCLA Today. April 22, 2009. http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/teacher-layoffs-would-hit-schools-89421.aspx Rogers, J. and Oakes, J. (November 20, 2007). “California schools are failing all our kids,” Los Angeles Times. A27. Rogers, J. (October 27, 2005). “Blaming the Victims? Students Will Be Punished by the High School Exit Exam,” New American Media. Rogers, J. (January 2, 2005). “Exit Exam Flimflam,” Los Angeles Times. M2. Oakes, J. and Rogers, J. (October 5, 2003). “Who Needs Data on Race? The Schools, for One,” Los Angeles Times. M2. Oakes, J. and Rogers, J. (October 6, 2002). “Diploma Penalty Misplaces Blame,” Los
Angeles Times. M2. RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS AT SCHOLARLY MEETINGS
Rogers, J. (2010). “Learning Civics, Building Power: Youth Organizing and the 2008 Elections,” American Educational Research Association Conference Paper, Denver, Colorado, May 4. Rogers, J. (2009). “Union Matters: Low-Wage Workers, their Children, and School Reform,” American Educational Research Association Conference Paper, San Diego, California, April 15. Rogers, J. (2009). Panelist in Presidential Session on “Educational Research, Policy, and Advocacy,” American Educational Research Association Conference Paper, San Diego, California, April 13. Rogers, J. (2008). “Becoming Active: The Civic Development of Undocumented Parents Involved in Community Organizations,” American Educational Research Association Conference Paper, New York. Rogers, J. (2008). “What Does Labor Want?” Perspectives from Labor and Community Leaders on the Possibilities and Challenges of Engaging Low-Wage Sector Unions in Educational Reform,” American Educational Research Association Conference Paper, New York.
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Rogers, J., Sanders, M., Terriquez, V., and Velez, V. (2007). “Civic Lessons: Public Schools and the Civic Development of Undocumented Students and Parents,” invited address at the Plyler v. Doe Symposium, Warren Institute, UC Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, May 7. Rogers, J. (2007). “Constructing Success? Accountability, Public Reporting, and the California High School Exit Exam,” American Educational Research Association Conference Paper, Chicago. Rogers, J. (2007). “Constructing Success?: Accountability, Public Reporting, and the California High School Exit Exam,” invited address at “The Future of High Stakes Testing in an Era of Educational Standards and Accountability,” Santa Clara Law Review, Santa Clara, California. February 9, 2007. Rogers, J. (2007). “’Parents Armed with Data’: Creating a Public for Quality Schooling,” American Educational Research Association Conference Paper, Chicago. Rogers, J. (2007). “Organizing and Activism for Educational Accountability,” Presidential Invited Symposium, American Educational Research Association Conference Paper, Chicago. Rogers, J. (2006). “Claiming Public Seats: Social Movements for Powerful Publics,” American Educational Research Association Conference Paper, San Francisco. Rogers, J. (2006). “Research Made Differently: The California Educational Opportunity Report,” American Educational Research Association Conference Presentation, San Francisco. Rogers, J. (2005). “Holding Accountability Accountable: What's Left Out of Current Discourses of School Reform,” Presidential Invited Symposium, American Educational Research Association Conference Paper, Montreal. Rogers, J. (2005). “Youth As Political Theorists: The Role of Youth in Developing A Grounded Theory of Civic Literacy,” American Educational Research Association Conference Paper, Montreal. Renee, M., Goode, J., Rogers, J., et al. (2005). “Outside the Ivory Tower: Research and Community Organizing for School Reform,” American Educational Research Association Conference Paper, Montreal. Rogers, J. (2004). “Surely You Would Not Object: The African American Struggle for Equal Education in Los Angeles,” Invited address at the Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, Pittsburgh, September 30.
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Rogers, J. (2004). “The Historical Struggle for Educational Opportunity in Greater Los Angeles,” Invited address at UCLA Chicano Center’s Conference, “Mendez v Westminster School District: Paving the Path for School Desegregation and Brown v Board of Education,” Los Angeles, May 21. Oakes, J. and Rogers, J. (2003). “The School and Society Revisited: Research, Democratic Social Movement Strategies, and The Struggle for Equality,” The John Dewey Society Invited Lecture, American Educational Research Association Conference Paper, Chicago. Rogers, J. (2003). “The Role of the Public in Public School Accountability,” American Educational Research Association Conference Paper, Chicago. Rogers, J. (2003). “Parents as Public Intellectuals,” Building Accountability from the Bottom Up,” American Educational Research Association Conference Paper, Chicago. Rogers, J., Goode, J., Morris, C., Herrera, W., Martinez, R., Cooper, K., Lyons, K., Robinson, M., Minster, E., and Asis, C., (2001). “Becoming Inquirers: How Early Career Teachers Learn Through Inquiry,” American Educational Research Association Conference Paper, Seattle. Morrell, E., and Rogers, J. (2001). “Learning Capital: Towards a Grounded Theory of Critical Capital,” American Educational Research Association Conference Paper, Seattle. Franke, M., Quartz, K., Oakes, J., and Rogers, J. (2001). “Teacher Education to Change the World,” American Educational Research Association Conference Paper, Seattle. Rogers, J. (2000). “Navigating Futures: An Introduction to Emergent Understandings,”
American Educational Research Association Conference Paper, New Orleans. Rogers, J. and Morrell, E. (2000). “ED 001: A Case Study in Reconstructing College Readiness,” American Educational Research Association Conference Paper, New Orleans. Rogers, J., Lipton, M., Otoya-Knapp, K. (2000). “Beyond Retention: Inquiry and the Development of A Social Justice Identity in New Urban Teachers,” American Educational Research Association Conference Paper, New Orleans. Rogers, J. and Hunter Quartz, K. (2000). “Teaching for Social Justice: Framing the Complexity and Contradictions,” American Educational Research Association Conference Paper, New Orleans. Rogers, J. (1999). “Becoming Social Justice Educators: Teacher Inquiry as a Community of Practice,” American Educational Research Association Conference Paper, Montreal.
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Rogers, J. (1995). “Reclaiming a Legacy: Multi-racial Struggles for Access and Equity in American Education,” University of Michigan Conference, “Building on the Lessons of Brown: Reconstructing Schools for the 21st Century." Rogers, J. (1995). "From Experimentalism to Democratic Socialism: Tracing Dewey's Evolution," American Educational Research Association Conference Paper, San Francisco. Rogers, J. (1994). "Practicing What We Preach: A Progressive Model For University-Urban School Community Collaboration," First National Conference on Urban Issues, Buffalo, New York. Rogers, J. (1994). "Pedagogic Politics: John Dewey in the 1930s," American Educational Research Association Conference Paper, New Orleans. Rogers, J. (1994). "Re-Framing University-School-Community Relations: The New Detroit Schools Summer Program," American Educational Research Association Conference Paper, New Orleans.
INVITED TALKS ABOUT MY RESEARCH TO PROFESSIONAL/PUBLIC
AUDIENCES
Rogers, J. (2010). The Achievement Gap. Speaker and panel moderator at a forum convened by the Junior League of Los Angeles. November 9, 2010.
Rogers, J. (2010). “Educational Opportunities in Hard Times: Lessons for Organizers.” Invited address for national webinar hosted by Communities for Public Education Reform. March 2, 2010.
Rogers, J. (2010). “Educational Opportunities in Hard Times: Lessons for School Leaders.” Invited address for UCLA Principal Center. Los Angeles, California, February 3, 2010.
Rogers, J. (2009). “Addressing the Many Education Gaps.” Invited address at “Rediscover UCLA,” an event of the UCLA Foundation for senior donors. Los Angeles, California, December 5, 2009.
Rogers, J. (2009). “Unequal Voice, Unequal Schooling: Data for Educational Opportunity and Public Engagement.” Invited address at the NAACP Education Strategy Retreat, Washington, D.C., November 13, 2009.
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Rogers, J. (2009). “Social Movements and Community Organizing: School Reform in the 21st Century.” Invited presentation at the annual meeting of Education and the Public Interest Center, University of Colorado, September 25, 2009.
Rogers, J. (2009). “Teaching and Learning in Hard Times: Challenges and Opportunities for Reform,” featured address at the annual meeting of the Center for the Future of Teaching and Learning, September 14, 2009.
Rogers, J. (2009). “School Choice in Los Angeles: Principles for Equity and Democracy,” Association of Mexican American Educators, Platicas public forum, August 29, 2009.
Rogers, J. (2009). “Listening to California’s Parents: Educational Opportunities in a
Time of Economic Crisis,” UCLA Research Administrators Campus Committee,
Layman’s Seminar, May 12, 2009.
Rogers, J. and Blasi, G. (2009). “Workers as Parents, Parents as Union Members: Unions, Low Wage Workers, and Educational Equality,” Institute for Research on Labor and Employment Colloquium Series, UCLA Law School, March 5, 2009. Rogers, J. (2009). “California Educational Opportunity Report: Listening to Parents,” invited plenary address to the statewide legislative convention of the California PTA, Sacramento California, February 24, 2009. Rogers, J. (2009) “School Leadership in Hard Times,” invited address to the UCLA Principal Center, January 29, 2009. Rogers, J. (2008). “Preparing California’s Future Workforce: The Need for Educational Quality and Equality,” invited address at the Human Resources Roundtable (HARRT) of the University of California, Los Angeles, Rancho Sante Fe, California, November 7. Rogers, J. (2008). “Educational Opportunity, Resources, and the Road Ahead,” invited plenary address to the statewide convention of the California PTA, Long Beach, California, May 3. Rogers, J. (2008). “On Equal Terms: Educational Opportunity and the Dropout Problem,” invited address to the American Bar Association’s Commission of Youth At Risk, Los Angeles, California, February 8. Rogers, J. (2007). “The Public and its Math Problems,” invited address at Diversity in Mathematics Education (DIME) Conference, Santa Monica, California, August 6. Rogers, J. (2007). “Public Engagement and the No Child Left Behind Act,” invited address at Warren Institute Convening, “NCLB and Parent Participation,” UC Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, July 9.
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Rogers, J. (2007). “Lessons Learned from California’s ‘Student Bill of Rights’ Legislation,” invited address at the Research Collaborative for Youth Activism, Haley Farm, Tennessee, April 28. Rogers, J. (2006). “Educational Opportunities for California’s Latino Students,” invited address at Latino Issues Forum workshop for California Latino School Boards Association, San Jose, California, July 15. Rogers, J. (2006). “Public Power for Powerful Learning,” keynote address at Los Angeles Multicultural Education Collaborative, Los Angeles, California, June 10. Rogers, J. (2006). “Linking Scholarship and Activism,” invited address, Rockefeller Humanities Program, California State University at Los Angeles, May 31. Rogers, J. (2005). “Powerful Parents and Powerful Schools,” keynote address, LAUSD District 6 Parent Retreat, Los Angeles, California, December 6. Rogers, J. (2005). “The State Fiscal Crisis and Educational Equity in California,” invited address at Center for Justice, Tolerance, and Community, University of California, Santa Cruz, October 25. Rogers, J. (2005). “Social Justice and Education,” invited address at National Conference for Community and Justice (Westside Coalition), Santa Monica, California, September 25. Rogers, J. (2005). “Creating Adequate and Equitable School Funding in California,” invited address to the Educational Justice Collaborative, Los Angeles, California, September 16. Rogers, J. (2005). “Education in Los Angeles: The Struggle for Justice,” invited address at the Youth Funders’ Collaborative annual national meeting, Liberty Hill Foundation, Los Angeles, California, July 11. Rogers, J. (2005. “The Struggle for Access and Opportunity in Lawndale,” invited address for Lawndale School District, Lawndale, California, May 31. Rogers, J. (2005). “California Educational Finance: Inadequacy, Inequality, Irrationality,” invited address at Californians for Justice statewide conference, Los Angeles, California, March 25.
Rogers, J. (2005). “From Nightmare Conditions to Dreams of Great Public Schools in California,” invited address for Los Angeles ACORN, Los Angeles, California, February 28.
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Rogers, J. (2004). “Public History as Critical Research,” keynote address at Facing History Project Seminar, Los Angeles, California, October 1. Rogers, J. (2004). “The Historical Struggle for Education on Equal Terms in South Gate,” invited address at community forum on educational equity in South Gate, California, June 14. Rogers, J. (2004). “Opportunity To Learn: An Agenda For Parents,” invited address for LAUSD District J Parent Conference, Los Angeles, California, June 1. Rogers, J. (2004). “The Historical Struggle for Education on Equal Terms in Santa Monica,” invited address at community forum on educational equity in Santa Monica, California, May 25. Rogers, J. (2004). “The Ongoing Struggle for Educational Justice in East Los Angeles,” invited address at community forum on educational equity in East Los Angeles, California, May 13. Rogers, J. (2004). “Standards and Justice: Towards Opportunity to Learn for All,” keynote address, Lynwood Community Forum, Lynwood, California, February 16. Rogers, J. (2003). “Creating a Powerful Public in Public Education: Accessing, Interpreting, and Reporting Information about School Conditions,” invited address, Open Government Forum annual conference, Long Beach, California, October 31.
PUBLIC TESTIMONY TO LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES
Invited Briefing for California Legislative Black Caucus Hearing, “Closing the Achievement Gap: An Examination of the Challenges and Opportunities for African American Students in California Public Schools,” Sacramento, California, May 5, 2010.
Invited Briefing for California State Assembly and Senate members and legislative staff on Educational Opportunities in Hard Times, Sacramento, California, February 24, 2010. Invited Briefing for Los Angeles Unified School District School Board Committee as a Whole on Educational Opportunities in Hard Times, February 16, 2010. Invited Briefing for California Senate Education Committee on Education and the Economy, Sacramento, California, March 25, 2009. Invited Briefing for California State Assembly and Senate members and staff on California Educational Opportunity Report, Sacramento, California, February 24, 2009. Invited Briefing for California State Assembly and Senate members and staff on California Educational Opportunity Report, Sacramento, California, February 13, 2008.
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Invited Briefing for United States Congress on the parent involvement provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act, Washington, D.C., May 25, 2007. Invited Briefing for California State Assembly working group on Career and Technical Education, Sacramento, California, March 7, 2007. Invited Briefing for California State Assembly and Senate Education members and staff on California Educational Opportunity Report, Sacramento, California, March 24, 2006. Testimony to California State Senate Education Committee on Opportunities to Learn and the High School Exit Exam, Sacramento, California, April 2005. Invited Briefing for California State Assembly Education Committee and California State Senate Education Committee on the High School Exit Exam, Sacramento, California, March 2005. Invited Briefing for working group of California State Senate Education and California State Assembly Education members on California’s Racial Opportunity Gap, Sacramento, California, May 2004. Testimony to California State Assembly Education Committee on Students Bill of Rights Legislation, Sacramento, California, April 2003. Invited Briefing for the Council of Chief State School Officers on creating a democratic public for public education, San Diego, California, July 2002. Invited Testimony for California Senate Education Committee at information hearing on unequal distribution of Advanced Placement courses across high schools, Sacramento, California, March 2000. Invited Briefing for California Department of Education Staff on the distribution of Advanced Placement Courses across California high schools, Sacramento, California, January 2000.
INTERVIEWS ON EDUCATIONAL POLICY ON RADIO AND TV
“Class Cuts” KTLA Television News. June 10, 2010. (Half hour news special.) Los Angeles. http://idea.gseis.ucla.edu/newsroom/idea-news/ktla-tv-cutting-class-6-10-2010 “Class Cuts.” KTLA Television News. May 14, 2010. (Part of series on educational budget cuts.) Los Angeles
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“Judge orders injunction against LAUSD teacher layoffs in ACLU lawsuit.” The Patt
Morrison Show, KPCC, Los Angeles Public Radio. May 13, 2010.
“http://media.scpr.org/audio/upload/2010/05/13/lausd_20100513_pattmorrison1.mp3 “Class Cuts.” KTLA Television News. May 12, 2010. (Part of series on educational budget cuts.) Los Angeles “Panel recommends L.A. Unified teacher overhauls.” KPCC News, Los Angeles Public Radio. March 16, 2010. Accessed on March 17 at http://www.scpr.org/news/2010/03/16/lausd-teachers/ “LA Schools Chief Proposes Shorter Year, Higher Property Tax.” Which Way LA,
KCRW, Los Angeles Public Radio. February 15, 2010. Accessed on February 15, 2010 at http://www.kcrw.com/news/programs/ww/ww100215has_president_obama “Recession Hurting CA Kids At School And Home.” Public News Service. Accessed on February 14, 2010 at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/12376-1
“UCLA study: Recession harms public schools.” KPCC News, Los Angeles Public Radio, January 22, 2010. “Public hearing highlights educational opportunities in hard times.” KPFK News. January 22, 2010.
“UCLA Study reports recession has taken heavy toll on public schools and students.” KPFK News January 21, 2010. Accessed on February 14, 2010 at http://archive.kpfk.org/parchive/mp3/kpfk_100121_180030kpfknews.MP3
“UCLA Study: Schools suffering across California.” KGO News in San Francisco. January 21, 2010.
“Green Dot Public Schools Chairman Steve Barr steps down,” KPCC News, Los Angeles Public Radio, November 20, 2009. Accessed on November 21, 2009 at http://www.scpr.org/news/2009/11/20/green-dot-public-schools-chairman-steve-barr-steps/ “Most public schools still below performance target.” KPCC News, Los Angeles Public Radio, September 16, 2009. “Youth in Los Angeles Release Report on Economic Crisis,” KPFK Evening News (August 7, 2009). Accessed on August 15, 2009 at http://archive.kpfk.org/parchive/mp3/kpfk_090807_180030kpfknews.MP3 “California Schools Quake From the Budget Cuts.” Morning Edition, National Public Radio (July 14, 2009). Accessed on July 27, 2009 at http://216.35.221.84/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106555588.
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“L.A.'s Urban Schools Hardest Hit By Teacher Layoffs.” Morning Edition, National Public Radio (June 17, 2009). Accessed on June 17, 2009 at http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=105492482. “UCLA professor on new report showing low marks for California education.” (KPCC, Los Angeles Public Radio Affiliate), February 23, 2009. Accessed on March 2, 2009 at http://www.scpr.org/news/stories/2009/02/23/19_ucla_john_rogers__02.html “Report: California awful at sending students to college.” (NBC News Los Angeles and San Diego) February 23, 2009. Accessed on March 2, 2009 at http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Report-California-Awful-at-Sending-HS-Students-to-College.html. “Too few CA students going to college.” (KGO, San Francisco news radio) February 23, 2009. Accessed on March 2, 2009 at http://www.kgoam810.com/Article.asp?id=1180446&nId=6&spid=15884. “Teacher Cuts in California.” (KPFK, Pacifica Los Angeles Affiliate) January 13, 2009. “LAUSD high schoolers complete educational research study at UCLA.” (KPCC, Los Angeles Public Radio Affiliate), August 8, 2008. Accessed on August 13, 2008 at http://www.publicradio.org/columns/kpcc/kpccnewsinbrief/2008/08/lausd-high-schoolers-complete.html “Rich Schools, Poor Schools and Cuts in State Funding,” Which Way, LA? (KCRW Los Angeles Public Radio Affiliate), April 21, 2008. Accessed on April 22, 2008 at http://www.kcrw.com/news/programs/ww/ww080421rich_schools_poor_sc. “California Educational Opportunity Report,” (Various media outlets: KTLA Television News, KFI News, KNX News), November 9, 2007. “Learning Gap,” Life and Times (KCET, Los Angeles Public Television), September 12, 2007. Accessed September 13 at http://www.kcet.org/lifeandtimes/archives/200709/20070912.php. “Graduation Rate Report,” (Various media outlets: KNX, news radio Los Angeles, KFWB, news radio Los Angeles and KCBS, news radio San Francisco), May 7-8, 2007. “Young Principal Does the Impossible,” Life and Times (KCET, Los Angeles Public Television), February 28, 2007. Accessed on March 1, 2007 at http://www.kcet.org/lifeandtimes/archives/200702/20070228.php. “AP Courses and California Students,” Airtalk with Larry Mantle (KPCC, Los Angeles Public Radio Affiliate), February 7, 2007. Accessed on February 10, 2007 at http://www.scpr.org/programs/airtalk/index.shtml.
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“L.A., Residential Tutoring Centers Pay Off,” News and Notes (National NPR Broadcast), November 17, 2006. Accessed on November 19, 2006 at www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6502119. “Forty Students in a Class?” Life and Times (KCET, Los Angeles Public Television), November 8, 2006. “New Law Leaves Some California Students Behind” News and Notes (National NPR Broadcast), September, 4, 2006. Accessed November 19, 2006 at http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5763720.
“Final Exit Exam,” Life and Times (KCET, Los Angeles Public Television), August 23, 2006. (Transcript available at http://www.cai-la.org/230806.html.) “California’s High School Exit Exam Ruled Unconstitutional,” The O’Reilly Factor (National Fox News Broadcast), May 9, 2006. (Available for viewing at http://idea.gseis.ucla.edu/resources/exitexam/index.html.) “Roadblocks to College” CNN Radio (Interview carried on CNN’s 90 affiliate stations across California), April 1, 2006. “California’s Educational Opportunities” The Morning Show (KPFA, San Francisco, Pacifica Network), March 31, 2006. “The Role of Parents in Education,” Adolfo Guzman Lopez Feature Report (KPCC, Los Angeles Public Radio Affiliate), October 21, 2005. “Crenshaw Accreditation,” Talk of the City (KPCC, Los Angeles Public Radio Affiliate), September 26, 2005. (Available at http://www.scpr.org/programs/talkcity/listings/2005/09/totc_20050926.shtml.) “High School Exit Exam Report,” (Various media outlets: KTVU TV, San Francisco; KGO News, San Francisco; KCBS News, San Francisco; KNX News, Los Angeles; KPCC News, Public Radio Los Angeles), August 22, 2005. “School Quality Report Card,” Talk of the City (KPCC, Los Angeles Public Radio Affiliate), June 15, 2005. (Available at http://www.scpr.org/programs/talkcity/listings/2005/06/totc_20050613.shtml.) “Jefferson High School,” Lou Dobbs Tonight (CNN National Broadcast), June 5, 2005. (Transcript available at http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0506/06/ldt.01.html.) “Decision 2004: The Latino Vote,” (NBC News Special, National Broadcast), September, 2004. “Separate and Unequal,” Uprising (Pacifica Los Angeles Affiliate), May 11, 2004.
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“What's Happened to the Promise of Brown v. Board of Education?” Which Way, LA?
(KCRW Los Angeles Public Radio Affiliate), May 10, 2004. (Available at http://www.kcrw.com/news/programs/ww/ww040506whats_happened_to_th.) "Fifty Years After Brown v. Board of Education," All Things Considered (National Public Radio Broadcast), March 8, 2004. (Available at http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1751945.) “Access to the Convention?” CNN National News Broadcast, August, 2000. (Available for viewing at http://tcla.gseis.ucla.edu/democracy/teachers/labi.html.)
RESEARCH FEATURED IN PRINT MEDIA (partial list)
Hoag, C. (October 6, 2010). “LA schools seek layoffs system opposed by union.” Associated Press. (This article ran in the Washington Post,)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/06/AR2010100606282.html Wohlsen, M. (September 28, 2010). “Court finds California dumping interns on poor schools.” Associated Press. (This article ran in the San Jose Mercury, Pasadena Star
News, and other media outlets across the nation.) http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_16196605?nclick_check=1 Chea, T. (August 25, 2010). “California had weak support for school grant.” Associated
Press. (This article ran in the San Francisco Chronicle, the San Diego Union Tribune,
the San Jose Mercury, and other local news outlets in California.)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/08/25/state/n181258D41.DTL&type=politics Mehta, S. (July 29, 2010). “Brown unveils education reform plan.” Los Angeles Times.
Magee, M. (July 18, 2010). “Parcel tax raises issues of fairness.” San Diego Tribune. http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/jul/18/parcel-tax-raises-issues-of-fairness/ Chea, T. (June, 26, 2010). “California cities vote to pay more taxes to help schools.” Associated Press. (This article ran in the San Francisco Chronicle, the Fresno Bee, the Ventura County Star, and many other daily papers across California.)
f71b68d8a9 Mandell, J. (April 8, 2010). California's “Big Whiff on Education-Reform Money.” LA
Weekly. http://www.laweekly.com/2010-04-08/news/california-s-big-whiff-on-education-reform-money/2 Kluth, A. (March 31, 2010). “From bad to worse: Lessons from a state that has let its pupils down.” The Economist. http://www.economist.com/world/united-states/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15819208 Chea, T. (March 17, 2010). “Report: Schools at the bottom stay at the bottom.” Associated Press. (This article ran in the San Francisco Chronicle and several other California daily papers.) http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/03/16/state/n210043D30.DTL&tsp=1 Hoag, Christina. (March 17, 2010.) “LA schools panel pushes new teacher review system.” Associated Press. (Orange County Register and other California daily papers.) http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CA_TEACHER_EVALUATIONS_CAOL-?SITE=CAANR&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT Jablon, R. (February 25, 2010). “LA School District Sued Over Teacher Layoffs.” Associated Press. http://cbs13.com/wireapnewsca/LA.school.district.2.1517367.html Blume, H. (February 17, 2010). “L.A. Unified to seek $100 parcel tax hike.” Los
Angeles Times. http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-lausd17-2010feb17,0,6463784.story Chea, T. (February 14, 2010). “Schools face big budget holes as stimulus runs out.” Associated Press. (This article ran in the Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle,
and many other daily papers across the nation.) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/14/AR2010021401876.html
Tuna, C. (February 12, 2010). “Fiscal woes push up class sizes.” Wall Street Journal.
Oppenheim, J. (January 27, 2010). “UCLA study outlines recession's toll in state's classrooms.” Merced Sun-Star. http://www.mercedsunstar.com/167/story/1287797.html Tucker, J. (January 22, 2010). “Recession hits state's poorest kids hardest.” San
Francisco Chronicle. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-
bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/01/21/MNCG1BLJN3.DTL
Lowe, S. (January 22, 2010). “More area students homeless, hungry.” Contra Costa
Times
Blume, H. (January 21, 2010). “At home or in school, California students face harder times, survey finds.” Los Angeles Times. http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-
schools21-2010jan21,0,4957693.story
Chea, T. (January 21, 2010). “UCLA report details recession's impact on schools.” Associate Press. (This article ran in the San Jose Mercury News, Education Week, the
Fresno Bee, and many other daily papers.) http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-
news/ci_14239306
Leal, F. (January 21, 2010). “Report: economy hurting state's public schools.” Orange
County Register. http://www.ocregister.com/articles/report-230364-schools-
principals.html
Walters, D. (January 21, 2010). New UCLA study cites heavy impact on schools. Sacramento Bee. http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/capitolalertlatest/2010/01/new-
ucla-study.html
Hewitt, A. (January 21, 2010). “Recession hits California students at school and at home, report finds,” UCLA Newsroom. http://www.newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/recession-hits-calif-students-152170.aspx Hoag, C. (January 12, 2010). “Beverly Hills votes on rejecting outside Pupils.” Associated Press. (This article ran in New York Times, Education Week, Houston
Berkeley, G. (November 20, 2009). “For African American Students, Class Size Matters,” New America Media. http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=56ed418d8b2f92befa9edac862fee28f Moreno, R. (September 16, 2009). “Escuelas públicas sufren rezago,” La Opinion
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http://www.impre.com/laopinion/noticias/primera-pagina/2009/9/16/escuelas-publicas-sufren-rezag-148486-1.html Dev, R. (August 31, 2009). “School matters: California STAR results show achievement gap persists,” New America Media
663a1c85f73813cf Llanos, C. (August 29, 2009). “Schools choice pushes LAUSD into a new era,” Los
Angeles Daily Breeze and Los Angles Daily News (This article was featured in UCLA Headlines.) http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/ci_13233020
Hoag, C. (August 25, 2009). “LA school board approves school choice plan,” Associated
Press (This article ran in Seattle Times, Houston Chronicle, and many local California papers.) http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jKB5tx2tp3CBrsYcw_296JrJGoJwD9AA8I5O0 Chea, T. (August 18, 2009). “California test results show solid academic gains,” The
Fresno Bee. (This article also ran in USA Today and several local papers across California.) http://www.fresnobee.com/state/story/1603789.html
Moreno, R. (August 8, 2009). “La crisis distrae a los estudiantes,” La Opinion. http://www.impre.com/noticias/nacionales/2009/8/8/la-crisis-distrae-a-los-estudi-140335-1.html Chea, T. (June 21, 2009). “Budget cuts force deep cuts in California schools,” The
Washington Post. (This article also ran in USA Today, Education Week, San Jose
Mercury News, San Francisco Chronicle, and numerous other local dailies.) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/21/AR2009062101164_2.html
Woo, S. (June 17, 2009). “California Schools' Tough Choices: Wealthy Communities Add Taxes to Make Up for Funding Cuts in Ailing State,” The
Wall Street Journal. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124519998766721439.html Mehta, S. (June 15, 2009). “As state cuts funding, more districts turn to voters,” Los
Angeles Times. http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-parceltax15-
2009jun15,0,1148647.story Hoag, C. (June 13, 2009). “Layoffs mean LA schools lose new breed of teachers,” Washington Post. (This article also appeared in Education Week, Forbes, Salon.com, and
numerous local dailies.) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/13/AR2009061301448.html
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Mehta, S. and Song, J. (May 29, 2009). “L.A. Unified School District cancels bulk of summer school programs,” Los Angeles Times. http://www.latimes.com/news/la-me-summer-school29-2009may29,0,1845357.story Moreno, R. (April 22, 2009). Habrá más latinos en la educación superior. La Opinion. http://www.impre.com/laopinion/noticias/la-california/2009/4/22/habra-mas-latinos-en-la-educac-120716-1.html Griffin, C. (March 4, 2009). Education’s Revenue Stream. Our Weekly.
Moreno, R. (February 24, 2009). Escuelas necesitadas y sin recursos: Reporte confirma que el estado no cumple con las expectativas educativas que está obligado a ofrecer al estudiantado. La Opinion. (February 23, 2009). Los Angeles schools get failing grade. UCLA Today.
Shaikh, A. (February 12, 2009). Local youth study a new subject: their high schools. UCLA Today.
Griffin, C. (February 5, 2009). Civics lesson: Youth explore how teachers can get students involved. Our Weekly.� Kahn, G. (September 2, 2008). Los Angeles sets school-rescue program. Wall Street
Journal.
Landsberg, M. (June 21, 2008). Graduation rates declining in L.A. Unified despite higher enrollment, study finds. Los Angeles Times.
Checkley, K. (April, 2008). Tapping Parent and Community Support to Improve Student Learning. Education Update (ASCD Newsletter, v50 n.4) Defining Diversity Down: �A proposal to make it easier to get into California colleges. (January 9, 2008). Wall Street Journal.
McDonald, P. (December 26, 2007). How Superintendent David Brewer ran aground. Los Angeles Weekly.
Noguchi, S. (November 8, 2007). Study: California’s academic goals, means far apart. San Jose Mercury News.
Boghossian, N. (November 8, 2007). State schools bad, L.A. worse. Los Angeles Daily
News. Bowie, L. (October 8, 2007). Graduation exams tests states’ will. Groups challenge new standards to earn a high school diploma. Baltimore Sun.
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Helfand, D. (August 11, 2007). Students teach educators about schools. Teens research some of L.A.’s most troubled schools and report to the mayor’s team. Los Angeles
Times.
Asimov, N. & Tucker, J. (May 14, 2007). Graduate rate is lowest in 10 years. High school exit exam at center of debate over failure of a third of state's seniors to earn diploma. San Francisco Chronicle. Rubin, J. (May 8, 2007). State accused of inflating exit exam data. UCLA professor says officials distorted pass rate on test required for high school graduation. Educators counter that analysis was flawed. Los Angeles Times.
Boghossian, N. (October 9, 2006). Bursting at the Seams. Los Angeles Daily News. Rosenhall, L. (June 4, 2006). Pass rate rises to 90.4 percent for exit exam. Latest results mean nearly 42,000 seniors statewide won't graduate this spring. Sacramento Bee. Mehta, S. (April 24, 2006). Candidates Seek Lighter Load for School Counselors. Los
Angeles Times.
Olsen, L. (March 29, 2006). Report Faults Calif. on College Preparation. State sends 23 percent of high school seniors to four-year colleges. Education Week. Bartindale, B. (March 23, 2006). State's low school spending yields few college graduates. Study identifies roadblocks. Extra hurdles for poor minorities. San Jose
Mercury News. Stern, E. (March 23, 2006). UC study sees 'huge barriers' to college. �It finds high schools deficient on counselors, course work. Sacramento Bee.
Olsen, L. (January 18, 2006). Calif. Schools Chief Sticks by Exit-Exam Requirement. Education Week.
Estrella, C. (August 24, 2005). “State test estimates excluded dropouts. UCLA study finds inflated projections for graduations. San Francisco Chronicle.
Moreno, R. (June 20, 2005). Grupos comunitarios evalúan la calidad de ocho escuelas. Hacinamiento y carencia de maestros calificados son las deficiencias más notorias, según análisis. La Opinion.
Herndon, D. (Summer 2004). Unfinished Business: Looking at the Legacy of Brown v. Board of Education. California Schools Magazine (A publication of the California School Boards Association.)
Robertson, T. (May 17, 2004). In school, Latinos find fewer resources, ethnic isolation
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50 years after Brown, largest minority in U.S. struggles to succeed. Boston Globe.
Asimonv, A. (May 16, 2004). Segregation by income: Supreme Court ruling in 1954 took aim at racial desegregation of students, but wealth has created separate and unequal schools in Bay Area and elsewhere. San Francisco Chronicle.
Arredondo, M. (May 11, 2004). Caso Méndez: paso decisivo contra la segregación escolar��En 1944, un padre mexicano emprendió una lucha por los derechos de su comunidad que tendría repercusiones nacionales. La Opinion.
Olsen, L. (September 11, 2002). Critical Voices: In this study, students are both the subjects of research and the researchers. Education Week.
PUBLIC JOURNALISM
Themes in the News. Co-Author and editor. Each Friday, UCLA IDEA produces a commentary on one education policy issue that has risen to prominence in the week’s news. The weekly commentary draws on research to illuminate current policy debates and points to the broader significance of emerging news stories for equity educational reform and social change. Themes in the News is distributed via email to more than 1000 subscribers, including researchers, elected officials, policy analysts, advocates, and educational reporters. In addition, it is often picked up and re-posted in other blogs. Themes in the News has been published weekly since March 2009.
Teaching to Change LA (TCLA), Founding Editor. TCLA is an online journal that addresses educational conditions in Los Angeles schools. K-12 students, parents, teachers, researchers, and elected officials provide the content for the journal, which is published by UCLA/IDEA. Journal readers include those who learn and teach in Los Angeles schools, local and state policymakers and legislators, and readers from across the country. TCLA has had more than 1 million visitors since its founding in December 2000. (Since 2006, TCLA continues as Learning Power News.)
Selected articles include: Rogers, J. (2004). “Creating L.A. History Projects,” Teaching to Change LA
http://tcla.gseis.ucla.edu/equalterms/history/create.html. Rogers, J. (2003). “Towards Education on Equal Terms in Los Angeles,” Teaching to
Change LA http://tcla.gseis.ucla.edu/equalterms/features/introductions/issue1.html. Rogers, J. (2003). “Safe and Democratic Schools,” Teaching to Change LA
http://tcla.gseis.ucla.edu/reportcard/reports/5-6/index.html. Rogers, J. (2003). “Fighting the Battle of the Books,” Teaching to Change LA
Rogers, J. (2002). “From Students Rights to Real Accountability,” Teaching to Change
LA http://tcla.gseis.ucla.edu/reportcard/reports/index.html. Rogers, J. (2002). “Stand Up For Your Rights,” Teaching to Change LA
http://tcla.gseis.ucla.edu/rights/features/7/intro.html. Rogers, J. (2002). “Quality Teachers for All,” Teaching to Change LA
http://tcla.gseis.ucla.edu/rights/features/3/rogers.html. Rogers, J. (2001). “What Does Digital Democracy Look Like?” Teaching to Change LA
http://tcla.gseis.ucla.edu/divide/index.html. Rogers, J. (2000). “What Does Democracy Look Like?” Teaching to Change LA http://tcla.gseis.ucla.edu/democracy/home.html.
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE
UCLA ED 448a, “Urban School Leadership,” (PLI 2009, 2010)* ED 440c, “Accountability, Democracy, and Justice,” (PLI, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010) ED 229, “Learning Inequality: An inquiry into the role of public schools in developing young people’s understanding of economic inequality,” (2010) ED 229, “Dewey, Democracy, and Education,” (1996, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2009) ED 229, “Mapping the Historical Struggle for Education on Equal Terms,” (2004)** ED 98, “Critical Sociology for Urban Youth,” (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007)*** ED 406, “Social Foundations and Cultural Diversity in American Education” (1997, 1998, 2000) ED 447, “Inquiries into Urban Teaching” (1998) ED 447, “Culture and Community” (1996) ED 360abc, “Teacher Education Practicum,” (1995-6) Professional Development Seminars offered through UCLA Extension for Teachers in Early Career Network, (1998-2004) *Co-taught with Megan Franke **Co-taught with Joanna Goode ***Co-taught with Ernest Morrell University of Michigan Taught courses in social foundations, multicultural education, urban education policy, educational history. Average rating for “quality of instructor” for all courses was 4.82 on a scale of 5, placing me in the top 2% of all University of Michigan faculty on student course evaluations.
Member of the Ford Foundation and Public Education Network, Scholar Forum on Public Engagement, 2005-present. Fellow at the National Education Policy Center, Fellow, 2007-present. (Prior to 2010, this center was known as the Education Policy Research Unit, Arizona State University and the Education and the Public Interest Center, University of Colorado, Boulder.) Fellow and UCLA Representative to the Center for Collaborative Research for an Equitable California (CCREC), new University of California multi-campus research unit.
Member, University of California P-16 Education Imperative Steering Committee, convened by Boalt Law School Dean Christopher Edley on behalf of President Yudoff.
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HONORS AND SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Equality in Education Award, The American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California. 2001. California State Assembly Certificate of Recognition: “In honor of your exceptional participation and commitment to empowering the Southeast Community.” Member of the Assembly, Marco Firebaugh. 2003 Mover and Shaker Award, The Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research. 2004. Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition. “In recognition of outstanding and invaluable service to the community.” Member of Congress, Linda Sanchez. 2004. Certificate of Recognition. For “commitment and dedication to civic engagement and the youth of Los Angeles.” Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. 2007.
