What is the relationship between the education system and broader inequalities in society? Do schools reproduce existing inequalities or can\u00a0we view them as the \u2018Great Equalizer\u2019?<\/p>\n
Furman sociology professor Joseph Merry will address those questions when he speaks at the university\u2019s High Noon spring lecture series Wednesday, March 23 at the Upcountry History Museum-Furman.<\/p>\n
His talk, \u201cSchools and Inequality, Revisited,\u201d begins at noon.\u00a0 It is free and open to the public.<\/p>\n
Dr. Merry says the answers to the questions above have profound implications for how we think about education reform and how to best serve students in our nation\u2019s schools. \u00a0He will discuss a growing body of evidence that suggests we ought to rethink many of our traditional assumptions about schools.<\/p>\n
Merry\u2019s talk is the second of five lectures during the spring High Noon series.\u00a0 All lectures are free and begin at noon on Wednesdays.<\/p>\n
The Upcountry History Museum\/Furman is located at 540 Buncombe Street in downtown Greenville\u2019s Heritage Green area.<\/p>\n
Here are the remaining lectures in the spring High Noon series.<\/p>\n
March 30<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cOops.\u00a0 How to Undo a Campaign in 30 Seconds or Less\u201d<\/p>\n Dr. Danielle Vinson, Professor of Political Science, Furman University<\/p>\n April 6<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cRetirement: More than Money, Much More\u201d<\/p>\n Dr. Jack Hansen, Author, Shaping a Life of Significance for Retirement<\/p>\n April 13<\/strong><\/p>\n Open date.\u00a0 No lecture today.<\/p>\n April 20<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cWhat We Remember, What We Forget: Why Southern History Matters Today\u201d<\/p>\n Dr. Steve O\u2019Neill, Professor of History, Furman University<\/p>\n A complete schedule of the High Noon lectures is available on Furman\u2019s website<\/strong>.\u00a0 For more information, contact Furman\u2019s Marketing and Public Relations office at 864.294.3107 or vince.moore@furman.edu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" What is the relationship between the education system and broader inequalities in society? Do schools reproduce existing inequalities or can\u00a0we view them as the \u2018Great Equalizer\u2019? Furman sociology professor Joseph […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":265,"featured_media":4307,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,22,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-department-page","category-sociology","category-top-stories"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/265"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4306"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4306\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33156,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4306\/revisions\/33156"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}