Project DIVERSE - Emergency Contact Numbers
by Richard Boon
Hi Everyone,
Please see below.
Dr. Mack Burke (979) 450-9346
Dr. Lisa Bowman-Perrott (979) 575-5621
Dr. Richard Boon (210) 315-5290
Thanks!
Kind regards,
Dr. Boon
1 year, 1 month
Project DIVERSE - Texas Hotel Occupancy Tax Exemption Certificate
by Richard Boon
Hi Everyone,
Upon arrival to the hotel (SpringHill Suites, Waco, TX), please provide a copy of the Texas Hotel Occupancy Tax Exemption Certificate form to the front/guest service agent to exclude state taxes from your invoice.
Thanks!
Kind regards,
Dr. Boon
1 year, 1 month
PowerPoint - File Extension
by Richard Boon
Hi Everyone,
Please send your PowerPoint presentation as a .ppt or .pptx file.
Thanks!
Kind regards,
Dr. Boon
1 year, 2 months
FW: Project DIVERSE - Summer Institute at Baylor University (June 17-18) ***Doctoral Scholar PowerPoint Presentation***
by Richard Boon
Hi Everyone,
Just a friendly reminder!
Please send me a copy of your presentation by Friday, June 14.
Thanks!
Kind regards,
Dr. Boon
From: Richard Boon
Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2024 11:14 AM
To: project.diverse(a)lists.it.utsa.edu
Subject: FW: Project DIVERSE - Summer Institute at Baylor University (June 17-18) ***Doctoral Scholar PowerPoint Presentation***
Hi Everyone,
Just a friendly reminder!
Please send me a copy of your presentation by Friday, June 14.
Thanks!
Kind regards,
Dr. Boon
From: Richard Boon
Sent: Saturday, June 8, 2024 4:22 PM
To: project.diverse(a)lists.it.utsa.edu<mailto:project.diverse@lists.it.utsa.edu>
Subject: FW: Project DIVERSE - Summer Institute at Baylor University (June 17-18) ***Doctoral Scholar PowerPoint Presentation***
Hi Everyone,
Just a friendly reminder!
Please send me a copy of your presentation by Friday, June 14.
Thanks!
Kind regards,
Dr. Boon
From: Richard Boon
Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2024 6:15 PM
To: project.diverse(a)lists.it.utsa.edu<mailto:project.diverse@lists.it.utsa.edu>
Subject: Project DIVERSE - Summer Institute at Baylor University (June 17-18) ***Doctoral Scholar PowerPoint Presentation***
Hi Everyone,
I am writing to request you construct a 10-15 minute PowerPoint presentation (5-7 slides) to share your line(s) of research inquiry with your fellow doctoral scholars at the Summer Institute at Baylor University.
Please use the following items as an outline for your presentation format.
Title (Name, Institution, Advisor(s), Year(s) in Program)
Research (Interests)
Current and/or Ongoing Research Projects (Manuscripts In-Progress, Publications, Presentations, etc.)
Next Steps/Future Directions (Dissertation Topic, Post-Graduation Plans, etc.)
Also, please send me a copy of your presentation by Friday, June 14.
Thanks SO MUCH!
Kind regards,
Dr. Boon
1 year, 2 months
FW: Project DIVERSE - Summer Institute at Baylor University (June 17-18) ***Doctoral Scholar PowerPoint Presentation***
by Richard Boon
Hi Everyone,
Just a friendly reminder!
Please send me a copy of your presentation by Friday, June 14.
Thanks!
Kind regards,
Dr. Boon
From: Richard Boon
Sent: Saturday, June 8, 2024 4:22 PM
To: project.diverse(a)lists.it.utsa.edu
Subject: FW: Project DIVERSE - Summer Institute at Baylor University (June 17-18) ***Doctoral Scholar PowerPoint Presentation***
Hi Everyone,
Just a friendly reminder!
Please send me a copy of your presentation by Friday, June 14.
Thanks!
Kind regards,
Dr. Boon
From: Richard Boon
Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2024 6:15 PM
To: project.diverse(a)lists.it.utsa.edu<mailto:project.diverse@lists.it.utsa.edu>
Subject: Project DIVERSE - Summer Institute at Baylor University (June 17-18) ***Doctoral Scholar PowerPoint Presentation***
Hi Everyone,
I am writing to request you construct a 10-15 minute PowerPoint presentation (5-7 slides) to share your line(s) of research inquiry with your fellow doctoral scholars at the Summer Institute at Baylor University.
Please use the following items as an outline for your presentation format.
Title (Name, Institution, Advisor(s), Year(s) in Program)
Research (Interests)
Current and/or Ongoing Research Projects (Manuscripts In-Progress, Publications, Presentations, etc.)
Next Steps/Future Directions (Dissertation Topic, Post-Graduation Plans, etc.)
Also, please send me a copy of your presentation by Friday, June 14.
Thanks SO MUCH!
Kind regards,
Dr. Boon
1 year, 2 months
FW: Project DIVERSE - Summer Institute at Baylor University (June 17-18) ***Doctoral Scholar PowerPoint Presentation***
by Richard Boon
Hi Everyone,
Just a friendly reminder!
Please send me a copy of your presentation by Friday, June 14.
Thanks!
Kind regards,
Dr. Boon
From: Richard Boon
Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2024 6:15 PM
To: project.diverse(a)lists.it.utsa.edu
Subject: Project DIVERSE - Summer Institute at Baylor University (June 17-18) ***Doctoral Scholar PowerPoint Presentation***
Hi Everyone,
I am writing to request you construct a 10-15 minute PowerPoint presentation (5-7 slides) to share your line(s) of research inquiry with your fellow doctoral scholars at the Summer Institute at Baylor University.
Please use the following items as an outline for your presentation format.
Title (Name, Institution, Advisor(s), Year(s) in Program)
Research (Interests)
Current and/or Ongoing Research Projects (Manuscripts In-Progress, Publications, Presentations, etc.)
Next Steps/Future Directions (Dissertation Topic, Post-Graduation Plans, etc.)
Also, please send me a copy of your presentation by Friday, June 14.
Thanks SO MUCH!
Kind regards,
Dr. Boon
1 year, 2 months
Dear Colleague Letter
by Burke, Mack
FYI- looking over the Dear Colleague letter on educational policy for ELs and ELs with Disabilities. The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Education (ED) and the Civil Rights Division at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). I looks like very similar language as we are seeing in special education around inclusion and full inclusion…they want them integrated into English speaking classrooms ASAP. Look through at their examples…I keep thinking a lot of bilingual programs might actually be out of compliance in an audit. MDB
“We assume that the segregation resulting from a language remediation program would be minimized to the greatest extent possible and that the programs would have as a goal the integration of the Spanish-speaking student into the English language classroom as soon as possible.”).”
1 year, 2 months
UN-CRPD
by Burke, Mack
Something for all you smart people to contend with…we have been writing about the United Nations CRPD which is trickling into the US literature- for those interested in cross cultural issues- this issue of what is universal and what is particular is a bit deal here. Without universals- there is no such thing as a human right (which is the traditional Enlightenment view from the 1700s- that universals exist).
Since the 1970s, we have moved to particulars, especially on cultural and identity issues, hardened by anti-modernist views. One way to think about it, is to go through each article and ask- is that something that should be cross cultural in nature, and if so, how? Article 24 is the one on education and inclusion of disabilities.
https://www.ohchr.org/en/instruments-mechanisms/instruments/convention-ri...
There is a lot to like about the CRPD but a couple of sour pickles. The US is a signee but did not ratify…in part, over “particulars.” The basis is one of full inclusion…which is causing some countries (Italy, Spain, etc.) to dismantle their existing special education systems. It has been an issue in the US since at least the 1980s, to what extent can inclusion of students with disabilites be pushed through modification of general curriculum (today the accommodation/modification discussion has been replaced by one of Universal Design for Learning and differentiated instruction. I think Dr. Sanchez brought it up as an issue where in Texas at a recent meeting on “pull out” programs for direct skill teaching are replaced by “push in” programs in the general classroom.
For the bilingual focused folks- the discussion extends to you as well. There are groups that would also see bilingual education as one of segregation and exclusion, and argue that it should be collapsed into the regular education setting as well through UDL for language and those resources be redistributed to support all students for equity purposes.
Most of the discussion on language is around blind, deaf, or deaf-blind issues.
1. Ensuring that the education of persons, and in particular children, who are blind, deaf or deafblind, is delivered in the most appropriate languages and modes and means of communication for the individual, and in environments which maximize academic and social development.
Theresia Degener who was the UNCRPD chair and from Protestant University of Applied Sciences in Bochum, Germany who was impacted by Thalidomide poisoning, a sleeping aide that caused birth defects.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theresia_Degener
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thalidomide_scandal
This one is interesting on her views of the Human Rights model of disability. I haven’t read the second- but the idea looks like this is the replacement for the social model. For background, former President Obama had pledged to signed the treaty as senator- actually surprised he didn’t while he was in office, but the US is protective over sovereignty issues and that might be the reason. And, you see there are important aspects of the view but some concerns…even though it is always hard to go against people on the other side of an issue with a disability themselves or a family with a child with one.
https://www.mdpi.com/2075-471X/5/3/35
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-43790-3_2
A couple of interviews- one from Berkley where she graduated with her law degree in the US. Judith Heumann is on it as well who was a well-known disability rights activist in the US…I think she might have recently passed away.
https://www.law.berkeley.edu/research/berkeley-center-on-comparative-equa...
MDB
1 year, 2 months