APRIL 10
1968 Revisited:
Ocean Hill Brownsville and Community Control of Schools
A Panel Discussion with Sally Lee, Roberta Harris, Jitu Weusi, Edwin Mayogra
and Stanley Aronowitz
Co-Sponsored by the Brecht Forum, NYCORE
In 1968, Ocean Hill-Brownsville Brooklyn was the site of an experiment
that gave local communities control of their public schools. The
controversy sparked from this movement still resonates throughout the
city. This panel discussion will explore the political moment that
gave rise to the community control experiment and will attempt to
compare it to today's context. How are NYC communities responding to
the current mayoral control of our public schools? How do these
contrasting forms of school governance impact classroom teaching and
learning?
The Brecht Forum
451 West Street
(Between Bank and Bethune)
212-242-4201
www.brechtforum.org
Sliding Scale $6-15
No One Turned Away
