Dr. Donald Cowan wrote, "The question 'Can we be excellent and equal, too?' has vexed educators since universal education became feasible a century ago. The question is an oxymoron on the face of it: one cannot both excel others and be equal to them."
Yet this is what the American public school system--which is educating citizens as well as individuals--calls teachers to do, to maintain the balance between equity and excellence in an environment that is both SUPPORTIVE and RIGOROUS.
Teachers must always do their work in this midst of this tension between equity and excellence, in material things such as curricula and texts, and in their ongoing consideration of the differences in the living, breathing human beings in their care whose MINDS ARE THEIR PRIMARY CHARGE.
Aeschylus' Prometheus Bound will provide the imaginative landscape out of which we will consider the origins of our profession and the tension between excellence and equity that lies at the HEART OF THE ENTERPRISE OF EDUCATION ITSELF.
Pre-reading is required. Aeschylus' Prometheus Bound is the primary text and will be sent to you upon receipt of registration fee.
Saturday, 8:30 am-4:00 pm: March 3. Members: $75, Nonmembers: $85
SPACE IS LIMITED. Fee includes: book and materials, breakfast, lunch, and breakout snacks.
School teachers may earn graduate credits for the Sue Rose Summer Institute for Teachers (see Summer Institute application), for designated general classes taught at the Dallas Institute during the fall and spring semesters, and for Teachers Academy conferences.
To earn graduate credit for classes designated during the fall and spring semesters or for Teachers Academy conferences, school teachers may earn a credit for each program and write a final essay after accumulating three credits. Additional hours with the professor are required when taking fall or spring classes for graduate credit.
Students must be enrolled in the University of Dallas Master of Humanities degree to receive graduate credit.
The tuition for classes and conferences counting for graduate credit is $100 for conferences and $200 for designated classes, payable to the Dallas Institute.