Please join us for the “The responsibility for education in turbulent times" featuring Dr. Etta Hollins, Professor Emerita in the Division of Teacher Education and Curriculum Studies at University of Missouri-Kansas City. This event is hosted by Dr. Magaly Lavadenz, CEEL's Executive Director & Leavey Presidential Endowed Chair in Ethics and Moral Leadership (funded by the Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Foundation) and the Office of the Dean at LMU School of Education.

Date: Tuesday, March 11, 2025
Time: 6:00 – 7:30 p.m. followed by a reception with light refreshments.
Event information: This event will be held in-person at Loyola Marymount University
University Hall, Roski
1 LMU Drive, Los Angeles, CA

The lecture and panel discussion will be recorded and live-streamed via Zoom.

Lecture Description

Education is a vital resource for this nation that warrants strategic planning, systematic implementation, and an indelible location in the public trust. The education of children and adolescents provides the basic academic and intellectual resources for the training of future adults in various occupations and professions, including the operation of all facets of government. Every subject taught in the school curriculum provides academic knowledge that supports students’ cognitive development and intellectual skills. This academic knowledge is applicable in everyday life and can help individuals and communities manage turbulent times and events, including those that are economic, environmental, medical, social, political, or those that are in the interest of public safety and national security. Some schools implement the curriculum and teaching practices to ensure that students understand the full range of applications for academic knowledge, however, this is not universal nor is it well publicized. The purpose of this discussion is to bring attention to approaches for the application in turbulent times of academic knowledge taught in K-12 schools, to promote the universal application of such practices across all schools, and to make explicit the need for the preservation of public education as a vital and indelible national resource.

About Dr. Etta Hollins

Dr. Etta Hollins is professor emerita, Ewing Marion Kauffman/Missouri Endowed Chair for Urban Teacher Education at the University of Missouri, Kansas City.  She is well known in the field of professional education for her leadership, research, and scholarship on teaching and teacher preparation.  She has been an invited speaker and consultant for state departments of education, universities, and school districts across the nation.  Her publications are cited by national and international scholars.  She has been an invited speaker for major national professional organizations. Dr. Hollins has numerous single and co-author publications.  Recent publications include Evaluating the Clinical Component of Teacher Preparation Programs (National Academy of Education, 2021), Rethinking Teacher Preparation Program Design (Routledge, 2021), Teaching to Transform Urban Schools and Communities (Routledge, 2019), Rethinking Field Experiences in Preservice Teacher Preparation (Routledge, 2015), and Teacher Preparation for Quality Teaching (Journal of Teacher Education, 2011).  She has conducted two 3-year longitudinal studies on teaching literacy in grades K-4, one of which is described in her book Learning to Teach in Urban Schools (Routledge, 2012).  

Dr. Hollins has received numerous awards and recognition for her work including lifetime achievement awards from the American Educational Research Association (AERA) and Pittsburg State University (Kansas).  In 2015, she received the AERA Presidential Citation for her work in advancing knowledge for teaching and learning for urban and underserved students.  She received the AERA Division K 2016 Legacy Award.  In 2018, Dr. Hollins received the honor of induction as an AERA fellow for her contributions and national leadership in preservice teacher preparation. In 2022, she received the Labette County Community College (Kansas) Cardinal Award for lifetime Achievement.  She has received two outstanding book awards from the American Association for Colleges of Teacher Education (AACTE).