Fall / Winter 2020
Why We Can’t Return to Normal
This summer, demonstrators participated in a Black Lives Matter protest and marched to Los Angeles Unified School District headquarters, calling on the school board to reallocate funds spent on campus police to student services. (Photo/Getty Images, Mario Tama)
How the COVID-19 pandemic and Black Lives Matter movement will change how we educate
In 2020, the status quo was shaken up, challenged and, quite possibly, forever altered. The COVID-19 pandemic has changed life for us all. The models our globalized world is built upon—our financial systems, the way we work, the way we travel, and yes, the way we educate all students, from pre-K to higher ed—have been tested and transformed. In the midst of this worldwide health crisis, another long-running crisis—systemic racism and the killing of Black men and women by police—fueled months of protest led by the burgeoning Black Lives Matter movement. This issue considers both the macro effects of a microscopic virus and how the demand to end structural racism will require us to reshape the field of education to ensure a more just and equitable future.
Below are highlights from our Fall/Winter issue that explore this topic in depth. You can flip through the entire issue at the bottom of this page.
Dean’s Byline
As a global pandemic, recession and racial justice movement sweep the nation, USC Rossier can lead in transforming education
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News
Ginger Clark on preparing USC faculty for remote instruction and the silver linings of virtual learning
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Feature
With pragmatism and big ideas, USC Rossier’s new dean urges us not to return to normal
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Opinion
John Brooks Slaughter on what universities must do to improve the conditions of Black Americans
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Student Profile
USC Rossier EMP online student Marcel Hite wants to give applicants a chance to share their stories
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Feature
Research shows officers don’t make schools safer, but how do we create secure campuses without them?
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Tips for Educators
Tracy Poon Tambascia on how educators can address xenophobia amid the COVID-19 pandemic
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In Conversation
Associate professor of education and psychology discusses growing up in Detroit, the new app she’s developing and the effects of videos depicting racial violence
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Feature
What went wrong, and how it can get better
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Alumna Profile
USC Rossier’s Online OCL program helped Georgia Steele EdD ’18 achieve organizational excellence
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In Conversation
USC President Folt in conversation with USC Rossier Dean Noguera
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Feature
A reckoning with racism starts with learning the unvarnished truth—and toll—of slavery
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News
A student group founded by eight USC Rossier EdD students in search of dissertation support and community expands its reach
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