The Canevin Center for Educational Transformation and Social Justice of the School of Education at Duquesne University hosted its third community forum, on the one-year anniversary of initiating its first gathering of leaders to help transform K-12 education in the Pittsburgh region.
The School of Education—through an educational grant from The Heinz Endowment and along with Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald and Grable Foundation Executive Director Gregg Behr––led more than 75 regional leaders in adopting a new communitywide focus on social justice in education.
At the forum, Dr. Gretchen Givens Generett, director of the Canevin Center and associate dean, shared the five new guiding principles for the School of Education, how community organizations helped to develop them and how they will be threaded through the trusting relationships among individuals, the School of Education and other members of the academy, schools and communities.
Since October 2013, the School of Education has hosted two well-attended community forums to explore educational issues. The School, through the work of The Canevin Center, already has begun incorporating these issues into its own curriculum to develop a cohesive platform for current and future teachers, administrators and other professionals who intend to work in public education.
The Canevin Center—which was officially launched in May to coincide with the School of Education’s 85th anniversary—links scholarship, resources, community partnerships and educational leadership in an environment that champions equity and social justice for all youth. The school’s faculty and staff are working within this epicenter where educational stakeholders in the Pittsburgh region and beyond can share ideas on the transformation of public education to capitalize on work being done within the region.
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