Summer school turns students into apprentice researchers

KPCC 89.3 FM - August 7, 2009

By Adolfo Guzman-Lopez

Several dozen Los Angeles high school students wrap up summer school today. They took part in a unique UCLA program that turned them into apprentice researchers and education activists for a month and a half. KPCC’s Adolfo Guzman-Lopez spent some time with the young researchers in the field.

Adolfo Guzman-Lopez: Five high school students, their teacher, and two UCLA grad students huddled inside Crenshaw High School’s library on a recent morning.

[“1, 2, 3, coolness!”]

Guzman-Lopez: The “Advocates of Cool,” as this group called itself, chanted “coolness” before a day of surveys and interviews. In UCLA classrooms, they learned “critical pedagogy” – a vein of education theory that questions and challenges why poor and working-class people often attend substandard schools. Coupled with lessons about the basics of academic research, these teenagers became agents of change, said Crenshaw High teacher Fred Davis.

To read full story, please visit: http://www.scpr.org/news/2009/08/07/policy-summer-school/

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