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H. Richard Milner IV, Vanderbilt University education professor, has been voted president-elect of the American Educational Research Association.
Vanderbilt.edu reports the association bills itself as the world’s largest interdisciplinary research association devoted to the scientific study of education and learning. Milner’s presidency will begin at the conclusion of the association’s 2022 annual meeting.
With a focus on urban education and teacher education, Milner examines the social context of classrooms and schools and studies how teacher discourse, particularly about race, influences student learning, identity and development. He serves as the founding director of the Initiative for Race and Justice at Peabody and was elected to the National Academy of Education in March 2021.
Looking at Critical Race Theory through a missiologist s eyes. D.A. Horton Image: Canva
We are launching a series on Critical Race Theory. It’s an important conversation today, since many are using the description and meaning different things. At the Wheaton College Billy Graham Center, we are committed to help Christians know and engage the culture with biblical discernment, so we are launching a conversation with, well, different views. As Christians, we want to think through these things together, and the series will include not just one opinion, but several.
We started with a positive framing, and will include others who are more negative, and some in the middle. All will come from evangelicals. And, it is important that we hear from people of color, and, in this series, not all people of color will agree. It’s a conversation mature, Christ-like, and God-honoring. We hope it serves you and your church well.