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Virtual Supplementary Education Resource

The CEJJES Institute has entered into an agreement with the Black Education Research Collective at Teachers College, Columbia University to develop our Virtual Supplementary Education Resource initiative. V-SER will be a cyberspace based resource for K-12 students and their parents; providing a wide range of virtual experiences to augment and contextualize school learning. Supplemental Education has been called “The Hidden Curriculum of High Achievement”. The idea of supplementary education is based on the assumption that high academic achievement is closely associated with exposure to family and community-based activities and learning experiences that occur both in and out of school, in…

Recent Appointment at The CEJJES Institute

Elham (Ellie) Zandvakili graduated from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and received a PhD in the field of education in language, literacy, and culture. She has been appointed as a post-doctoral fellow at the CEJJES institute beginning in September 2019. The institute is pleased to have the ongoing services of this young scholar. She is a permanent resident of the United States based on receiving a national interest waiver which is given to promising young scholars by the federal government. As part of her appointment at the institute, she is responsible for bibliographic research, writing papers and reports and gathering…

Charles White: Influences

An exhibition in partnership with the Gordon Center for Black Culture & Arts and the CEJJES Institute

Edmund W. Gordon Centennial Calendar of Events

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The Edmund W Gordon Centennial Conference

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Edmund W. Gordon is Named the First Honorary President of the American Educational Research Association

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Cooperatives for Economic Justice in Black America with Jessica Gordon-Nembhard

Link to the Podcast Cooperatives for Economic Justice in Black America

Dinner Conversations

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Supplemental Education at The CEJJES Institute

Supplemental Education has been called “The Hidden Curriculum of High Achievement”. The idea of supplementary education is based on the assumption that high academic achievement is closely associated with exposure to family and community-based activities and learning experiences that occur both in and out of school, in support of academic learning. The CEJJES Institute has begun an initiative to become a clearinghouse of resources, information, and activities for families/groups who wish to add to their children’s formal education by providing a rich diet of learning experiences and activities. We will attempt to provide digital access to a variety of experiences…

Reflections on W.E.B. Du Bois

Professor Gordon talks about his mentor, W.E.B. Du Bois. Click here