Community Talk with Dr. Lucinda Lee Katz

An award-winning educator speaks about her role in the landmark Supreme Court case securing bilingual education for all.

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Time
Thursday, October 9, 6:00 PM
Location

Samsung Hall
Event Types

Talks and Lectures, Thursday Night
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From the classrooms of San Francisco Chinatown to Oprah’s couch, Dr. Lucinda Lee Katz has been a lifelong advocate for multilingual education. on the Her advocacy for student Kinney Lau in an English-only San Francisco school led to the landmark 1974 Supreme Court case Lau v. Nichols that ruled in favor of Lau, securing the right to bilingual education for all.  Dr. Katz is on the forefront of liberation teaching — an education framework that encourages critical thinking, challenges oppression, and promotes social change.

About the Speaker

Widely recognized as a leader in the field of education, Dr. Lucinda Lee Katz began her career with the National Teacher Corps Program, working with low-income public schools in San Francisco and becoming the first Chinese bilingual/bicultural teacher from 1968 to 1972. Dr. Katz worked with Mayor Daley in Chicago as the Chief Education Officer and served as Head of School and Principal of the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools from 1986 to 2002.  In 2018, she concluded a 14-year tenure as the Head of School of Marin Country Day School (CA). She has been a keynote and panelist speaker for many organizations, including multiple guest appearances on “Oprah.”