On-site registration

Online registration is closed but you can still register at the conference site on Saturday.  See you then!

Keynote Speaker: Rochelle Gutiérrez

We are pleased to announce our keynote speaker: Rochelle Gutiérrez. 
Her keynote address is entitled, “Mathematics Teaching as Subversive Activity: The Role of Creative Insubordination”

We are in an era of high stakes testing and common core standards, where public education is under attack. It is not enough for teachers to have deep and flexible knowledge of their field; the ability to relate well with students; or be able to draw upon students’ linguistic and cultural knowledge as they develop lessons.  Those teachers who cannot skillfully negotiate the politics of language, racism, and testing cannot adequately…  More info

2013 Conference

We are pleased to announce that the 2013 Creating Balance in an Unjust World Conference on Math Education and Social Justice will be held at Mission High School in San Francisco, CA on January 18th-20th, 2013. Mark your calendars, book your travel, and we will see you at the conference!

2012 Conference

The 2012 conference at Mission High School in San Francisco was a huge success!  The conference kicked off with a keynote address from Lisa D. Delpit, author of Other People’s Children and Multiplication is for white people.  Over 300 educators, youth and community members attended the 2012 conference.  The newest addition to the conference was the Complex Instruction strand, where more than 20 participants observed teachers, attended CI workshops and planned together to implement ideas in their classrooms.  Thirty one workshops and 50 workshop facilitators engaged participants in discussions of equity, justice pedagogy and practices.  Featured panelists included Greg Peters, Rico Gutstein, Angela Torres, Carolee Koehn, Taica Hsu and Carlos Cabana.

2010 Conference

Over 230 people participated in the third CBUW Conference in October of 2010 at Long Island University in Brooklyn.  There were over 50 volunteers, presenters and facilitators from all over the country.  More than 50 people participated in visits to 8 schools in New York City.  Resources for teaching from the workshops can be found on the 2010 Workshops page.

2008 Conference

Conference Program (PDF)
Workshops

Thank you to all who helped make the 2008 “Creating Balance in an Unjust World” conference such a resounding success! Some of our accomplishments included:

• 72 people visited 9 schools around NYC
• Almost 400 people attended the conference representing 26 states and 3 countries
• Over 50 students attended the conference, including 38 who facilitated workshops, and 36% of the workshops were youth-led.

2007 Conference

Conference Program (PDF)
Workshops

Over 500 people participated in the 2007 conference, traveling from more than half the states in the U.S. There were also close to 100 student participants and volunteers, a film screening of the youth-produced film “Schooling Baltimore Street” about education funding in Baltimore, and a 7-member youth panel that provided an amazing start for the conference.