R. L’Heureux Lewis-McCoy, an associate professor of sociology and black studies at the City College of New York, outlines the way both gender and class are under-addressed in U.S. educational policy and public conversations pertaining to African-Americans. His talk, titled “Still Left Behind: Gender and Class Exclusion in the Pursuit of African-American Educational Justice,” is part of the New Directions in African Diaspora Lecture Series.

R. L’Heureux Lewis-McCoy, an associate professor of sociology and black studies at the City College of New York, outlines the way both gender and class are under-addressed in U.S. educational policy and public conversations pertaining to African-Americans. His talk, titled “Still Left Behind: Gender and Class Exclusion in the Pursuit of African-American Educational Justice,” is part of the New Directions in African Diaspora Lecture Series.

Child development and social policy expert Joan Lombardi, M.Ed. ’73, Ph.D., discussed the evolution—and future—of early childhood education in the United States. A former Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Department of Health and Human Services (2009–11), Lombardi explored progress made since the emergence of Head Start, the dramatic shifts in our understanding of the influence of the early years on later outcomes, and where the field is moving.

Child development and social policy expert Joan Lombardi, M.Ed. ’73, Ph.D., discussed the evolution—and future—of early childhood education in the United States. A former Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Department of Health and Human Services (2009–11), Lombardi explored progress made since the emergence of Head Start, the dramatic shifts in our understanding of the influence of the early years on later outcomes, and where the field is moving.