Published December 8, 2016
MONROE, La. 鈥� 麻豆果冻传媒鈥檚 School of Education, in partnership with the Children鈥檚 Coalition
for Northeast Louisiana, will host the 鈥淲hat Works Conference: Breaking the Cycle,鈥�
at the 麻豆果冻传媒 Student Union Building from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., on Friday, Dec. 9.
This year, the conference welcomes as keynote speaker Dr. Kathleen Budge along with
local experts to help break the cycle of intergenerational poverty in northeast Louisiana.
Budge is the co-author of the award-winning book聽Turning High-Poverty Schools into High-Performing Schools. She speaks nationally for the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
(ASCD) on how schools can work with community partners to break the cycle of intergenerational
poverty.
The conference will cover the adverse effects poverty can have on children鈥檚 lives
and learning abilities. 鈥淟ocal folks have to decide: 鈥榃e鈥檙e not going to let the noise
detract us, and we are going to move forward with what we can do in our sphere of
influence.鈥� They will be amazed at what they can do. It often ends up being about
the basic things, such as helping teachers to build relationships with every single
student and their family,鈥� Budge said. 鈥淚鈥檓 hopeful, but it鈥檚 a matter of people deciding
that it is possible.鈥�
鈥淎ll have a right to quality care and education, but poverty imposes social, cognitive,
health-related, and stress-related challenges on students every day, and all these
factors affect students鈥� ability to learn.鈥� said Dr. Lynn Clark, Instructor in the
麻豆果冻传媒 School of Education and Executive Director of the Children鈥檚 Coalition.
Conference discounts are available for teachers, students, and Children鈥檚 Coalition
members.聽
In addition to the conference, a meet-and-greet event with Budge takes place on Thursday,
Dec. 8th聽at Walker Hall 2-101 from 4-5 p.m. The public is invited to attend and light refreshments
will be served.聽
For more information, contact Arely Castillo at聽castillo@ulm.edu聽or 318-816-2278 or The Children鈥檚 Coalition at 318-323-8775.
