MeetUp @ The Commons with Dr. LaGarrett King

Beyond King and Parks . . . what does a wider view of Black history look like? Including contemporary and global stories.

ISC famiilies may submit questions to sheneq@indieschoolcommons.org prior to the event.

About Dr. LaGarrett King

LaGarrett J. King is the Isabella Wade Lyda and Paul Lyda Professor of Education at the University of Missouri. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin after an eight-year teaching career in Georgia and Texas. His primary research interest examines the Teaching and Learning of Black history in schools and society. He also researches critical theories of race, teacher education, and curriculum history.

Dr. King is an award-winning scholar who received two early career scholar awards for the Critical Issues in Curriculum and Cultural studies special interest group of the American Educational Research Association and the College and University Faculty Assembly of the National Council for the Social Studies.…