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William Tate

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Chair and Professor of Education in Arts and Sciences

Expertise: human resource development in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education, urban studies, race and American education

Bio: Policies and programs to "reshape and improve" urban schools and neighborhoods require great universities to invest in scholars and thinkers capable of contributing to the knowledge base and policy discussions associated with the political economy of urban life here in the United States and abroad including language development, health and well-being, poverty, child and family policy, and criminal justice policy as it relates to education.
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Tate's research interests are at the nexus of developmental science and development regimes. He has authored scores of journal articles and book chapters focused on school mathematics, school science, technology education, and urban school reform. He served as the 2007-2008 president of the American Educational Research Association (http://www.aera.net/) . His most recent book project is titled, "Education Research in the Public Interest: Social justice, action, and policy." Tate's forthcoming book project is titled, "Research on Schools, Neighborhoods, and Community: Toward Civic Responsibility." He is the co-author of several elementary mathematics and science textbook programs and has also served as an editor of the American Educational Research Journal (http://www.aera.net/publications/?id=315) . Tate earned a doctorate in mathematics education from the University of Maryland, College Park. He also holds a master's degree in mathematical sciences from the University of Texas at Dallas and a Bachelor of Science degree in economics from Northern Illinois University.

Tate is affiliated with the Center for Applied Statistics and the Center on Urban Research and Public Policy and Center for Applied Statistics. Additional responsibilities include serving as the project director and principal investigator of the St. Louis Center for Inquiry in Science Teaching and Learning (CISTL) (http://cistl.wustl.edu/) . In 1998, he received an Outstanding Scholar Award from the Special Interest Group Research Focus on Black Education of the American Educational Research Association. In 2000, he received an Early Career Research Award from the American Educational Research Association for his scholarly contributions to mathematics education and urban education. Also in 2000, he received the Outstanding Scholar Award from the University of Maryland, College of Education.

WUSTL Contact Information:
Work:(314) 935-6730
E-mail:wtate@wustl.edu
Address:One Brookings Drive
Campus Box 1183
St. Louis, MO 63130

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Situation critical

St. Louis students sorely lacking in science proficiency (http://news-info.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/6631.html)

Feb. 16, 2006 -- The St. Louis region aims to become a great biotechnology hub, attracting new businesses and industry from all over the country. If that dream is to become a reality, we need people highly skilled in mathematics and science. A research project by the Center for Inquiry in Science Teaching and Learning (CISTL) at Washington University in St. Louis suggests human resources in science may not be coming from local school districts unless significant investment is forthcoming.


Fixing injustice in America's public schools

Assembly Series speaker Jonathan Kozol advocates for educational equality (http://news-info.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/6603.html)

Feb. 14, 2006 -- Jonathan Kozol, the nation's foremost authority on the state of public education in America, will present a talk on "The Hearts of Children and Obligations of our Nation's Schools" for the Assembly Series at 11 a.m., Wednesday, February 22. The lecture, which is free and open to the public, will be held in Graham Chapel.


Brown v. Board of Education 50 years later:

'Today's education system is still segregated and in need of major improvements,' says urban school reform expert (http://news-info.wustl.edu/tips/page/normal/834.html)

April 9, 2004 --
The U.S. Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court
On May 17, 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously declared that separate educational facilities are "inherently unequal" and, as such, violate the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which guarantees all citizens "equal protection under the law." The Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education was a vitally important one. The landmark case not only opened the door for black children in the United States to attend all-white schools in their neighborhoods, but it also gave momentum to the fight toward desegregating the entire country. But an education expert at Washington University in St. Louis argues that as we approach the 50th anniversary of the decision, we still have much work ahead of us to achieve a high-quality education for all students.


St. Louis and beyond

Inequalities in schools and neighborhoods focus of daylong conference Feb. 27 (http://news-info.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/705.html)

Feb. 18, 2004 -- Social inequalities in schools and neighborhoods will be addressed by leading national scholars as well as prominent local scholars, experts and activists during a daylong conference Feb. 27 at Washington University. WUSTL's Program in Social Thought & Analysis (STA) in Arts & Sciences is sponsoring the conference, titled "Inequalities in Schools & Neighborhoods: St. Louis and Beyond."



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Education science in search of answers
USA Today

April 11, 2007 -- WUSTL education professor William Tate, who is president-elect of the American Educational Research Association, is one of the experts commenting on the quality of education research in a politically charged climate.



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•Tate's Web site (http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~educ/tate.htm)
•Department of Education (http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~educ/)

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