Regents Chancellor Robert Bennett Will Co-Teach UB Course on Public Schools Policy-Making

BUFFALO, N.Y. - Robert Bennett, chancellor of the New York State Board of Regents, will co-teach a three-credit graduate course at the University at Buffalo during the spring semester that will address many issues of significance to urban school systems.

The course, "Policy-making in Public Education," will be of interest to current and prospective school administrators and teachers, as it will focus on the analysis and implications of current federal, state and local policies that affect public education.

Donald J. Jacobs, Ph.D., associate dean in the UB Graduate School of Education (GSE), who will teach the course with Bennett, says guest lecturers will include Marion Canedo, superintendent of the Buffalo Public Schools, and GSE dean Mary H. Gresham.

Jacobs, who also is the founder and director of UB's Center for Applied Technology in Education, describes the course as "a thorough exploration and discussion of existing policy-making entities in education, including an analysis of the roles and responsibilities of federal, state, and local governing bodies."

` The course will be held from 4-7 p.m. on Wednesdays from Jan. 15 to April 23 in UB's Jacobs Executive Development Center, 672 Delaware Ave.

Those wishing to register for the course (ELP 639, registration number 315306) may do so by logging onto UB's BIRD (Billing, Information, Registration, Drop/Add) Web site at http://studentresponse.buffalo.edu/bird/index.shtml or contact GSE Graduate Admissions and Student Services at (716) 645- 2110.