Carlos J. Ovando

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At this point in my career I am reaching out beyond our national boundaries to intersect with international contexts, especially in Latin America. Thus, during my sabbatical leave during the Fall of 2007 I am scheduled to conduct the following three studies.

(1) Undocumented Nicaraguan Students Living with Single Mothers in Costa Rica: Nine Years Later (longitudinal study of undocumented Nicaraguan students who lived with their mothers in Costa Rica in 1998; currently under IRB review);

(2) A Follow-Up Qualitative Study of the 2005 and 2006 CASS/ASU Program Cycles: Strengthening Early Education of Indigenous Children in Rural Mexico (the outcome in rural indigenous communities of a CASS/ASU program which in 2005 and 2006 prepared in the United States two carefully selected cohorts of indigenous leaders from rural southern Mexico; currently under IRB review);

(3) Escuela Primaria Henry Ford No. 150, Iguala, Guerrero, México: Perceptions of School Quality, Inclusion, and Hope in a Highly Marginalized Mexican Community (examine the impact that a Ford Foundation-funded elementary school has had on the life of a marginalized community in Iguala, Guerrero, Mexico.)

While on Sabbatical during Fall 2007 I also have been coordinating with my colleague Jeff MacSwan a mini conference titled Pending NCLB Re-Authorization: Anxiety, Fear, Hatred, or Hope for Public Schooling in the United States? to be held on Saturday, October 6, at Arizona State University. The event is being co-sponsored by the Divisions of Curriculum and Instruction and Educational Leadership and Policy Studies; the Center for Indian Education, The Associate Dean’s Office for Research, and the Cartwright School District, #83. Featured guest speakers will include : David Berliner, Regents Professor at ASU and Co-Author (with Sharon L. Nichols) of How High-Stakes Testing Corrupts America’s Schools, (Harvard Education Press, 2007); David Beaulieu, Director, Indian Education Center, Mary Lou Fulton College of Education, ASU; James Crawford, Director, Institute for Language and Education Policy; Timothy Hogan, Lawyer representing the Flores Case in Arizona.

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