Spoken word poet Michael Cirelli kicked off an event series Monday that focuses on hip-hop as a means of engaging under served minority students with their educations. The lecture was the first in the 15-week Getting Real II: Hip-Hop Pedagogy and Culture in the Classroom and Beyond series, which will explore the integration of spoken word and hip-hop culture in teaching and the development of students? critical thinking. Professor Gloria Ladson-Billings, a professor of Urban Education at UW?Madison, orchestrated Monday?s event, as well as the entire series.
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