Sparking Equity
Sparking Equity brings to you the most creative thinking and best strategies for ensuring that all students succeed, with a focus on low-income students and students of color.
Join hosts Pedro Noguera and Lande Ajose as they explore key issues such as restoring arts and music education in schools, how to engage parents in their children’s education in a positive way, coping with mental health challenges on college campuses, and what's next on the student loan relief battleground. Executive producer and correspondent for Sparking Equity is veteran education journalist Louis Freedberg, director of the Advancing Education Success Initiative.
Sign up at link below so we can keep you posted on future podcasts on some of the most exciting developments in education
https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/sl/gVZTFcZ
Sparking Equity
How One School District Is Making Equity Work
In many school districts around the country, just the term "equity" can arouse passion and conflict. Too often there is a mistaken belief is that achieving equity for all kids means some kids have to give up something so that others can benefit. That's not the case in the Hacienda La Puente School District, where the district under the leadership of Superintendent Dr. Alfonso Jimenez has implemented a comprehensive equity strategy -- and is getting results, and without any conflict to boot. Four district's schools have been named National Blue Ribbon Schools. In a follow up to our last episode, titled "What is Equity?" host Pedro Noguera, dean of the USC Rossier School of Education, and reporter Louis Freedberg focus on what the district, situated a half hour from downtown Los Angeles in the City of Industry, is doing right. In particular, Freedberg profiles the Glen A. Wilson High School, one of the district's Blue Ribbon Schools, led by award-winning principal Dr. Danielle Kenfield, and shows what a successful equity strategy looks like in practice.
Sign up here so we can keep you posted on future podcasts on some of the most exciting developments in education.
Brought to you by the Advancing Education Success Initiative -- Coby McDonald, Producer; Louis Freedberg, Executive Producer and Correspondent
