Just-In-Time Strategies for Ensuring Equity: Learning from High-Poverty, High-Performing Schools

There is little doubt the current pandemic will have the greatest adverse impact on the most vulnerable people in the U.S. and globally. The same is true for the most vulnerable students in our schools. In this webinar we will share equity-focused strategies deployed by educators in the 12 schools featured the in the 2nd Edition of Turning High-Poverty Schools into High Performing Schools, as well as others across the country.

For more than a decade William Parrett and Kathleen Budge have studied high-performing, high-poverty schools, which predominately served students of color from low-income families. They have also examined the practices and mindsets of individual teachers who are particularly successful with students who face the many challenges poverty can pose. As schools closed across the country, Parrett and Budge circled back to some of these successful educators to access their just-in-time ideas. They also scoured cyber space in search of creative and innovative ideas from other educators across the country and suggestions from experts on such topics as improving engagement in remote-learning, more equitable grading and assessment practices, rethinking family engagement, and serving diverse learning needs.

As schools begin to reopen, whether face to face or remotely; there is much to learn from practitioners who have always had equity in the forefront. Join us to learn how to create more equitable learning conditions in both brick and mortar and remote learning contexts.

William H. Parrett has worked to improve the educational achievement of all children and youth, particularly those less advantaged. These efforts have positively affected the lives of thousands of young people, many of whom live in poverty.

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Kathleen M. Budge brings a blend of 26 years of practical experience as a teacher and administrator combined with more than a decade of work dedicated to bridging the gap between the university and the teaching profession.

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