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This edWeb podcast is hosted by AASA, The Superintendents Association.
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In the current dual pandemic of COVID-19 and racial injustice, school leaders across the country are renewing their commitment to equity in education. Listen to Nancy Duchesneau, a Research Associate at The Education Trust, and Superintendent Dr. Jack R. Smith of Maryland’s largest school system, Montgomery County Public Schools, as they discuss the district-level policies and actions needed to close opportunity gaps for students of color, students from low-income backgrounds and other historically marginalized groups.

Hear findings from The Education Trust’s qualitative research study on equitably supporting social, emotional, and academic development, specific policy and practice recommendations, and learn about tools that can support superintendents in doing equity-centered work.

In his second term, Dr. Smith along with Deputy Superintendent, Dr. Monifa McKnight, discuss the systems work to identify, understand, and implement strategies to put equity at the forefront of all efforts to support teaching and learning. The district has implemented the All In: Equity and Achievement Framework that has three critical components:

1. Evidence of Learning: Are our students learning? Are they learning enough?
2. Equity Accountability Model: How do we know? If not, why not?
3. Equitable Access to Resources: What are we going to do about it?

The framework, informed by an external study performed by Educational Resource Strategies, identified multiple strengths and challenges driving the district’s equity work and how school administrators are now working to close the opportunity and achievement gap.

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WKU Coordinator of Football Academic Development Imari Hazelwood discusses how she transitioned from an academic role with the university to working in athletics, how working on her doctorate influences her work with student-athletes, the challenges of working with such a large program, the most rewarding parts of her job, navigating through the pandemic and changes in learning methods, how her identity as a Black female plays a role in her work, and some of her tips for student-athletes for juggling academic and athletic responsibilities.

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