Equity Everywhere
By EdisonLearning with MindRocket Media Group
Equity EverywhereJun 30, 2022
Guidance and What We’ve Learned with Thom Jackson (S1E9)
What is equity? Who is leading the charge in shaping educational equity? How can I get involved? The Equity Everywhere podcast answers these questions and more. Made for educators, this podcast will give you vital resources through conversations with equity leaders across the educational industry.
In this episode, Thom Jackson, President and Chief Executive Officer of EdisonLearning, chats about key topics of the podcast so far and major lessons learned from the experts that have joined the conversation recently. In this conversation, Thom focuses on piecing together a well defined equity point of view, particularly what it means to take all the information from across the education world concerning equity and put it into action. The importance of this discussion is how you can use the expert advice of our guests and use it in your everyday life as an educator, parent, student, and citizen.
Equity Everywhere is a podcast series hosted by MindRocket Media Group and EdisonLearning President & CEO Thom Jackson. Joined weekly by a variety of K-12 practitioners and experts, they engage in critical, meaningful, comprehensive conversations about equity in education ― what are the key factors, variables, objectives, and considerations for the education system to acknowledge and address? Together, podcast participants will highlight, amplify, and refine best practices and solutions for ensuring education equity everywhere.
Learn more about EdisonLearning and its commitment to Equity Everywhere at: https://www.edisonlearning.com/equity-everywhere
To learn more about EdisonLearning, visit: https://www.edisonlearning.com/
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Equity For English Language Learners with Dr. Gladys Cruz (S1E8)
What is equity? Who is leading the charge in shaping educational equity? How can I get involved? The Equity Everywhere podcast answers these questions and more. Made for educators, this podcast will give you vital resources through conversations with equity leaders across the educational industry.
In this episode, Thom Jackson, President and Chief Executive Officer of EdisonLearning, chats with Dr. Gladys Cruz, District Superintendent of Questar III BOCES in Castleton, N.Y., and the newly elected President of the American Association of School Administrators (AASA).
In this conversation, Thom and Dr. Cruz focus on English Language Learning, an encompassing equity topic that is near and dear to Gladys' heart and the mission of EdisonLearning. As the conversation begins, Thom and Gladys focus on their definitions of equity and making practical leadership decisions with equity as a driving force.
In this discussion, Thom and Gladys discuss Dr. Cruz’s background in English Language learning, problems, and solutions to equity issues concerning ELL, cultural practices that shape ELL students’ education, and strategies to make ELL education a more fair and equitable part of the education world.
This discussion is essential because it addresses not only what is going on in the education sector but also the driving forces of those decisions, including the political sphere, the influx of a wide diaspora of English Language Learners from all over the globe, and gives a personal perspective on a leader in education who was herself an ELL student.
To learn more about the Learning 2025 Student-Centered, Equity-Focused, Future-Driven Education Framework For Use In Completing Educational System Reflection Profile, visit https://aasacentral.org/learning-2025-framework/.
Equity Everywhere is a podcast series hosted by MindRocket Media Group and EdisonLearning President & CEO Thom Jackson. Joined weekly by a variety of K-12 practitioners and experts, they engage in critical, meaningful, comprehensive conversations about equity in education ― what are the key factors, variables, objectives, and considerations for the education system to acknowledge and address? Together, podcast participants will highlight, amplify, and refine best practices and solutions for ensuring education equity everywhere.
Learn more about EdisonLearning and its commitment to Equity Everywhere at: https://www.edisonlearning.com/equity-everywhere
To learn more about EdisonLearning, visit: https://www.edisonlearning.com/
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Exceptional Personalized Learning and Rethinking Education with Dr. Jim Rickabaugh (S1E7)
What is equity? Who is leading the charge in shaping educational equity? How can I get involved? The Equity Everywhere podcast answers these questions and more. Made for educators, this podcast will give you vital resources through conversations with equity leaders across the educational industry.
In this episode, Thom Jackson, President and Chief Executive Officer of EdisonLearning, talks with Dr. Jim Rickabaugh, Senior Advisor for the Institute for Personalized Learning. In addition to his role as a lifelong educator, Jim is the author of Tapping the Power of Personalized Learning: A Roadmap for School Leaders, a refreshing perspective on learners, education philosophy, and data concerning equity. In this conversation, Thom and Jim focus on personalized learning, its applications, and how educators can use it to best prepare their students for productive and successful lives.
This episode centers on a change of perspective on education. As Thom and Jim point out, at the beginning of the American education system, the modes of teaching and learning were reinforced by the type of jobs that students could expect to participate in. In analyzing the skills necessary for a career in the modern job market, Jim has concluded that a more individualized and creative approach is necessary. As Thom points out, this discovery and individual-led education is an equity driver because it addresses the concerns of individuals who struggled in a very traditional, structured, and tasked base American education system.
Equity Everywhere is a podcast series hosted by MindRocket Media Group and EdisonLearning President & CEO Thom Jackson. Joined by a variety of K-12 practitioners and experts, they engage in critical, meaningful, comprehensive conversations about equity in education ― what are the key factors, variables, objectives, and considerations for the education system to acknowledge and address? Podcast participants will highlight, amplify, and refine best practices and solutions for ensuring education equity everywhere.
Learn more about EdisonLearning and its commitment to Equity Everywhere at: https://www.edisonlearning.com/equity-everywhere
To learn more about EdisonLearning, visit: https://www.edisonlearning.com/.
Follow EdisonLearning on social media:
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How To Lead Equity Initiatives with Dr. Joshua Starr (S1E6)
What is equity? Who is leading the charge in shaping educational equity? How can I get involved? The Equity Everywhere podcast answers these questions and more. Made for educators, this podcast will give you vital resources through conversations with equity leaders across the educational industry.
In this episode, Thom Jackson, President and Chief Executive Officer of EdisonLearning, chats with Dr. Joshua Starr, Chief Executive Officer of PDK International, former superintendent of schools for Montgomery County Public Schools and Stamford Connecticut, and author of the recent book “Equity-Based Leadership: Leveraging Complexity to Transform School Systems.”
In this conversation, Thom and Dr. Starr focus on leading equity initiatives. The conversation starts with defining equity and how leaders can most effectively build an equity-centered agenda. As the discussion continues, Thom and Dr. Starr discuss several strategies for leading with stakeholders.
This episode's center was communication, mainly being open about goals, values, and best practices with stakeholders in the schools and the community. One piece of advice that Dr. Starr gave to other leaders and future leaders is to ensure a positive relationship with critical communicators, particularly identifying members of the district who understand the organization's primary objectives.
Equity Everywhere is a podcast series hosted by MindRocket Media Group and EdisonLearning President & CEO Thom Jackson. Joined by a variety of K-12 practitioners and experts, they engage in critical, meaningful, comprehensive conversations about equity in education ― what are the key factors, variables, objectives, and considerations for the education system to acknowledge and address? Podcast participants will highlight, amplify, and refine best practices and solutions for ensuring education equity everywhere.
Learn more about EdisonLearning and its commitment to Equity Everywhere at: https://www.edisonlearning.com/equity-everywhere
To learn more about EdisonLearning, visit: https://www.edisonlearning.com/
Follow EdisonLearning on social media:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/EdisonLearning
The Rise of Directors of Equity with Shomari Jones (S1E5)
What is equity? Who is leading the charge in shaping educational equity? How can I get involved? The Equity Everywhere podcast answers these questions and more. Made for educators, this podcast will give you vital resources through conversations with equity leaders across the educational industry.
In this episode, Thom Jackson, President and Chief Executive Officer of EdisonLearning, chats with Shomari Jones, the Director of Equity and Strategic Engagement at Bellevue School District in Bellevue, Washington.
In this conversation, Thom and Shomari focus on the process of developing an equity leader position for school districts. A bulk of the conversation discusses making this position as effective as possible. In this discussion, Thom and Shomari discuss addressing institutional issues, qualities of great equity leaders, the challenges equity leaders face, and most importantly, the structures that need to be created within a school district to support the creation and implementation of a director of equity.
This discussion is interesting because of the barriers and politics that directors of equity or equivalent positions in school districts face and how long the process of creating institutional equity takes. Thom and Shomari discuss how solutions like professional development, community engagement, institutional assessment, and more are long-form processes that take time, patience, and resolve but create lasting and essential change in schools and communities.
Equity Everywhere is a podcast series hosted by MindRocket Media Group and EdisonLearning President & CEO Thom Jackson. Joined weekly by a variety of K-12 practitioners and experts, they engage in critical, meaningful, comprehensive conversations about equity in education ― what are the key factors, variables, objectives, and considerations for the education system to acknowledge and address? Together, podcast participants will highlight, amplify, and refine best practices and solutions for ensuring education equity everywhere.
Learn more about EdisonLearning and its commitment to Equity Everywhere at: https://www.edisonlearning.com/equity-everywhere
To learn more about EdisonLearning, visit: https://www.edisonlearning.com/
Follow EdisonLearning on social media:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/EdisonLearning
Leveraging Career Technical Education to Build Equity with Alex Madrigal (S1E4)
What is equity? Who is leading the charge in shaping educational equity? How can I get involved? The Equity Everywhere podcast answers these questions and more. Made for educators, this podcast will give you vital resources through conversations with equity leaders across the educational industry.
In this episode, Thom Jackson, President and Chief Executive Officer of EdisonLearning, chats with Alex Madrigal, the principal of C.G Bethel High School in Miami Dade County. Alex has been an educator for over 25 years and is in his 10th year at the helm of C.G Bethel. The partnership he has created with EdisonLearning has been extremely successful and brought a blended learning approach to a community that needed an equitable approach to education.
Thom and Alex focus on the connection between CTE, community engagement, and equity. As the conversation shows, to create equitable career technical education opportunities, you must balance the needs you see in your community, student interest, and how you present career opportunities to both. Thom and Alex share stories of how students from certain socioeconomic backgrounds can find great career success using effective CTE programs with hands-on engagement from educators and community partnerships.
Thom and Alex discuss how solutions like a full-time community engagement liaison, community partnerships with local businesses leaders, and leveraging the online resources through EdisonLearning can meet the needs of students to become gainfully employed in the modern job market.
Equity Everywhere is a podcast series hosted by MindRocket Media Group and EdisonLearning President & CEO Thom Jackson. Joined weekly by a variety of K-12 practitioners and experts, they engage in critical, meaningful, comprehensive conversations about equity in education ― what are the key factors, variables, objectives, and considerations for the education system to acknowledge and address? Together, podcast participants will highlight, amplify, and refine best practices and solutions for ensuring education Equity Everywhere.
Learn more about EdisonLearning and its commitment to Equity Everywhere at: https://www.edisonlearning.com/equity-everywhere
To learn more about EdisonLearning, visit: https://www.edisonlearning.com/
Follow EdisonLearning on social media:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/EdisonLearning
Rural Access to Educational Equity with Holly Brzycki S1E3
What is equity? Who is leading the charge in shaping educational equity? How can I get involved? The Equity Everywhere podcast answers these questions and more. Made for educators, this podcast will give you vital resources through conversations with equity leaders across the educational industry.
In this episode, Thom Jackson, President and Chief Executive Officer of EdisonLearning, chats with Holly Brzycki, the Supervisor of Online Learning at the Capital Area Intermediate Unit. Holly oversees the Capital Area Online Learning Association (CAOLA), a regional online-learning program for 155 districts, schools, educational programs, and eleven Intermediate Units in Pennsylvania. In their conversation on equity in rural schools, Thom and Holly focus on the issues that rural districts face, such as transportation, access to technology, and governmental funding. These limiting factors, many of which are areas of focus for organizations like Capital Area Intermediate Unit, show that equity goes beyond race and class but addresses individual socioeconomic challenges. The conversation also looks to positive outlooks using online learning. Thom and Holly discuss how programs like micro-credentials, supporting teachers, speech therapy, and special education can be provided to teachers and students through online resources to address gaps in the current education system.
Equity Everywhere is a podcast series hosted by MindRocket Media Group and EdisonLearning President & CEO Thom Jackson. Joined weekly by a variety of K-12 practitioners and experts, they engage in critical, meaningful, comprehensive conversations about equity in education ― what are the key factors, variables, objectives, and considerations for the education system to acknowledge and address? Together, podcast participants will highlight, amplify, and refine best practices and solutions for ensuring education equity everywhere.
Learn more about EdisonLearning and its commitment to Equity Everywhere at: https://www.edisonlearning.com/equity-everywhere
To learn more about EdisonLearning, visit: https://www.edisonlearning.com/
Follow EdisonLearning on social media:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/EdisonLearning
Organizational Development and Leadership in Educational Equity with Dr. Gregory C. Hutchings S1E2
What is equity? Who is leading the charge in shaping educational equity? How can I get involved? The Equity Everywhere podcast answers these questions and more. Made for educators, this podcast will give you vital resources through conversations with equity leaders across the educational industry.
In this episode, Thom Jackson, President and Chief Executive Officer of EdisonLearning, talks with Dr. Gregory Hutchings, Superintendent of the Alexandria City Public Schools in Alexandria, VA. Dr. Hutchings and Thom discuss how they define equity, build institutional equity in school districts, and their perspectives and philosophies on how organizations can best contextualize equity in their communities. From the factors that form equity for all, implementing systematic alignment, and instilling cultural competency, this episode shows how school leaders are engaging with concepts of equity and actively making a change in their districts.
Equity Everywhere is an eight-part series hosted by MindRocket Media Group and EdisonLearning President & CEO Thom Jackson. Joined by a variety of K-12 practitioners and experts, they engage in critical, meaningful, comprehensive conversations about equity in education ― what are the key factors, variables, objectives, and considerations for the education system to acknowledge and address? Together, podcast participants will highlight, amplify, and refine best practices and solutions for ensuring education equity everywhere.
Learn more about EdisonLearning and its commitment to Equity Everywhere at: https://www.edisonlearning.com/equity-everywhere
To learn more about EdisonLearning, visit: https://www.edisonlearning.com/
Follow EdisonLearning on social media:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/EdisonLearning
Thom’s Story S1E1
In this episode, Thom Jackson, President, and Chief Executive Officer of EdisonLearning speaks about his challenges growing up in Hamilton, OH, a small town in Southwest Ohio, and attending Garfield Sr. High School. Thom will discuss the adversity he overcame and the individuals who gave him the strength to succeed. Thom displays his heart on his sleeve as he gives back to students today through his leadership and vision at EdisonLearning. A particular focus of Thom’s story is how experiences and human interest encounters early in his career shape the future of EdisonLearning and its participation in ensuring “Equity Everywhere.”
Learn more about EdisonLearning and its commitment to Equity Everywhere at: https://www.edisonlearning.com/equity-everywhere
To learn more about EdisonLearning visit: https://www.edisonlearning.com/
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/EdisonLearning
Coming Soon: Equity Everywhere
Equity Everywhere is a podcast series, hosted by MindRocket Media Group and EdisonLearning President & CEO Thom Jackson. Joined weekly by a variety of K-12 practitioners and experts they engage in critical, meaningful, comprehensive conversations about equity in education ― what are the key factors, variables, objectives, and considerations for the education system to acknowledge and address? Together, podcast participants will highlight, amplify, and refine best practices and solutions for ensuring education equity everywhere.
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