234: Closing the Opportunity Gap, with Reid Saaris

<p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>Today on the podcast, we’re joined by education leader Reid Saaris. He’s the founder of Equal Opportunity Schools, a nonprofit dedicated to ensuring that students of all backgrounds have opportunities to succeed at the highest levels.</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>He is an Echoing Green, a Draper Richards Kaplan, and a Stanford Social Innovation Fellow, and has advised federal, state, & local leaders, teachers, philanthropies, companies, and universities on topics like justice, impact, data analysis, communications, and learning. </p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>His most challenging and meaningful professional experiences have been as a classroom teacher. He’s the author of the new book <a href="https://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=33332"><strong><em>THE KID ACROSS THE HALL</em></strong></a>. Today we’ll be talking about why what is often called the achievement gap in schools is actually an opportunity gap, and what teachers can do about it, starting immediately.</p> <p>To follow along with his journey, visit <a href= "http://reid4waschools.com/">reid4waschools.com</a>. He's currently running for Washington State Superintendent.</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --></p> <p dir="ltr"> </p> <p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>Go Further: </strong></span></p> <p dir="ltr">Explore alllll the Episodes of <a href= "https://nowsparkcreativity.com/podcast">The Spark Creativity Teacher Podcast</a>.</p> <p dir="ltr">Join our community, <a href= "https://www.facebook.com/groups/256927044749038">Creative High School English</a>, on Facebook.</p> <p dir="ltr">Come hang out on <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/nowsparkcreativity/">Instagram</a>. </p> <p><strong id= "docs-internal-guid-06ec9353-7fff-31ca-fcc1-c7d8a726d5d6">Enjoying the podcast? Please consider sharing it with a friend, snagging a screenshot to share on the ‘gram, or tapping those ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ to help others discover the show. Thank you! </strong></p>