Celebrating Juneteenth & Reflecting on Racial Equity in Schools

<p><strong>Featured guest: </strong></p><ul><li>Antoinette Miranda, State Board of Education Member - District 6<ul><li>Dr. Antoinette Miranda is Professor and Director of the School Psychology Program at The Ohio State University and holds the Casto Professorship in Inter-professional Education. She has spent well over 35 years in education both K-12 and post-secondary. She has worked as a school psychologist in urban, suburban and rural districts in New York City, Ohio and Kentucky. During her tenure at OSU, she has consistently worked with school districts in a variety of capacities including providing Professional Development and college courses on site. She has had a life-long passion for making schools work for school-age children, especially those most vulnerable. Dr. Miranda earned her bachelor’s degree in Psychology and her M.Ed. and Ph.D. in School Psychology all from the University of Cincinnati. She resides in Columbus with her husband Jim, a high school teacher, and their two children, Michelle and Jimmy. She was elected to the State Board of Education in November 2016 and was reelected November 2020.</li></ul> </li></ul><p><strong>In this episode:</strong></p>"Equity involves trying to understand and give people what they need to be successful, whereas equality aims to ensure that everyone gets the same thing. Well here's the thing we know in schools: Everybody doesn't need the same thing... If a kid needs glasses, are you going to give everybody in the classroom glasses? No. Only that kid needs glasses. That's equity."<ul> <li>1:45 - Defining racial equity and the importance of systems in education that ensure every child has an equal chance for success. </li> <li>3:10 - "While there's this feeling of 'we don't want to talk about race,' if we don't acknowledge it, we can't put those supports in place because we can't really examine the unique challenges and barriers that are faced particularly by low income students and minoritized students."</li> <li>3:40 - Why the emphasis on "colorblind