ENCORE: Racism and Bias in Our Schools with Nadia Bennett

<p>Wherever you are listening from, your area of the country is probably in full back-to-school mode. We love to bring you helpful information to ensure that your school year is off to a great start, whatever the situation for you and your kiddos. We want to educate parents and school personnel about how we can work together to make safer and more inclusive spaces for our kids in schools. Our guest today helps us start the conversation around racism and implicit bias in today’s classrooms. Join us to learn more!</p><p>Nadia Bennett is a School Turnaround Strategist who works with K-12 schools to develop leaders while fostering a culture of inclusion, and equitable achievement, and creating anti-racist school environments. She is the founder and CEO of <em>When Brown Girls Lead</em> and believes strongly that students and school communities evolve when more educators of color are given the opportunity to lead. Prior to her current work, Nadia was an executive director of schools, high school principal, high school assistant principal, and high school teacher.&nbsp;</p><p><strong>Show Highlights:</strong></p><ul><li>What became the driving force behind Nadia’s work with <em>When Brown Girls Lead</em></li><li>How Nadia developed the skills to navigate the marginalized spaces in education</li><li>Where the starting points are in creating anti-racist school environments</li><li>How to look at the vital data points at your school</li><li>Why we need intentionality in unlearning and re-creating the systems for educating all children in beneficial ways</li><li>What teachers and parents can do to implement change</li><li>Why we each must be responsible for seeing the biases we bring to the classroom</li><li>How we can learn to value communities and cultures outside of our own and celebrate our commonalities</li><li>How parents can take action today to work toward more unbiased schools</li></ul><br/><p><strong>Links/Resources:</strong></p><p>Connect with Nadia Bennett: <a href="http://www.nadiabennett.com" rel="noopener n