{"id":14146,"date":"2021-02-26T13:39:06","date_gmt":"2021-02-26T18:39:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/?p=14146"},"modified":"2022-11-07T12:55:39","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T17:55:39","slug":"new-episode-of-innovation-spotlight-episode-racial-equity-in-education-policymaking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/blog\/new-episode-of-innovation-spotlight-episode-racial-equity-in-education-policymaking\/","title":{"rendered":"New Episode of Innovation Spotlight Episode &#8211; Racial Equity in Education Policymaking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Racial Equity in Education Policymaking by Aurora Institute\" width=\"780\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F993632386&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=750&#038;maxwidth=780\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14156\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14156\" style=\"width: 175px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14156 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/fred-jones-podcast-web.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"175\" height=\"175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/fred-jones-podcast-web.png 175w, https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/fred-jones-podcast-web-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 175px) 100vw, 175px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14156\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fred Jones<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14157\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14157\" style=\"width: 175px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14157 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/felicia-csmith-podcast-web.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"175\" height=\"175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/felicia-csmith-podcast-web.png 175w, https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/felicia-csmith-podcast-web-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 175px) 100vw, 175px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14157\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Felicia Smith<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14158\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14158\" style=\"width: 175px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14158 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/danyika-leonard-podcast-web.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"175\" height=\"175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/danyika-leonard-podcast-web.png 175w, https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/danyika-leonard-podcast-web-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 175px) 100vw, 175px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14158\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Danyika Leonard<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Nine months ago, the murder of George Floyd galvanized the world, already in the throes of the COVID-19 pandemic, to reckon with our nation\u2019s legacy of racial injustice. After the numerous statements, protests, and court hearings faded, several states began inquiries into how racism impacts public systems, including K-12 education. Two states\u2014Minnesota and Kentucky\u2014are working on racial equity in public systems to remedy gaps in opportunity and access. Other states have taken noticeable K-12 education measures, too, such as new efforts to diversify the educator workforce and to improve cultural pedagogy and competency. We think we are seeing a trend in education policy proposals, illuminating the power of these tragic moments to capture the moral imagination of our country and jolt it into action. In this episode, Aurora Institute Policy Director <a href=\"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/team\/fred-jones\/\">Fred Jones<\/a> talked with <a href=\"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/board\/felicia-cumings-smith\/\">Dr. Felicia Cumings Smith<\/a>, Senior Director, US Regions at National Geographic, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.educationevolving.org\/bios\/danyika-leonard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Danyika Leonard<\/a>, Policy Director of Education Evolving, to unpack the opportunity for more states to examine racial equity in education policy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nine months ago, the murder of George Floyd galvanized the world, already in the throes of the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"issue":[61,377,375,403],"location":[120,142,125,470],"class_list":["post-14146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","issue-federal-policy","issue-state-policy","issue-design-for-educational-equity","issue-modernize-diversify-the-educator-leader-workforce","location-kentucky","location-minnesota","location-new-mexico","location-virginia"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - 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