Bridging the Opportunity Gap with Khari Brown

by Maureen O'Shaughnessy | Apr 18, 2023 | Podcast

Bridging the Opportunity Gap with Khari Brown Our youth in low-income communities were already struggling with finding opportunities to become more upwardly mobile before the pandemic. And now they’re struggling even more to find resources and often turn to the...

[Human Rights Series] Giving Back

by Maureen O'Shaughnessy | Apr 11, 2023 | Podcast

[Human Rights Series] Giving Back Every child deserves an education, no matter their circumstances or geography. But not every child actually does get to go to school or have access to a quality education. If you have access to podcasts, you likely have privileges...

Maximizing the Value of Summer School with Sari Factor

by Maureen O'Shaughnessy | Apr 4, 2023 | Podcast

Maximizing the Value of Summer School with Sari Factor In years past, summer school has been used as a way to punish kids who were falling behind, putting them into remedial classes where there was a lot of rote memorization and dry reading crammed into a short space....

[Human Rights Series] The Right to an Education

by Maureen O'Shaughnessy | Mar 28, 2023 | Podcast

[Human Rights Series] The Right to an Education We’ve all always known that not everyone has the same access to a quality education. We only need to look in our own communities to see the difference. But travel overseas and you’ll find children living in poverty that...

Addressing Equity Through Adaptive Assessments with Nathan Thompson

by Maureen O'Shaughnessy | Mar 21, 2023 | Podcast

Addressing Equity Through Adaptive Assessments with Nathan Thompson Traditional standardized assessments are easy to use because they expect every student to take the exact same test. It’s easy to grade and inexpensive to administer. But these kinds of tests don’t...