Leading Equity w/Dr. Sheldon Eakins

Sheldon L. Eakins, Ph.D. is the founder of the Leading Equity Center and host of the Leading Equity Podcast. With over 11 years in education, he has served as a teacher, principal, and Director of Special Education. Dr. Eakins has a passion for helping educators accomplish equitable practices in their schools.

I don’t want us to go back to normal. I don’t want us to go back to business as usual. Schools weren’t equitable before we went into COVID-19. This is a great opportunity.

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Topics include:

• What is equity and how we make sure it doesn’t become another buzzword or checklist

• What elements of equity have been most endangered under COVID-19

• How to examine distance learning practices from the standpoint of equity

• How COVID-19 may have removed certain barriers to equity

• How grades undermine efforts toward more equitable, culturally sustaining practices

• How educators should respond to ongoing racial injustice and violence