Derek Mitchell Shares How to Nurture and Sustain School Change in Challenging Times on HTH Unboxed Podcast
“Implementing continuous improvement methods without a clear focus on equity simply supercharges and codifies opportunity gaps.”
Agree or disagree? This perspective comes from a complex set of realizations that Partners in School Innovation CEO Derek Mitchell had after decades of work toward educational equity, and it drives our approach as an organization in working with schools - equity is top of mind.
In the latest episode of HTH Unboxed by High Tech High Graduate School of Education (GSE), “How to nurture and sustain school change in challenging times,” Derek Mitchell talks to Stacey Caillier about what he’s learned about how to help schools get better at giving every kid what they need to thrive, and about why this work matters so much to him.
Highlights of this illuminating 60-minute episode include insights on
Why educators must be immersed in the change process to achieve educational equity
The importance of community collaboration
How to navigate situations where people may have a misconstrued understanding of what equity in education means
Dealing with apprehensive parents
What it means to fall into an “accountability” trap and how to get out of it
Check out the full interview on the podcast platform of your choice here. For a web version with full text transcript, visit the HTH Unboxed episode page.
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