That Social Work Lady welcomes our first guest Ms. Cassie Williams, M. Ed. to talk parity in education. Ms. Williams, a leader in education, shares her experience as a product of traditional public schools, a parochial school, a private afrocentric school, and a charter school academy. As a leader, Ms. Williams is a champion for Education for Liberation which she defines as empowering students with the knowledge they need to 'be whatever they want to be.'
During this conversation we explore the impact school choice had on the trajectory of our lives as well as the power adults in schools have to minimize the disparities students in urban schools experience. Schools being equally funded is the first step in eliminating the resource gap. However, once schools are funded with parity the adults in charge must take up the mantle of education students for their liberation.
Let's build community!
NOTE:
The United States has had 2 black men serve as Secretary of Education:
1. Rod Paige was the 7th United States Secretary of Education 2001 - 2005 during the Bush Administration. He was the architect of the No Child Left Behind Act. He was the first black person ever to serve as the US Secretary of Education.
2. John B. King, Jr. was the 10th United State Secretary of Education 2016 - 2017 during the Obama Administration. To learn more about him please visit his website www.edtrust.org. During his tenure as Education Secretary , Mr. King focused his efforts of the department on achievement gaps between disadvantaged students and their better-off peers. He was instrumental in the passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act.
