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Glocal CitizensEpisode 287: The Fight for Equity in Teaching, Learning and Leading with Dr. Elaine Ruiz LopezGreetings Glocal Citizens!
As the season of academic studies begins in many institutions across parts of the world, including New York City where I have spent many years working with charter schools to open their doors to children and families, it’s a flashback moment for my guest and me to the days when she was first granted a charter to begin her social enterpreneurship journey as a school leader and founder. Dr. Elaine Ruiz Lopez is the Founder and the Chief Executive Officer of the International Leadership Charter High School, a rigorous college prep charter high sc...
2025-09-0855 min
Tiempo with Joe TorresLatina educator shares her journey to 'Fight for Equity in the Bronx'On this edition of "Tiempo," we talk to a Latina educator born and raised in the South Bronx.She opened a charter high school there, which has an impressive record for consistently sending more than 95 percent of its graduates to the college of their choice. Dr. Elaine Ruiz Lopez wrote a book about her journey called "The Fight for Equity in the Bronx."She details the struggles and challenges of her childhood in the South Bronx and the fight she endured to open the charter high school.But first, we catch up...
2024-07-2124 minTiempo with Joe TorresLatina educator shares her 'Fight for Equity in the Bronx'On this edition of "Tiempo," we talk to a Latina educator born and raised in the South Bronx. She opened a charter high school there, which has an impressive record for consistently sending more than 95 percent of its graduates to the college of their choice. Dr. Elaine Ruiz Lopez wrote a book about her journey called "The Fight for Equity in the Bronx."She details the struggles and challenges of her childhood in the South Bronx and the fight she endured to open the charter h...
2024-05-2124 min