Creating a Culture of Improvement Advancing Toward Racial Equity

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A big topic of conversation currently &ndash; both in and out of the educational field, is the difference between equality and equity. Because, while equality might be a good thing when equity is not being achieved in schools, some groups of students simply don&rsquo;t have the same access and opportunity to acquire quality education. And it&rsquo;s undeniable that race is a significant factor in who gets that access and opportunity and who ends up marginalized.&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Today, Marnetta and Darlene are joined by Debi Mathias, the Director of Early Care and Education Quality Improvement at BUILD Initiative, and Stephanie M. Curenton, Associate Professor at Boston University, The Center on the Ecology of Early Development. Listen in to the episode to hear them discuss what quality improvement systems look like and can do, measure whether student experiences are improving, and implement real-time data into classroom approaches.&nbsp;</span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Topics Discussed in This Episode</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">[00:01:21] What continuous quality improvement means for a classroom</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">[00:01:54] What quality improvement systems should look like across the field.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">[00:05:06] Trends that have come and gone from states using CQIs</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">[00:08:16] Tools that give a better perspective than assessments</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">[00:09:30] The difference between equality and equity</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">[00:17:04] The sense of agenc