Educational Disparity Through a Critical Lense with Dr. Katherine Cumings Mansfield [146 IEP]

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Our guest today is Dr. Katherine Cumings Mansfield and she walks us through a fascinating glimpse into the research behind the historical, political, and socio-cultural roles of education, and the way it all intersects with race, ethnicity, gender, religion, and language. We know that you’re going to enjoy this episode!</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dr. Katherine Cumings Mansfield is a seasoned school teacher and program administrator and has been certified to teach in four states due to her husband’s prior military status. Dr. Mansfield has served in a number of different roles, including time spent as an elementary school teacher, a gifted program administrator, and an educator for medically-impaired children at a medical center.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dr. Mansfield is interested in policy and politics and is currently an Associate Professor at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in the Department of Educational Leadership and Cultural Foundations.</span></p> <p><strong>Show Highlights:</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The coronavirus pandemic has become a magnifying glass that has helped us to hone in and see the disparities in education.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dr. Mansfield discusses some of the distance learning issues that she has been hearing about from various parents.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">More parents need to go to the school board meetings and push the administrators to do things differently, instead of just giving up.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dr. Mansfield shares her thoughts on asking students how best to improve the schools.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">We need to teach students how to be part of a civic community.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-we