What the Past Can Teach Us with Rachel Lissy [IEP 162]

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We’re excited to get to speak with Rachel Lissy, an educational consultant for the podcast series, “<a href= "https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/23/podcasts/nice-white-parents-serial.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nice White Parents</a>”!</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Listen in to hear the inside scoop on how the podcast came about, the role she played in it, and what her own research and experience reveal about the intersection of integration and the discipline gap.</span></p> <p><strong>Show Highlights:</strong></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rachel details her background and how she became interested and involved in integration.</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">The “discipline gap” is disproportionate racialized discipline, which are ways in which students of color are suspended and expelled at higher rates.</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rachel works for</span> <a href="https://ramapoforchildren.org/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ramapo for Children</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, an organization that started in 1922.</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rachel shares how she hopes to see education in schools going forward.</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Integration and inclusion is hard work for everyone, as Rachel explains.</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">How we learn from the past gives us hope that we will have the tools to build a more integrated and inclusive future.</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Every school has a story to tell!</span></li> </ul> <p><strong>Connect with Rachel!</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rachel’s email:</span> <a href= "mailto:rlissy@ramapoforchildren.org" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">rlissy@ramapoforchildren.org</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rachel’s personal website:</span> <a href="https://www.rachelli