BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Wheelock Educational Policy Center - ECPv6.16.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Wheelock Educational Policy Center X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://wheelockpolicycenter.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Wheelock Educational Policy Center REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:UTC DTSTART:20200101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210622T150000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210622T160000 DTSTAMP:20260526T155941 CREATED:20210512T212523Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210702T225816Z UID:1425-1624374000-1624377600@wheelockpolicycenter.org SUMMARY:Teacher Diversity is Teacher Quality: An Evidence and Action Event Series DESCRIPTION:Event Summary \nOn June 22nd-24th Boston University’s Wheelock Educational Policy Center\, Latinos for Education and The Education Trust hosted a virtual event series exploring the research and policy recommendations that could improve the quality of our teaching workforce for all kids in the state. The series featured three events. Summaries of each\, along with links to the webinar recording and additional resources are shared below.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n A new book\, “Teacher Diversity and Student Success: Why Racial Representation Matters in the Classroom” makes clear the necessity and opportunity of recruiting and supporting individuals of color in the teaching profession. But will Massachusetts meet the moment and take action to pass the Educator Diversity Act?   \nDuring the event\, we heard from two of the book’s authors as well as Massachusetts advocates\, educators and policymakers. Featured speakers include: \nBook Authors: \n\nSeth Gershenson\, Associate professor of Public Policy in the School of Public Affairs at American University\nConstance Lindsay\, Assistant professor of Education Leadership in the School of Education at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill\n\nPanel (including Book Authors): \n\nModerator: Chairman Frank Moran\, Representative for the 17th Essex District\nAmanda Fernandez\, CEO and Co-Founder of Latinos for Education\nDr Noemi Custodia Lora\, Northern Essex Community College\, Vice President\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Deep Dive Sessions\nAs an extension of the main event on June 22nd\, we invited participants to dig in with us a little further to explore specific facets of the research and policies shaping the experiences of individuals of color entering and staying in the teaching profession. Each of the sessions below paired research insights alongside voices and perspectives of current educators of color. They were brief (just 30 minutes!) but insightful and action-focused. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Racial Diversity in the Teacher Pipeline: Evidence from Massachusetts \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n June 23rd 2:30-3:00pm \nResearchers Melanie Rucinski and Joshua Goodman shared findings from their analysis examining the racial composition at each step of the Massachusetts educator pipeline and two MA educators part of the InSPIRED Fellowship program (Dr. Sana Shaikh and Ms. Atiera Horne) shared about their own experience entering the profession and recruiting others to it. Moderated by Eleonora Villegas-Reimers\, Chair for Teaching and Learning at Boston University. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n A Classroom Observer Like Me: Effects of Race & Gender-Matches in Teacher Observations \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n June 24th 3:30-4:00pm \nResearcher Olivia Chi shared findings from a study that examines whether teachers receive higher classroom observation scores as a result of sharing race or gender with their observers. Educators from the Massachusetts Teacher and Principal Advisory Cabinets\, Sara Marie Jette and Steven Moguel\,  who have been discussing a re-envisioned approach to evaluation in the state\, shared their reactions and experiences. Moderated by Stefany Tomlinson\, Assistant Director for Instructional Support at the MA Dept. of Elementary and Secondary Education  \n  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Take Action Resources\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n MTEL Alternative Pilot \nThe MA Dept. of Elementary and Secondary Education has launched a three-year pilot to implement and study alternative ways to assess candidate knowledge for purposes of entry into the workforce. You can read more about this effort and sign up to receive more regular updates from DESE here. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Online Platform for Teaching and Informed Calibration (OPTIC) \nIn an effort to improve evaluators observations of teacher practice\, The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education has built a tool to provide educators the opportunity to calibrate their understanding of effective instructional practice and high quality feedback. OPTIC is being used by district leadership teams and preparation providers across the state. Recently\, the state released a collection of resources explicitly targeting culturally responsive practice in observations. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Use the link above to easily communicate with your State Representative and State Senator and ask them to support the Educator Diversity Act\, HD.3641/SD.2208: An Act Relative to Educator Diversity.  \n \n ACT NOW URL:https://wheelockpolicycenter.org/event/teacher-diversity-is-teacher-quality/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://wheelockpolicycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Copy-of-Wheelock-Educational-Policy-Center-Spring-2021-Newsletter.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210519T160000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210519T170000 DTSTAMP:20260526T155941 CREATED:20210408T011520Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210618T210126Z UID:1391-1621440000-1621443600@wheelockpolicycenter.org SUMMARY:The Urban/Suburban Educational Divide: Racial Inequities and Shifting Landscapes DESCRIPTION:View Event Recording\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Schools in urban and suburban locations can vary immensely in quality\, increasing the importance of where we send our kids to school. But why are some schools better than others? How has America’s notion of a good school deepened educational and racial inequities? Join the Boston University Initiative on Cities (IOC) and the BU Wheelock Educational Policy Center (WEPC) for a discussion of efforts to ensure students have access to a great education\, and why integration efforts to close the urban-suburban divide leave some students caught in between\, while others are stuck on one side. \nFeaturing: \n\nJohn Rury\, Professor Emeritus\, University of Kansas School of Education and Human Sciences; and author of Creating the Suburban School Advantage: Race\, Localism\, and Inequality in an American Metropolis\nMilly Arbaje-Thomas\, President & CEO\, Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity (METCO)\nCliff Chuang\, Senior Associate Commissioner for Educational Options at the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n View Event Recording\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Interested in some additional context and relevant policymaking happening right now around this topic? Below is an excerpt from an April 2021 Boston Globe Editorial Board call to action. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n In Massachusetts\, we tend to think of school segregation as something that happened 50 years ago in Boston — if we think of it at all. \nBut racial segregation is still a serious problem in this state. And by some measures\, it’s getting worse. In the last decade alone\, the number of “intensely segregated” nonwhite schools — that is\, schools with student populations that are at least 90 percent students of color — has grown by more than one-third\, according to research from the Beyond Test Scores Project and the Center for Education and Civil Rights. \nAnd while Boston hosts plenty of these racially isolated schools\, they’ve also become fixtures in old industrial cities like Lynn\, Lawrence\, Chelsea\, Brockton\, and Springfield. \nDecades of research show the costs of segregation are enormous. Academic performance suffers. Adult earnings\, too. And students of all races miss out on vital opportunities to prepare for life in an increasingly multicultural society.  \nBut responsibility for desegregation does not lie with urban school systems alone…… \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Read Full Editorial URL:https://wheelockpolicycenter.org/event/the-urban-suburban-educational-divide-racial-inequities-and-shifting-landscapes/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://wheelockpolicycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/947b1031-a9b3-4df5-b774-f6d70bf205c5.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210223T130000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210223T143000 DTSTAMP:20260526T155942 CREATED:20210618T204909Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230308T022507Z UID:1987-1614085200-1614090600@wheelockpolicycenter.org SUMMARY:Inquiry with Influence: Realizing the Potential of Research-Supported Policymaking with the New Wheelock Educational Policy Center DESCRIPTION:BU Wheelock officially launched the new Wheelock Educational Policy Center (WEPC) as part of a commitment to transforming systems that impact learning for a thriving and just future. Watch the webinar to learn about WEPC’s approach to rigorous\, policy-relevant research and to meet the WEPC-affiliated faculty driving a research agenda aimed to improve opportunities and holistic outcomes for traditionally marginalized students.\n \n View Event Recording URL:https://wheelockpolicycenter.org/event/inquiry-with-influence-realizing-the-potential-of-research-supported-policymaking-with-the-new-wheelock-educational-policy-center/ LOCATION:Zoom END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR