When we speak of gaps in our education system, we mean those related to access, opportunity and achievement that too many students — especially students of color and who live in economically challenged families — have historically experienced and continue to experience.
With this focus on gaps — and more importantly, what we can do to close them — I am looking forward to this upcoming webinar on what’s working to narrow academic achievement gaps post-pandemic. We are inviting back three superintendents — Adrienne Battle, Ed.D., in Nashville, Mark Sullivan, Ed.D., in Birmingham and Tony Watlington, Ed.D., in Philadelphia— who joined us last month to share the specific systems and strategies they are using in their districts to identify and narrow gaps between low-income students and their wealthier peers, special education and general education students, and other groups. Also joining us for this session is superintendent of Baldwin County School District in Georgia, Noris Price, Ed.D. These superintendents have each made progress in narrowing access, opportunity and academic achievement gaps. In this webinar, they will drill down into how they are tracking and supporting specific groups of students to narrow these gaps.
Please join us on May 14, from 3−4:30 p.m. ET, to hear from these superintendents and district partners.