What will it take to ensure that all children have an opportunity to learn, regardless of their background or which school they attend?

The work of the National Education Policy Center at the University of Colorado has long pointed out that the problems of inequity in public education aren’t just contained within our public schools, but also stem from larger structural issues in the community like unemployment, poverty, and disinvestment of public resources. These structural problems weigh down students and their schools in ways that more affluent communities rarely have to deal with — so what can we do to lift them up?

Join the Schott Foundation for this exclusive webinar in which we will cover the problems of equity in public education, point to useful policy solutions, and learn lessons from the successful work of grassroots groups like Californians for Justice who organize to make these solutions real for every child.

Our speakers will include:

• Kevin Welner, Director, National Education Policy Center
• Taryn Ishida, Executive Director, Californians for Justice
• Edgar Villanueva, Vice President of Programs & Advocacy, Schott Foundation (Moderator)