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Re-Envisioning the Future of Educational Equity in New Jersey: A Virtual Statewide Conference

Date & Time

Saturday, June 11, 2022, 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.

Category

Conference

Contact

Terri Kupersmit

Information

Co-sponsored by: The Rutgers Inclusion Project; The Joseph C. Cornwall Center for Metropolitan Studies at Rutgers Newark; The Institute for the Study of Global Racial Justice at Rutgers University; Latino Action Network; Urban League of Essex County; Salvation and Social Justice; Education Law Center; Latino Coalition of New Jersey; Latino Action Network Foundation; Fair Share Housing Center; NAACP NJ State Conference; Abbott Leadership Institute; Newark City of Learning Collaborative; Fund for New Jersey and the New Jersey Network of Superintendents.

Virtual Statewide Education Conference June 11

This conference for educators, community stakeholders, and researchers was held on June 11, 2022 and was the first in a series of meetings intended to produce an educational equity agenda for the state.  The issues addressed included disparities in resources and outcomes, funding, discipline, resource allocation, pre-school, disconnected youth, post-secondary outcomes. special education and segregation.  The conference reviewed relevant data on equity performance at the state and district level and initiated discussions about paths to better performance.

View the Conference Info Sheet and Agenda of Featured Speakers and their bios here
Watch the conference in its entirety here: