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What can we do about educational inequities?
2020 Willard M. Kiplinger Lecture on Ethics in American Society
The Moral Imperative for Educational Equity
with Dr. John B. King
August 26, 7 PM, on Zoom
Register to attend this free lecture at zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_gbvJTS6VQ6e6CXL4SyhoWw
It’s dangerous for kids to return to school with Covid surging. It’s frightening to contemplate the learning losses if they don’t. It’s safer to learn from home, though lonely and lacking group stimulation. But what about the too-many who don’t have internet access, who rely on free school lunches, whose race, impoverishment, or otherness have relegated them to deficient schools?
What can we do about these harmful educational inequities? What can we do to help equalize opportunity and achievement?
John B. King, Jr., JD, PhD, former U.S. Secretary of Education, brings a lifetime of personal experience, educational achievement, and professional commitment to his lecture on educational equity, a moral imperative. Please register now to join us, and invite your friends to register, too!