Dr. Gloria Ladson-Billings: The Impact of One City's Public Charter Schools

World-renowned educator, Dr. Gloria Ladson-Billings, speaks about the purpose and impact of One City Schools' unique and highly innnovative public charter schools.
Dr. Ladson-Billings is Professor Emerita and formerly the Kellner Family Distinguished Professor of Urban Education in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is the author of "The Dreamkeepers: Successful Teachers of African American Children" along with several other notable books, and the proginator of "Culturally Relevant Teaching".
Culturally Relevant Teaching is an instructional approach that "requires a focus on students’ learning, an attempt to develop their cultural competence, and to increase their sociopolitical or critical consciousness".
Dr. Ladson-Billings is also past president of the American Education Research Association (AERA), an elected member of the National Academy of Education and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a fellow of The British Academy. She has served on the Board of Directors of One City Schools for six years.
This video was produced by Clouds North Films (www.cloudsnort...) of Madison, Wisconsin and filmed at the University of Tampa in Tampa, Florida in March 2024.
For more information about One City Schools, visit www.onecityschools.org.

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