What is Education Equity?

What is Education Equity?   In this episode of "Sparking Equity,"  host Pedro Noguera talks with his son Joaquín Noguera to demystify a term that has  become hugely, and unnecessarily, controversial in numerous school districts throughout the nation.  In some school districts, superintendents have become fearful for even using the term for fear of inviting  blowback or fierce criticismPedro Noguera is dean of the USC Rossier School of Education in Los Angeles while Joaquín is a professor of education at nearby Loyola Marymount University.    This is the first of a two part series on equity.  Watch for our next episode in which we will profile the Hacienda-La Puente School District in Los Angeles which has made equity a central focus of its work --  which is paying off in the remarkable success of its diverse, largely low-income student body.  Sign up here so we can keep you posted on future podcasts on how education leaders are responding to the mounting threats against public schools In the United States.