Before All Else: Recent Episodes
Cognia
In this installment of The State of the Black Learner: SOS From the Front Lines, we talk with Dr. Stephanie Johnson, formerly known as “the turnaround principal.” Johnson joins Dr. Mark Elgart, President and CEO of Cognia, to talk all things policy, scaling opportunities for disadvantaged students, and the tension between local control and what a state can do to support schools.
Dr. Stephanie Johnson is the Deputy Superintendent of School Improvement for Georgia.
In this episode of the series, The State of the Black Learner: SOS From the Front Lines, we talk with Gerard Robinson from the Advanced Studies in Culture Foundation. In conversation with Dr. Mark Elgart, President and CEO of Cognia, Robinson clarifies the differences between racial and cultural bias, and their impact on student testing, and the school-to-prison pipeline.
Gerard Robinson is the Vice President for Education at the Advanced Studies in Culture Foundation in Charlottesville, Virginia.
In the kickoff episode of The State of the Black Learner: SOS From the Front Lines, Dr. Mark Elgart, President and CEO of Cognia, chats with Kwame Simmons. Simmons, an “explosively knowledgeable” guest, talks about diversity in schools, going beyond the obvious issues and diving deeper into microaggressions, code switching, and the truth behind IEPs.
Kwame Simmons is the Founder and Senior Facilitator of The Simmons Advantage. Simmons has spent over 20 years as an educator revolutionizing urban schools.