Educational Equity Emancipation
“We have to do better”… That’s Dr. Almitra Berry’s heart-felt answer when asked about educating children from diverse cultural and language backgrounds.
Dr. Berry has a strong message for educators and school system leaders who don’t understand that cultural differences can profoundly affect the quality of education these children experience…
“You have children with failing test scores. You have teachers who want to teach but aren’t given the freedom or allowed to use the tools and strategies they need. You have teachers leaving the profession in droves.
And you have tax-paying parents who are very dissatisfied with their children’s education but don’t know how to effect change.”
In other words, our education system has a crisis on its hands. And this crisis affects all of us, not just teachers and those in the educational establishment.
It’s a crisis we must address if we’re going to have an exceptional nation with school systems free of systemic oppression.
We need to take it to heart. We need to act on Dr. Berry’s message. It’s a message she’s deeply passionate about.
As an educator, speaker, and author, she focuses on the education of the most historically marginalized: culturally and linguistically diverse learners.
She has worked diligently for over 30 years to help marginalized learners, learners of color, of linguistic and cultural diversity in low-wealth urban school districts, experience higher academic achievements.
Dr. Berry is on a mission. A mission bigger than herself. A mission to change the conversation happening around the topics of education, equity, and intellectual emancipation for culturally and linguistically diverse learners.
But she can’t do it alone. So she’s looking for leaders to join her. Is that you?
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Educational Equity Emancipation
Episode 80: Unlocking the Power of Cursive: A Revolution in Education
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Dive into an insightful episode of the 3E Podcast with Dr. Almitra Berry as she explores the revival of cursive handwriting in U.S. schools and its profound impact on education.
đź“š Episode Highlights:
- Handwriting's Political Implications: Dr. Mitra Berry delves into the political dimensions of handwriting in education and its role in shaping the educational landscape.
- Mandatory Cursive Handwriting: The resurgence of cursive in U.S. schools, with California and New Hampshire leading the way, making it mandatory in elementary education. Explore the historical context and the decline of cursive in American schools.
- Modern Significance of Cursive: Despite the gradual phasing out of cursive post-Common Core adoption, Dr. Almitra Berry underscores its importance, especially in understanding historical documents and the nuances of handwriting styles.
- Teaching Challenges: Unveil the challenges teachers face in imparting history education when cursive is not comprehensively taught or understood.
- Fine Motor Skills and Cognitive Development: Dr. Almitra Berry highlights the benefits of cursive handwriting, particularly for students with dyslexia, in strengthening fine motor skills and cognitive abilities.
- Empowering Change: Dr. Berry encourages viewers to take action, urging them to contact state representatives and actively participate in local elections to support education reform.
🚀 Take Action for Education Reform:
Join Dr. Almitra Berry in advocating for the revival of cursive handwriting and supporting comprehensive education reform. Empower yourself by contacting state representatives and participating in local elections to make a difference.
🎧 Tune in now to be part of the movement reshaping education through cursive handwriting! ✍️📖 #CursiveRevival #EducationReform
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