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Gloria Ladson-Billings
Dr. Billings discusses the "education debt" and what communities and schools can do address it.
Ladson-Billings was President of the American Educational Research Association in 2005-06, and her research on the pedagogical practices of teachers who are successful with African-American students has won numerous scholarly awards. She is the author of the critically acclaimed books The Dreamkeepers: Successful Teachers of African-American Children, which addresses the issues of educational incongruity in teaching African-American children in the 21st Century, and Crossing Over to Canaan: The Journey of New Teachers in Diverse Classrooms.
In this video, Gloria Ladson Billings answers the following A+ Challenge's questions:
- What do you mean by the term "education debt" and why is it important to focus on this rather than on achievement gaps?
- What can principals do to create better educational opportunties for all children?
- How can schools and communities work together more effectively to address the education debt?
