The Democratic Women of Westport and the Staples Young Democrat club will be hosting a Zoom webinar as part of their series: The Anti-Racist Policy Agenda. This conversation’s focus will be on education, and will include panel members from the local education community as well as national organizations. The previous conversation was based on Immigration, and included Connecticut Attorney General William Tong.

The conversation will cover:

• What racial disparities have persisted in the educational system in the last decade?  

• Can we identify state-level policy solutions to address these disparities?

• Have federal policies, like testing or curriculum requirements, exacerbated or  lessened disparities and can the state ameliorate those policies? 

• What would educational equity in Connecticut look like? 

• Can we build political support for these solutions and make CT a model for change?

Panelists will include:

Joshua Aronson, New York University 

Michael Cummings, Fairfield Public Schools 

Steve Hernandez, CT Commission on Women, Children & Seniors

Eric Juli, Shaker Heights (OH) High School 

Keith Little, SCO Family of Services  

Moderated by Justine Marous, Marous Law

Registration for tomorrow’s 7:30 webinar can be found here