Format
Individual Presentation
First Presenter's Institution
Stetson University
Second Presenter's Institution
NA
Third Presenter's Institution
NA
Fourth Presenter's Institution
NA
Fifth Presenter's Institution
NA
Location
Session 3 (Scarbrough 3)
Strand #1
Academic Achievement & School Leadership
Relevance
Presenter will provide.
Brief Program Description
As poverty continues to increase in the United States, educational stakeholders must collectively work to address growing disparities and support the well-being of diverse learners. This session will illuminate social and educational inequalities from global, national, and local contexts, and provide high-impact practices to tackle the challenges of poverty and homelessness. Strategies to address systemic oppression and actively build equitable learning environments for diverse students will be shared through multimodal research, including narrative storytelling. Participants will explore critical factors to enhance learning and support the social-emotional well-being of low-income families and children and leave with deeper insights, practical strategies, and new ideas.
Summary
As poverty continues to increase in the United States, educational stakeholders must collectively work to address growing disparities and support the well-being of diverse learners. This session will illuminate social and educational inequalities from global, national, and local contexts, and provide high-impact practices to tackle the challenges of poverty and homelessness. Strategies to address systemic oppression and actively build equitable learning environments for diverse students will be shared through multimodal research, including narrative storytelling. Participants will explore critical factors to enhance learning and support the social-emotional well-being of low-income families and children and leave with deeper insights, practical strategies, and new ideas.
Evidence
Presenter will provide.
Biographical Sketch
Dr. Rajni Shankar-Brown is an Associate Professor and the Jessie Ball duPont Chair of Social Justice Education at Stetson University. She is also the Executive Director of the Poverty and Homelessness Conference, serves on the Board of Directors for the National Coalition for the Homeless, and in her 2nd elected term as the Co-Chair of Equity and Social Justice for the International Society for Teacher Education and Information Technology. She is a distinguished educational leader and scholar committed to advancing educational equity and excellence, particularly for diverse and underserved students living in poverty. She has facilitated educational workshops around the globe, published in leading journals, and remains committed to civic engagement at the international, national, state and local levels. She is a recipient of the “Engaged Scholar Award” by the Campus Compact, the “Transformative Leadership and Equity Award” by Volusia County Schools, the “Summer Scholar Fellowship” by the National Humanities Center, and was recently selected as “Educator of the Year” by the FL Chapter of PDK-International. Dr. Shankar-Brown is also a devoted mother, multi-media artist, and social activist.
Presentation Year
2019
Start Date
3-4-2019 3:00 PM
End Date
3-4-2019 4:15 PM
Recommended Citation
Shankar-Brown, Rajni, "Dispelling Myths and Advancing Justice: Creating Equitable Learning Environments for Students Living in Poverty and Experiencing Homelessness" (2019). National Youth Advocacy and Resilience Conference. 135.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/nyar_savannah/2019/2019/135
Dispelling Myths and Advancing Justice: Creating Equitable Learning Environments for Students Living in Poverty and Experiencing Homelessness
Session 3 (Scarbrough 3)
As poverty continues to increase in the United States, educational stakeholders must collectively work to address growing disparities and support the well-being of diverse learners. This session will illuminate social and educational inequalities from global, national, and local contexts, and provide high-impact practices to tackle the challenges of poverty and homelessness. Strategies to address systemic oppression and actively build equitable learning environments for diverse students will be shared through multimodal research, including narrative storytelling. Participants will explore critical factors to enhance learning and support the social-emotional well-being of low-income families and children and leave with deeper insights, practical strategies, and new ideas.
