City Wide Round Up on Education Equity
The Foundation for Change
ICESC and the Indiana community came together at Broadmoor Country Club in Indianapolis on November 8-9, 2024 for a memorable two-day gathering, where educators, community leaders, and educational equity advocates joined forces to address systemic disparities and chart a path toward transformative change.
Highlights included:
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Inspiring Keynotes: Dr. Carol Lee and Dr. Kenneth Wesson challenged us to embrace culturally relevant education and reimagine what true equity in learning can be.
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Empowering Resources: Attendees received practical tools to tackle pressing challenges, enhance academic achievement, and develop strategies rooted in educational equity.
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Resources that Equipped: Participants gained access to developing tools to address critical challenges, improve academic outcomes, and build equity-centered strategies.
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Meaningful Commitments: Energized by dynamic discussions and community-driven priorities, we focused our collective efforts on shaping a five-year action plan for lasting impact.
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Download to read the event program including collection of data
Keynote Speaker: Carol D. Lee
Carol D. Lee is professor emerita (the former Edwina S. Tarry Professor) of Education in the School of Education and Social Policy and in African-American Studies at Northwestern University.
Lee, the president of the National Academy of Education, is best known in academia for her five decades of work helping students from minority backgrounds excel in an environment of low expectations, poverty, negative stereotypes, and other barriers.
She was among the early scholars to scaffold children’s everyday experiences as a resource for learning in school. Today her sophisticated ideas behind “cultural modeling” are a standard approach in the field.
In 2021, Lee received the McGraw Prize in Education, the 2021 James Squire Award from the National Council of Teachers of English, and the Distinguished Contributions to Research in Education Award from the American Educational Research Association, the premier acknowledgment of outstanding achievement and success in education research.
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Keynote Speaker: Dr. Kenneth Wesson
Dr. Kenneth Wesson is a speaker, educational consultant, and neuroscientist specializing in the science of learning and brain development. He is a proponent of using neuroscience to create "brain-considerate" learning environments.
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He is a strong advocate for equity and access in education, noting that historical inequalities and social factors impact brain development and student achievement. He emphasizes the importance of first-hand experiences and engaging multiple senses for effective learning.
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Dr. Wesson:
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Serves on the advisory boards for the Korean Institute of Brain Science, Kids at Science, and the International Association of STEM Leaders.
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Contributed to PBS specials about human learning and the teenage years.
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Authored articles on brain research and contributed to science and education programs.
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Served as an educational consultant for the Stanford Research Institute (SRI).
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