(NOW AN ONLINE EVENT) Erie's Diversity is the Path to Prosperity: Tackling the Teacher-To-Student Mismatch

This virtual panel discussion is a follow-up to a JES report by Court Gould. Panelists Tanya Garcia, Deputy Secretary for the Office of Postsecondary and Higher Education, Pennsylvania Department of Education; Sharif El-Mekki, CEO of the Center for Black Educator Development; Ken Nickson, Erie's Public Schools Coordinator of Educational Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; and Brian Polito, Superintendent, Erie's Public Schools will inform the community of the teacher-to-student mismatch, reasons the mismatch shortchanges students and Erie as a whole, what is being done about it, and introduction of additional initiatives that are proving productive elsewhere.

The program is a follow-on to the JES report (published 9/24/21) entitled, "Erie's Diversity is the Path to Prosperity: Tackling the Teacher-To-Student Mismatch". Click here to read the full report.