Who loves books that are immediately applicable?! In this episode, I’m chatting with Sonya Murray, a fresh voice in education and new author with Corwin. Sonya introduces her book, which takes a culinary-inspired approach to planning for equitable accelerated learning. Just like a chef plans a perfect meal, educators can use her five-course framework to assess school conditions, reimagine curriculum, and embrace diversity and equity. This is more than just theory—Sonya's insights are grounded in the Science of Learning Development and come with real-world vignettes and tools you can use right away in your classroom. Tune in to explore how you can create a more engaging, effective, and student-centered learning environment.

Dr. Sonya L. Murray is an influential intellectual and award-winning transformational leadership coach with over two decades of broad experience as an author, researcher, district and school-level leader, reading interventionist, and Teacher. She specializes in accelerated learning, whole-child education, and educational equity. She is a Missouri Leadership Development Specialist at EducationPLus© and the CEO of  Equity Matters ©, founded in 2018. Her organization focuses on transformational adult learning facilitation, prioritizing student impact and voice, and promoting adaptive change for a more equitable world. 

Dr. Murray's impact on the education sector is undeniable. Her efforts have led to significant school improvement and have been widely recognized. She is a One Million Black Women Goldman Sachs cohort winner, a former Teacher of the Year, and an Achievement Network Service to Schools awardee. 

In her co-authored book, Serving Educational Equity: A Five-Course Framework for Accelerated Learning, published by Corwin Sage Press (2023) and endorsed by distinguished scholar Dr. Linda Darling-Hammond, she shares a memorable five-course framework that humanizes our 150-year-old education system while centering students,  collective efficacy and academic acceleration as a matter of equity.

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Article:⁠https://www.middleweb.com/50751/marrying-metacognition-and-reciprocal-teaching/⁠