Great Lakes Equity Center

By Great Lakes Equity Center

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What's Great Lakes Equity Center about?

Great Lakes Equity Center is a technical assistance and research center located at Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis. Established in 2011, the Center provides technical assistance, resources, professional learning opportunities, and conducts research related to equity, civil rights, and systemic school reform.

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Great Lakes Equity Center episodes:

03.19.2024
Learning to Live Together: Episode Three
Learning to Living Together is a four-part podcast series about inclusion and school integration in the twenty-first century. Across the four episodes, we delve into the meanings, tensions, and practices of integration and inclusion in today’s context.
09.28.2023
Learning to Live Together: Episode One
Learning to Living Together is a four-part podcast series about inclusion and school integration in the twenty-first century. Across the four episodes, we delve into the meanings, tensions, and practices of integration and inclusion in today’s context.
09.28.2023
Learning to Live Together: Episode Two
Learning to Living Together is a four-part podcast series about inclusion and school integration in the twenty-first century. Across the four episodes, we delve into the meanings, tensions, and practices of integration and inclusion in today’s context.
07.19.2023
embRACE: The Intersection of Race and Chemistry
embRACE is a series of conversations between scholars, teachers, and students that are committed to demystifying and eliminating the fear and hesitancy around discussing race in schools. Our goal is to understand how race serves as an intellectual area of...
09.20.2022
IV: In the Midst of Chaos: Schooling Experiences During a Pandemic: A Teacher’s Perspective
On March 19th 2020, COVID-19 forced schools to abruptly close and shift to online and hybrid learning, uprooting the lives of caregivers, students, and all school personnel. This podcast series will center the voices of caregivers, students, and school staff...
09.20.2022
VII. In the Midst of Chaos: Schooling Experiences During a Pandemic: Readjust and Connect
On March 19th 2020, COVID-19 forced schools to abruptly close and shift to online and hybrid learning, uprooting the lives of caregivers, students, and all school personnel. This podcast series will center the voices of caregivers, students, and school staff...
09.20.2022
VI. In the Midst of Chaos: Schooling Experiences During a Pandemic: Another Teacher’s Perspective
On March 19th 2020, COVID-19 forced schools to abruptly close and shift to online and hybrid learning, uprooting the lives of caregivers, students, and all school personnel. This podcast series will center the voices of caregivers, students, and school staff...
09.20.2022
V. In the Midst of Chaos: Schooling Experiences During a Pandemic: Better Face to Face
On March 19th 2020, COVID-19 forced schools to abruptly close and shift to online and hybrid learning, uprooting the lives of caregivers, students, and all school personnel. This podcast series will center the voices of caregivers, students, and school staff...
09.20.2022
VIII. In the Midst of Chaos: Schooling Experiences During a Pandemic: Circle of Support
On March 19th 2020, COVID-19 forced schools to abruptly close and shift to online and hybrid learning, uprooting the lives of caregivers, students, and all school personnel. This podcast series will center the voices of caregivers, students, and school staff...
09.20.2022
I. In the Midst of Chaos: Schooling Experiences During a Pandemic: Persisting Through the Chaos
On March 19th 2020, COVID-19 forced schools to abruptly close and shift to online and hybrid learning, uprooting the lives of caregivers, students, and all school personnel. This podcast series will center the voices of caregivers, students, and school staff...
09.20.2022
III. In the Midst of Chaos: Schooling Experiences During a Pandemic: Barriers
On March 19th 2020, COVID-19 forced schools to abruptly close and shift to online and hybrid learning, uprooting the lives of caregivers, students, and all school personnel. This podcast series will center the voices of caregivers, students, and school staff...
09.20.2022
II. In the Midst of Chaos: Schooling Experiences During a Pandemic: In the Dark
On March 19th 2020, COVID-19 forced schools to abruptly close and shift to online and hybrid learning, uprooting the lives of caregivers, students, and all school personnel. This podcast series will center the voices of caregivers, students, and school staff...
08.22.2022
Educational Segregation in Spain, Episode One: A Legislative Initiative Begins
In Episode One of this Equity Spotlight Podcast, Educational Segregation in Spain, Dr. Federico Waitoller speaks to scholars about historical and contemporary issues surrounding school segregation, and desegregation efforts, in Spain. In this, he compares and contrasts parallel issues in the US.
08.22.2022
Educational Segregation in Spain, Episode Three: The Causes
In Episode Three of this Equity Spotlight Podcast, Educational Segregation in Spain, we delve deeper into the causes of school segregation in Spain. We examine the causes advanced by the ILP, and we talk to the experts, to researchers, to see...
08.22.2022
Educational Segregation in Spain, Episode Two: Gathering Signatures and Finding Support
In Episode Two of this Equity Spotlight Podcast, Educational Segregation in Spain, Dr. Federico Waitoller continues the conversation from Episode One: A Legislative Initiative Begins with returning and new scholars and activists. Will the Zubiak Eraikiz, or “building bridges" initiative, be successful in garnering support to bring attention...
08.22.2022
Educational Segregation in Spain, Episode Four: Series Finale: Solutions and a Final Twist
In this fourth and final episode Educational Segregation in Spain, we delve into the solutions for school segregation proposed by the ILP and compare them to those advanced by research. We also find out if the Basque Parliament took up...
06.27.2022
That’s All Folx: Finale
In the finale episode of That’s All Folx Noelle, Katy, and Erin reflect on the process of creating the podcast, and the power of using pop culture TV shows as an entry point towards critical conversations to increase critical self-analysis...
04.12.2022
Morality, Justice, and Leadership in K-16 Education: The Need for “Telling Better Stories”
In this Equity Spotlight Podcast, Equity Fellow Dr. David Hernández-Saca and other scholars critically engage in an interdisciplinary and intersectional counter-storytelling about what counts as truth, how we come to truth, and how these processes impact dis/abled, Black, Indigenous, and youth of Color students...
04.06.2022
Social Justice Education in the Midst of Pandemics and Crises: Part One
In this Equity Spotlight Podcast, Equity Fellow Dr. David Hernández-Saca, along with his colleagues, will critically engage in an interdisciplinary dialogue to respond to Critical Race in Education Theorist and Teacher Educator Dr. Gloria Ladson-Billings’ challenge to educational stakeholders on how we...
04.06.2022
Social Justice Education in the Midst of Pandemics and Crises: Part Two
In the second half of this Equity Spotlight Podcast conversation (please see Part One here), Equity Fellow Dr. David Hernández-Saca, along with his colleagues, continue to critically engage in an interdisciplinary dialogue to respond to Critical Race in Education Theorist and Teacher Educator Dr.
04.04.2022
Educational Segregation in Spain, Episode Two: Gathering Signatures and Finding Support
In Episode Two of this Equity Spotlight Podcast, Educational Segregation in Spain, Dr. Federico Waitoller continues the conversation from Episode One: A Legislative Initiative Begins with returning and new scholars and activists. Will the Zubiak Eraikiz, or “building bridges" initiative be successful in garnering support to bring...
04.04.2022
Educational Segregation in Spain, Episode One: A Legislative Initiative Begins
In Episode One of this Equity Spotlight Podcast, Educational Segregation in Spain, Dr. Federico Waitoller speaks to scholars about historical and contemporary issues surrounding school segregation, and desegregation efforts, in Spain. In this, he compares and contrasts parallel issues in the US.
12.02.2021
The 20-Minute Talk: Episode 6--Hope, Healing, and Harmony for Antiracism
This EquiLearn Podcast Series, The 20-Minute Talk, is a podcast repurpose of the Midwest and Plains Equity Assistance Center (MAP Center)—a project of the Great Lakes Equity Center’s— 2021 Vodcast Series. This episode will focus how one’s positionality may define what...
12.02.2021
The 20-Minute Talk: Episode 5--Antiracist Imaginary for School Communities
This EquiLearn Podcast Series, The 20-Minute Talk, is a podcast repurpose of the Midwest and Plains Equity Assistance Center (MAP Center)—a project of the Great Lakes Equity Center’s— 2021 Vodcast Series. Episode five of the MAP Center’s Antiracist Vodcast Series focuses...
12.02.2021
The 20-Minute Talk: Episode 4--Antiracism Conversations at the Intersections
This EquiLearn Podcast Series, The 20-Minute Talk, is a podcast repurpose of the Midwest and Plains Equity Assistance Center (MAP Center)—a project of the Great Lakes Equity Center’s— 2021 Vodcast Series. Episode four of the MAP Center’s Antiracist Vodcast Series focuses...
12.02.2021
The 20-Minute Talk: Episode 3--A Conversation with Antiracist Leaders
This EquiLearn Podcast Series, The 20-Minute Talk, is a podcast repurpose of the Midwest and Plains Equity Assistance Center (MAP Center)—a project of the Great Lakes Equity Center’s— 2021 Vodcast Series. Episode three of the MAP Center’s Antiracist Vodcast Series focuses...
12.02.2021
The 20-Minute Talk: Episode 2--Antiracism in the Age of COVID-19
This EquiLearn Podcast Series, The 20-Minute Talk, is a podcast repurpose of the Midwest and Plains Equity Assistance Center (MAP Center)—a project of the Great Lakes Equity Center’s— 2021 Vodcast Series. This episode of our Anti-Racist Vodcast, The 20-Minute Talk, features guest...
12.02.2021
The 20-Minute Talk: Episode 1--Introduction to the MAP Center's Anti-Racism Podcast Series
This EquiLearn Podcast Series, The 20-Minute Talk, is a podcast repurpose of the Midwest and Plains Equity Assistance Center (MAP Center)—a project of the Great Lakes Equity Center’s— 2021 Vodcast Series. Episode One of The 20-Minute Talk is an introductory discussion...
03.05.2021
What Racial Opportunity Costs (ROC) Means for Black Lives in Schools
Expanding on the Racial Opportunity Cost framework, as presented in a previous Equity Spotlight Podcast, Dr. Venzant Chambers invited a panel of professors, parents, and students to discuss their experience with Racial Opportunity Costs, particularly in relation to the Black...
02.04.2021
Educational Experiences of Students with Multiply-Marginalized Identities: A Qualitative Research Synthesis of Disability Research
This Equity Spotlight Podcast is based on the authors’ qualitative research paper, in which they synthesized studies from 2006 to 2018 about students' experiences. Specifically, the authors discuss students' experiences, how students made sense of their disability labels within the...
01.21.2021
Using Positionality to Amplify a Black Mother's Voice [in Special Education]
In this Equity Spotlight Podcast, the authors discuss the experiences that Joyce has had as a Black mother whose son is in Special Education. We highlight the intersectional issues of disability and race when advocating for fair treatment of Black youth in...
07.21.2020
Collateral Consequences: Hindering the Engagement of Black Fathers in K-12 Educational Settings
The purpose of this Equity Spotlight Podcast is to counter the pervasive stereotypes about Black fathers, specifically as it relates to their lack of involvement in their children's education. The goals of this podcast are to discuss: (1) Black fathers’ relationships...
05.14.2020
Understanding Benton Harbor and School Choice
This Equity Spotlight Podcast highlights issues of school choice and the ways that cases like Benton Harbor can help school districts understand the historical constraints that explain relevant contemporary educational issues.
11.12.2019
Implications of De/segregation and School Choice
This Equity Spotlight Podcast, a follow-up conversation to the Virtual Roundtable of the same name, explains the origins of open enrollment; discusses the implications of open enrollment for de/segregation in urban and suburban schools; and addresses questions raised from the...
11.01.2019
The Role of Community Engagement in Urban Education Reform
During this Equity Spotlight podcast, Dr. Crystal Morton and Dr. Daniella Cook discuss the role of community engagement and organizing in urban education reform. Further, they discuss the meaning of community engagement and organizing and factors that support and hinder...
10.09.2019
Advocating for Black and Latinx Students with Disabilities: A Conversation with Charter School Teachers
In this Equity Spotlight podcast, Dr. Federico Waitoller interviews two special education teachers about their experiences and perspectives with being special education teachers in charter schools—and the preceding teacher strike that led to shifts in policy.
12.03.2018
Supporting High-Achieving Students of Color by Understanding and Reducing "Racial Opportunity Costs"
In this Equity Spotlight Podcast, Ms. Mauldin interviews Dr. Venzant Chambers on how to support high achieving students of Color through the reduction of Racial Opportunity Cost (ROC). Through the ROC framework, Dr. Venzant Chambers highlights students’ experiences and educators’...
12.03.2018
Supporting High-Achieving Students of Color by Understanding and Reducing "Racial Opportunity Costs"
In this podcast, Ms. Mauldin interviews Dr. Venzant Chambers on how to support high achieving students of Color through the reduction of Racial Opportunity Cost (ROC). Through the ROC framework, Dr. Venzant Chambers highlights students’ experiences and educators’ roles in...
12.03.2018
Supporting High-Achieving Students of Color by Understanding and Reducing "Racial Opportunity Costs"
In this podcast, Ms. Mauldin interviews Dr. Venzant Chambers on how to support high achieving students of Color through the reduction of Racial Opportunity Cost (ROC). Through the ROC framework, Dr. Venzant Chambers highlights students’ experiences and educators’ roles in...
09.01.2017
Teaching LGBTQ-Themed Literature in English Language Arts Classrooms
In this podcast, Mary Catherine Miller talks with four experts in children’s literature about how they use the books featuring LGBTQ characters to explore issues surrounding gender and sexuality and its representation in children’s and young adult literature, biases, microaggressions,...
09.01.2017
Teaching LGBTQ-Themed Literature in English Language Arts Classrooms
In this podcast, Mary Catherine Miller talks with four experts in children’s literature about how they use the books featuring LGBTQ characters to explore issues surrounding gender and sexuality and its representation in children’s and young adult literature, biases, microaggressions,...
08.01.2017
Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies: Teaching and Learning for Justice
This Equity Spotlight Podcast explores the meaning of culturally sustaining pedagogies, and its implications for classroom practice.
08.01.2017
Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies: Teaching and Learning for Justice
This podcast explores the meaning of culturally sustaining pedagogies, and its implications for classroom practice.
06.01.2017
Within The Intersection: What Does It Mean to Be Black and A Young Woman in Mathematics Classrooms?
This podcast discusses what it means to be a black girl in today's mathematics classroom, and how the experiences of black girls and mathematics can help inform how educators can create more equitable mathematics learning opportunities for black girls.
06.01.2017
Within The Intersection: What Does It Mean to Be Black and A Young Woman in Mathematics Classrooms?
This podcast discusses what it means to be a black girl in today's mathematics classroom, and how the experiences of black girls and mathematics can help inform how educators can create more equitable mathematics learning opportunities for black girls.
05.01.2017
The Future of School Desegregation in St. Louis, Missouri: Lessons Learned from the Voluntary Inter-District Desegregation Program
School districts play critical roles in creating diverse educational environments. The podcast is intended to serve as a resource for those engaged in efforts around school desegregation, which is particularly important at a time when political, judicial, and legislative support...
05.01.2017
The Future of School Desegregation in St. Louis, Missouri: Lessons Learned from the Voluntary Inter-District Desegregation Program
School districts play critical roles in creating diverse educational environments. The podcast is intended to serve as a resource for those engaged in efforts around school desegregation, which is particularly important at a time when political, judicial, and legislative support...
12.01.2016
Centering Equity in Supporting Muslim Students Part 3 - Considerations and Practices Toward Religious Diversity
This Podcast is part of a three part series that discusses centering equity and culturally responsive and sustaining learning environments for Muslim students.
12.01.2016
Centering Equity in Supporting Muslim Students Part 2 - Addressing Intersectionality: Surfacing the Complexities of Muslim Students
This Podcast is part of a three part series that discusses centering equity and culturally responsive and sustaining learning environments for Muslim students.
12.01.2016
Centering Equity in Supporting Muslim Students Part 2 - Addressing Intersectionality: Surfacing the Complexities of Muslim Students
This Podcast is part of a three part series that discusses centering equity and culturally responsive and sustaining learning environments for Muslim students.

What's Great Lakes Equity Center about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

Great Lakes Equity Center episodes:

Learning to Live Together: Episode Three

Learning to Live Together: Episode One

Learning to Live Together: Episode Two

embRACE: The Intersection of Race and Chemistry

IV: In the Midst of Chaos: Schooling Experiences During a Pandemic: A Teacher’s Perspective

VII. In the Midst of Chaos: Schooling Experiences During a Pandemic: Readjust and Connect

VI. In the Midst of Chaos: Schooling Experiences During a Pandemic: Another Teacher’s Perspective

V. In the Midst of Chaos: Schooling Experiences During a Pandemic: Better Face to Face

VIII. In the Midst of Chaos: Schooling Experiences During a Pandemic: Circle of Support

I. In the Midst of Chaos: Schooling Experiences During a Pandemic: Persisting Through the Chaos

III. In the Midst of Chaos: Schooling Experiences During a Pandemic: Barriers

II. In the Midst of Chaos: Schooling Experiences During a Pandemic: In the Dark

Educational Segregation in Spain, Episode One: A Legislative Initiative Begins

Educational Segregation in Spain, Episode Three: The Causes

Educational Segregation in Spain, Episode Two: Gathering Signatures and Finding Support

Educational Segregation in Spain, Episode Four: Series Finale: Solutions and a Final Twist

That’s All Folx: Finale

Morality, Justice, and Leadership in K-16 Education: The Need for “Telling Better Stories”

Social Justice Education in the Midst of Pandemics and Crises: Part One

Social Justice Education in the Midst of Pandemics and Crises: Part Two

Educational Segregation in Spain, Episode Two: Gathering Signatures and Finding Support

Educational Segregation in Spain, Episode One: A Legislative Initiative Begins

The 20-Minute Talk: Episode 6--Hope, Healing, and Harmony for Antiracism

The 20-Minute Talk: Episode 5--Antiracist Imaginary for School Communities

The 20-Minute Talk: Episode 4--Antiracism Conversations at the Intersections

The 20-Minute Talk: Episode 3--A Conversation with Antiracist Leaders

The 20-Minute Talk: Episode 2--Antiracism in the Age of COVID-19

The 20-Minute Talk: Episode 1--Introduction to the MAP Center's Anti-Racism Podcast Series

What Racial Opportunity Costs (ROC) Means for Black Lives in Schools

Educational Experiences of Students with Multiply-Marginalized Identities: A Qualitative Research Synthesis of Disability Research

Using Positionality to Amplify a Black Mother's Voice [in Special Education]

Collateral Consequences: Hindering the Engagement of Black Fathers in K-12 Educational Settings

Understanding Benton Harbor and School Choice

Implications of De/segregation and School Choice

The Role of Community Engagement in Urban Education Reform

Advocating for Black and Latinx Students with Disabilities: A Conversation with Charter School Teachers

Supporting High-Achieving Students of Color by Understanding and Reducing "Racial Opportunity Costs"

Supporting High-Achieving Students of Color by Understanding and Reducing "Racial Opportunity Costs"

Supporting High-Achieving Students of Color by Understanding and Reducing "Racial Opportunity Costs"

Teaching LGBTQ-Themed Literature in English Language Arts Classrooms

Teaching LGBTQ-Themed Literature in English Language Arts Classrooms

Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies: Teaching and Learning for Justice

Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies: Teaching and Learning for Justice

Within The Intersection: What Does It Mean to Be Black and A Young Woman in Mathematics Classrooms?

Within The Intersection: What Does It Mean to Be Black and A Young Woman in Mathematics Classrooms?

The Future of School Desegregation in St. Louis, Missouri: Lessons Learned from the Voluntary Inter-District Desegregation Program

The Future of School Desegregation in St. Louis, Missouri: Lessons Learned from the Voluntary Inter-District Desegregation Program

Centering Equity in Supporting Muslim Students Part 3 - Considerations and Practices Toward Religious Diversity

Centering Equity in Supporting Muslim Students Part 2 - Addressing Intersectionality: Surfacing the Complexities of Muslim Students

Centering Equity in Supporting Muslim Students Part 2 - Addressing Intersectionality: Surfacing the Complexities of Muslim Students