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We Need the Will and Skill to Make Meaningful Change

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Today, we are joined by Dr. Louis Gomez, senior fellow at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and professor of education and information studies at UCLA. Dr. Gomez addresses the topics of Networked Improvement Communities (NICs) and the mindset shift that is necessary in order to promote equity in education. Join our conversation about how compliance can prevent initiatives from being implemented, the necessity of having a common aim and narrative when discussing improvement science as part of NICs, and that equity without the will to change or the respect for the community will not bring about social justice. 


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Today's hosts are Kris DeFilippis, Adelia Gibson, and Kaitlyn Reilley 

Guest Information: 

  • Dr. Gomez earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Stonybrook University and a doctorate in Psychology from University of California, Berkeley. He spent 14 years working in cognitive science and person–computer systems interactions at Bell Laboratories, Bell Communications Research Inc. and Bellcore. Dr. Gomez  has held a number of faculty positions including positions at Northwestern University and the University of Pittsburgh, where he was also director of the Center for Urban Education and a senior scientist at the Learning Research and Development Center. Dr. Gomez is currently a professor of education and information studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. Since 2008, he has served as a senior fellow at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, where he leads the Network Development work. He is the co-author of Learning to Improve: How America’s Schools Can Get Better at Getting Better.  Dr. Gomez is dedicated to educational improvement and his numerous publications and studies have contributed greatly to bringing improvement science to the field of education.
  • Connect with Dr. Gomez through email at [email protected]


    • Resources for Listeners: 

    • Information about iLEAD 
    • Learning to Improve: How America’s Schools Can Get Better and Getting Better
    • Why a NIC?
    • Getting Ideas into Action: Building Networked Improvement Communities in Education
    • Improvement Research Carried Out Through Networked Communities: Accelerating Learning about Practices that Support More Productive Student Mindsets
    • How a Networked Improvement Community Improved Success Rates for Struggling College Math Students
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