On this episode, we are joined by Rebecca “Becky” Pringle, the current President of the National Education Association (NEA), the largest employee organization and labor union in the country. Mrs. Pringle talks about the challenges that educators, support staff, students and parents face as they navigate education during the dual crises of COVID and racial inequity.

The hosts for this episode are Clint Odom, NUL Senior Vice President of Policy & Advocacy and Toni Wiley, NUL Director of Advocacy.

From the National Urban League, For The Movement discusses persistent policy, social, and civil rights issues affecting communities of color.

Discussed in this episode:

National Urban League

Black

Black America

African-American

News

Information

Advocacy

National Education Association

NEA

Education

Public school

Equity

Teachers

Students

Parents

Distance learning

Pandemic

COVID

Homework gap

Digital divide

School to Prison Pipeline

Implicit Bias

Special Needs

Broadband

Department of Education

Betsy DeVos

Trump

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

HEROES Act

 

Twitter: @beckypringle

Website: educatingthroughcrisis.org