Educational Equity Emancipation

Send a text THIS Is Not Real Equity Today, Dr. Berry contrasts two different types of equity: performative and authentic. Performative equity may sound like real equity, but it’s not. And the people who engage in it, who say they want real change, often don’t like getting called out over their insincerity on this issue. Listen to today’s episode of The Education Equity Emancipation Podcast to hear...

Send a text Young, Gifted, and Black White students make up 56% of the American school population. They account for 68% of students identified as gifted. Black students make up 17% of our student population, but only 9% are classified as gifted. We have an excellence gap in our education system. So how do we close it? Listen to today’s episode of The Education, Equity, Emancipation Podcast to hear...

Send a text An Infuriating Problem With Early Childhood Education Just how inequitable is our education system? Consider this… Early childhood teachers employ much different, and far less fair, teaching and discipline practices with black boys than they do with white boys. Sadly, this can cause a chain of events in the child’s life that can lead to tragic consequences later on, for the child and f...

Send a text Something’s Terribly Wrong When THIS Happens! It’s ironic… When students are two minutes late for school, they sometimes get suspended. They get sent home for missing two minutes of class. And then? They miss the whole day! Teachers and administrators may assume it’s just because they are lazy and undisciplined. But there are often deeper issues happening… And as you might imagine, min...

Send a text Another Way Minority Children Are Being Discriminated Against School dress codes disproportionally target culturally diverse students. This isn’t merely Dr. Berry’s opinion. GAO researchers analyzed dress codes from 236 school districts and found that they aren’t equitable. Strict dress code enforcement happens most often in schools of color. And enforcement of these dress codes is doi...

Send a text There’s Something Wrong… Policing in schools… It's the fastest growing area of law enforcement. And it’s a phenomenon that leads to more problems, WAY more, than it solves. As you might imagine, the vast majority of police-related problems happen in schools where the majority of students are culturally and linguistically diverse. So what can be done? And how can you get involved?...

Send a text Today, Dr. Berry tells the story of “Don”, a white male HR director married to a woman of color. They have two biracial daughters. Naturally, he struggles to understand and relate to their plight. But he’s made up his mind to be an ally despite his confusion and discomfort. And if you’re an ally in a white body, Don’s story is a reminder that you have a special opportunity, a superpowe...

Send a text A Message From HR Today, Dr. Berry tells the story of “Don”, a white male HR director married to a woman of color. They have two biracial daughters. Naturally, he struggles to understand and relate to their plight. But he’s made up his mind to be an ally despite his confusion and discomfort. And if you’re an ally in a white body, Don’s story is a reminder that you have a special opport...

Send a text The “Climate Change” Affecting Our Schools Today, Dr. Berry talks about climate change. But not the climate change affecting our earth’s atmosphere. Rather, she talks about the climate in our schools and educational service organizations. She talks about the visible, and visceral effect is has on people of color. And she talks about what we can do to change it. Find out more in today’s...

Send a text Pale, Male, And Stale… These words describe the poetry, literature and stories that are forced upon our children. We live in a nation where the majority of our K-12 students are children of color. They have few, if any, educational resources that reflect their own cultural identity. And few if any stories of heroes who look like them. Dr. Berry is on a crusade to do something about it....

Send a text White privilege… White people don’t see it. But it’s there. Especially in our schools, where children of color suffer from it every day. Today, Dr. Berry shares a poignant, shocking story that drives home the profound effects white privilege has on our culturally and linguistically diverse students. And she has a favor to ask you… something simple we can do to fight against white privi...

Send a text How You Can Help Fight Against A Growing Problem In today’s episode of The Education, Equity, Emancipation Podcast , Dr. Berry talks about the disturbing trend of bad behavior in public places. And the almost complete disappearance of common courteously. She laments how this trend has infiltrated educational conferences and workshops. And shockingly, she reveals the surprising source o...

Send a text A White Man Take Up The Equity Challenge Dr. Berry says if you don't stand for something, then you stand for whatever you refuse to stand up against. In today’s episode (LINK to episode 16) of The Education, Equity, Emancipation Podcast , she tells the story of a 50-year-old white man who decided to stand for something. He began his deep dive into equity just a few years ago. As y...

Send a text Is Our Children’s’ Future Being NAEPalmed? The National Association of Educational Progress (NAEP) gives us an indication of how our children are doing in the foundational skills of math and reading. Sadly, it's not looking good. One telling statistic: only 36% of fourth graders are doing well at math. But it gets even worse. So what’s causing this crisis? And what should we do to...

Send a text What To Do About The Epidemic Of School Shootings Our schools are places we send our children, trusting they will be kept safe. But that is often not the case. Sadly, many of our precious children have been massacred in school shootings. It's easy to resort to cheap excuses and seek surface level solutions. But when we dig deeper, we find that something else is to blame…. If you&a...

Send a text The fourth car in the DEI train… What is it? How do we leverage it in our work as equity warriors. And why does Dr. Berry spend so much time and effort focusing on it instead of other equity issues? Listen to today’s episode of The Education, Equity, Emancipation Podcast to find out. If you'd like to have Dr. Berry speak at your conference or event, email her at DrB@almitraberry.c...

Send a text If you'd like to have Dr. Berry speak at your conference or event, email her at DrB@almitraberry.com. Don't forget to get a FREE copy of "Roadmap to Emancipation" by visiting www.3epodcast.com. If you have questions that you would like answered in the upcoming episodes, please feel free to ask me through www.askdrberry.com. Support the show Join our community. Go to...

Send a text Do you find yourself trapped in the sunken place? Tired of being oppressed by white hosts? Dr. Berry will help you escape this trance-like state and embrace your individuality. Tune in! If you'd like to have Dr. Berry speak at your conference or event, email her at DrB@almitraberry.com. Don't forget to get a FREE copy of "Roadmap to Emancipation" by visiting www.3ep...

Send a text Race... Racist... Racism... What is Racism? From wiki: The belief that different races possess distinct characteristics, abilities, or qualities, especially so as to distinguish them as inferior or superior to one another. In today's episode, Dr. Berry goes through Race, racist and racism and associates it with the 5 levels of griefs. Tune in to find out about this extra sensitive...

Send a text Here's another episode of the Education, Equity, Emancipation Podcast. Today, I am with Coach Wendy Stevens, a renowned Guerrilla Marketing expert. Wendy has coached and trained more than 80,000 people in 136 countries to master the art of Guerrilla Marketing, lead generation, and sales. She has consulted, launched, and marketed podcasts for Dr. Daniel Amen, Sharon Lechter, coauth...

Send a text Recently, a white male high school teacher asked some very insensitive questions to a black student about her tattoos. She was the only black student in the class. This was an embarrassing conversation held publicly in front of her peers. The situation Dr. Berry discusses today is wrong in so many ways. And it goes deeper than just tattoos. It goes into white privilege and systemic rac...

Send a text Woke…Woke this. Woke that. We hear the term work all the time. But what is it? Is it being misused to inaccurately label things that our children actually need to be taught? Dr. Berry discusses this topic today.  If you'd like to have Dr. Berry speak at your conference or event, email her at DrB@almitraberry.com. Don't forget to get a FREE copy of "Roadmap to Emancipatio...

Send a text What if… None of the people you encounter on a daily basis look like you? All of your authority figures were of another race? The images in the media of people who share your race are disproportionately negative? Finally, imagine being a teacher of color who hears constant derogatory remarks about children of your race? Now you begin to understand the importance of having racial divers...

Send a text Despite the title, today’s topic is a fun one! It includes an intriguing, thought-provoking quote from Mark Twain on history and prejudice. Dr. Berry also discusses a lesson from a recent movie to teach us about the weapons we will use as equity warriors. It just might surprise you! If you'd like to have Dr. Berry speak at your conference or event, email her at DrB@almitraberry.co...

Send a text Have you ever wondered, “Am I really doing what is equitable?” or “Am I speaking, teaching, leading with an equity mindset?” If you ask yourself questions like this, you’re not alone. But to answer these questions, we have to define equity. Dr. Berry shares her definition in today’s episode. The message she shares is important to help us understand the work of equity. If you'd lik...