Episode 11 - Equitable Education with Michael Nettles

The Learning Future Podcast with Louka Parry

What does it take to develop an equitable education system? Today we speak with Dr Michael Nettles, Senior Vice President and the Edmund W. Gordon Chair of ETS’s Policy Evaluation & Research Center about assessment, education systems and equity. In 2014, President Obama appointed Dr. Nettles to the President’s Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for African Americans. Listen to our discussion on how education improves the quality of life and can dismantle ignorance and divisions within society. What challenges do we face as we seek to improve educational systems? And how might our tools of assessment better met the needs of all learners, especially those most marginalised by the system?