CAYL Catalyst Webinar Series
Episode #30
September 7, 2023 | 4:00pm - 5:00pm EST
Moonshot: No Child is Excluded!
Description:
In recent years there has been a spotlight on the fact that young children are being excluded – expelled! – from child care and preschool settings. The statistics are alarming – with expulsion rates for child care centers being 13 times what they are in k-12 classrooms*.
The data is clear and we must ask – how can we prevent expulsions in ECE? How are communities tackling this issue in support of children and families?
View this webinar to hear from our innovative panel, as we discuss what communities are doing to create solutions for the expulsion dilemma, and as we take a moonshot to ensure no child is excluded!
Featuring:
- Dr. Hakim Rashid – Professor and former Chairman of the Department of Human Development and Psychoeducational Studies in the School of Education at Howard University
- Dr. Valerie Jarvis McMillan – Interim Chair of the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences at North Carolina A&T State University
- Dr. Iheoma Iruka – Research Professor in the Department of Public Policy and the Founding Director of the Equity Research Action Coalition at the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute at UNC Chapel Hill
*Gilliam, W.S., & Shahar, G. (2006). Preschool and child care expulsion and suspension: Rates and predictors in one state. Infants & Young Children, 19, 228–45.
Contact Information:
Dr. Hakim Rashid
Email: hrashid@howard.edu
Dr. Valerie Jarvis McMillan –
via Emily Swartzlander (Project Manager)
Email: emily@forthrightadvising.com
Dr. Iheoma U. Iruka
Email: FPGEquityCoalition@unc.edu
Host:
Dr. Valora Washington – CEO & President
Panelists:
Dr. Hakim Rashid – Professor and former Chairman of the Department of Human Development and Psychoeducational Studies in the School of Education at Howard University
Dr. Valerie Jarvis McMillan – Interim Chair of the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences at North Carolina A&T State University
Dr. Iheoma Iruka – Research Professor in the Department of Public Policy and the Founding Director of the Equity Research Action Coalition at the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute at UNC Chapel Hill
Resources:
Strange Fruit Redux (Documentary by Dr. Hakim Rashid)
Standing Together Against Suspension & Expulsion in Early Childhood: Resources (NAEYC)
Understanding and Eliminating Expulsion in Early Childhood Programs (Head Start)
Child Care Justice: Transforming the System of Care for Young Children (The Teaching for Social Justice Series) (Teachers College Press)
Black Child National Agenda: America Must Deliver on its Promise (Iruka, I. U., James, C., Reaves, C., & Forte, A.)
We Are the Change We Seek – Advancing Racial Justice in Early Care and Education (Iheoma U. Iruka, Tonia R. Durden, Kerry-Ann Escayg, Stephanie M. Curenton)
Delivering on Affirming Early Childhood Education: Lessons from Community Voices (NBCDI)
A Holistic Approach to Ending Exclusionary Discipline for Young Learners (Children’s Equity Project)
Centering Black Families: Equitable Discipline through Improved Data Policies in Child Care (The Center for Law and Social Policy)
Children’s Defense Fund Freedom Schools
10 African-Centered Curriculum for Black Homeschoolers (Brown Mama Monologues)
A MEGA List of African-Centered Homeschool Curriculum and More! (The Intuitive Homeschooler)
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