Educational Equality?

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Achieving equality in education starts by recognizing that nothing is equal to begin with.

Actually, everything is pretty much dynamic. It starts with the obvious understanding that children come from different family structures and different socio-economic backgrounds and ends with the recognition that children have diverse abilities and these abilities need to be nurtured in different ways.

The vast majority of educational systems are not geared to identify specific needs in children. It is more of a ‘One Size Fits All’ approach once you enter the System. This System slowly starts to change, but it will still take some time until we see the impact of these changes on our children (some say it might even take a generation or two).

In the meantime, what parents can do at home to help their children maximize their potential is to complement schools by working with the children and helping them to…

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Published by Dr. Bree E. Cook

Dr. Bree (Davis) Cook began her appointment as Vice President in May 2018. In this role Dr. Cook serves as the College’s Chief Academic Officer and as the Accreditation Liaison Officer. In her most recent position she served as associate dean of POC's School of Cultural & Family Psychology (SCFP). Dr. Cook has also held positions as the academic coordinator, assistant professor and clinical training coordinator in the SCFP. Prior to coming into higher education, Dr. Cook spent over 15 years in leadership and management positions in non-profits, serving as Family Based Services Director, Eden Dual Diagnosis Program Manager & IRB Chair and as a Staff Psychologist at the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Dr. Cook holds a Psy.D. and master degree in Clinical Psychology with a concentration in Multicultural & Community from the California School of Professional Psychology at Alliant International University, and baccalaureate degree from University of California San Diego. She is also a Certified Family Life educator (CFLE). Dr. Cook has presented over 25 papers, seminars and workshops at a number of professional conferences such as, WASC Academic Resource Conference, Race, Ethnicity and Place Conference, National Association of African American Studies & Affiliates International Conference. She is a member of the Society for Community Research and Action (Division 27 of the American Psychological Association), National Association of African American Studies and the National Council of Family Relations.

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