In this episode of the Crisis in Education Podcast, professor, former educational leader, and behavior analyst, Dr. Nasiah Cirincione Ulezi, Ed.D., BCBA , shares a concrete strategy she calls Forward Thinking. This approach helps students, including those with disabilities, better plan for and navigate education to achieve socially valued outcomes following their K-12 experience.
If you are interested in contacting Dr. Ulezi, email her at nasia999@msn.com.
In the show there was talk about diversifying the socioeconomic make up of schools. We encourage you to dive into the research yourself, but here is a link that summarizes many of the benefits along with article that provides some other important insights.
https://tcf.org/content/facts/the-benefits-of-socioeconomically-and-racially-integrated-schools-and-classrooms/?agreed=1
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3086272/