Listening Is A Powerful Tool To Disrupt Inequity

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Listening is a powerful tool to disrupt inequity

By Suzanne Bouffard

Categories: Continuous improvement, Reaching all students, Resources

As you read the articles in this issue, it is my hope that you will not think of this as an “equity issue” of the journal. That’s because equity is embedded in every issue of The Learning Professional. According to columnist Baruti Kafele, equity means meeting every student where they are, as they are. We strive to continually provide resources and reflection tools to help you fulfill that vision for all students. And we believe that educators are students, too — lifelong students — so we also strive to meet each of you where you are, as you are. Looking back through recent issues of the journal, some themes recur frequently about dismantling inequity. One of them, which really shines through in the current issue,

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Suzanne Bouffard

Senior Vice President, Communications & Publications | + posts

Suzanne Bouffard is senior vice president of communications and publications at Learning Forward. She is the editor of The Learning Professional, Learning Forward’s flagship publication. She also contributes to the Learning Forward blog and webinars. With a background in child development, she has a passion for making research and best practices accessible to educators, policymakers, and families. She has written for many national publications including The New York Times and the Atlantic, and previously worked as a writer and researcher at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She has a Ph.D. in developmental psychology from Duke University and a B.A. from Wesleyan University. She loves working with authors to help them develop their ideas and voices for publication.