Jul 6, 2022

Mark Benigni and Barbara Haeffner on Education As The Great Equalizer

Your senior population can really have a positive impact on your young people and vise versa.
It’s so important to keep an open mind and open doors for partnerships within the community.
Every student needs and deserves an advocate.

This episode of the Getting Smart podcast is a part of our New Pathways campaign. Find out more here.

On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Tom Vander Ark is joined by Dr. Mark Benigni, the award-winning superintendent of Meriden Public Schools and the co-author of the forthcoming book The Great Equalizer: Six Strategies to Make Public Education Work in America. We’re also joined by Barbara Haeffner, Assistant Superintendent of Teaching and Innovation at Meriden Public Schools and co-author.

Together, they discuss Mark’s legacy in Meriden and the book’s strategies for reimagining and building a better public education.

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