What skills will students need to be prepared  for an increasingly complex future? As technology continues to shape our society and our structures of communication, how should education respond? And can places of privilege foster equity and inclusivity within and beyond their communities? My name is Tristan Friedberg Rodman. This is Learned.



On Learned, we’re looking beyond test scores and college acceptance rates to understand how education can shape the future of our society — and what kind of teaching we need to bring us there.



Our guest today is Linda Rose-Winters. Linda is Oakwood's Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. She has been instrumental in changing Oakwood's approach to its diversity programs. Linda, Ivan, and I spent a morning talking about Oakwood's history, progress, and challenges with DEI (yes, you guessed it, that's an acronym for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion).