As a follow-up to a May 2016 colloquium titled Intersections of Race and Class in Special Education Policy, subsequent Colloquium Summary Recommendations, and the Fall 2016 Roosevelt House Faculty Seminar Series we present a special issue of the Roosevelt House Faculty Journal titled Issues of Equity and Justice in Education Policy. Included in the issue are contributions of Hunter faculty and students whose scholarship examines racial diversity, equity, poverty, trauma, teacher quality, higher education, and the intersectionality of these themes.
Below are opinions submitted by Hunter College students, faculty and visiting scholars.
 | Series Introduction: Issues of Equity and Justice in Education Policy By Jennifer F. Samson, Associate Professor & Acting Chair, Department of Special Education, Hunter College and Faculty Associate at Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College Wendy Cavendish, Associate Professor, Department of Teaching and Learning, University of Miami and Roosevelt House Visiting Research Scholar
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 | By Wendy Cavendish, Associate Professor, Department of Teaching and Learning, University of Miami and Roosevelt House Visiting Research Scholar |
 | By David Connor, Chairperson, Department of Special Education, Hunter College |
  | Jennifer F. Samson, Associate Professor & Acting Chair, Department of Special Education, Hunter College and Faculty Associate at Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College By David Housel, Associate Director, CUNY Language Immersion Program and Chair, Curriculum Committee in the Division of Adult and Continuing Education, LaGuardia Community College Melinda Snodgrass, Assistant Professor, Department of Special Education, Hunter College |
 | Preventing the Preschool-to-Prison Pipeline: Examining Preschool Discipline Policy Recommendations By Chelsea T. Morris, Ph.D. student at the School of Education and Human Development at the University of Miami |
 | Rocking the Institutional Diversity Boat in Teacher Preparation By Xuchilt Perez, Assistant Professor of Special Education at Hunter College |
 | What Educators Don’t See: The Relationship Between Complex Trauma and School Interruption By Tricia Stephens, Assistant Professor, Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College |
