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Clarity and Coherence Amid Complexity and Consistent Change: Reconsidering the Role of Central Office Academic Support at the Los Angeles Unified School District
(2022-10-28)
The Los Angeles Unified School District is the second-largest school district in the country, serving over 574,000 students. As with all school districts, L.A. Unified has experienced significant disruptions in the wake ...
Centering Chicago Public Schools’ Portfolio Strategy on Racial Equity, Students & Community through Organizational Learning & Innovation
(2022-09-12)
In 2013, the massive closure of 50 Chicago Public Schools bred community mistrust, harmed students academically, and left abandoned school buildings as relics of community divestments. With current declining enrollment and ...
How an (In)Effective Implementation Team Leads to an (In)Effective & (In)Equitable Worker Advisory Board
(2021-10-15)
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic hit in early 2020, 5 million young adults in the United States were disconnected from stable career pathways while 7.6 million jobs went unfilled (Ross and Bateman, 2018). Today, 44 million ...
Shaping Change: Building a District Advocacy Framework to Strengthen the Movement for Education Equity in the Era of COVID-19
(2021-10-15)
The Education Trust is a national nonprofit that aims to close opportunity gaps in education that disproportionately affect students of color and students from low-income communities. After the 2015 passage of the Every ...
Cultivating a Commitment to Learning in Community: Leading a Mission-Based Organization
(2022-10-28)
In this Capstone, I tell the story of my learning-leadership journey as a Senior Program Fellow at Facing History and Ourselves (FHAO), where I reported to FHAO’s New England Program Director, Dr. Elizabeth ‘Lizzy’ Carroll. ...
Principal Implementation Networks: Leveraging the Power of Collaboration
(2021-10-15)
As a leader in the College and Career space, AVID reaches more than 2 million
students nationwide by supporting schools and districts in removing barriers to student
success. With more than 7000 principals striving to ...
Equitable Community Based Learner-Centered Ecosystems: A Transformative Vision of Education
(2021-10-15)
A transformational vision for education is emerging across the country from a deep place of shared imagining and shared experience. I joined Education Reimagined, a nonprofit dedicated to learner centered education, while ...
To Whom Much is Given. Much is Required: Reflections on Leading Reparations for Black Students and Families in the Oakland Unified School District
(2022-10-28)
To Whom Much is Given, Much is Required.
- Luke 12:48
This capstone tells the story of an Oakland-raised leader returning home to advance one of the United States’ first reparatory efforts by a public school system. In ...
Symbolism or Substance: Increasing Access to Opportunity at the College Board for High Potential Leaders of Color
(2021-10-15)
“Building Leaders at Every Level,” an initiative developed at the College Board, was one of several responses to increase racial and ethnic representation in the senior leadership pipeline. Building Leaders at Every Level ...
Academic Strategy in Action: Instructional Focus and Coherence in Chicago Public Schools
(2021-10-15)
School systems can be terribly fragmented and incoherent organizations. A lack of clear and focused priorities often results in poor execution of initiatives as well as duplicative, conflicting, non-coordinated, or ...