The Ongoing Journey of Racial Equity Work: A District Story was presented by Dr. Ammar Saheli on Wednesday, November 9, 2016. This webinar is presented to you via the State Performance Plan Technical Assistance Project (SPPTAP) and the Napa County Office of Education with funding from the California Department of Education.
Note: Images referenced at the end of the webinar can be viewed from the Webinar PowerPoints link below.
Equity Implementation Module San Lorenzo USD: https://www.dropbox.com/s/1juzo0vcjeha56r/Equity_Implementation_Model_SLZUSD.pdf?dl=0
Webinar Resources San Lorenzo USD: https://www.dropbox.com/s/6vdy8a9h62jk9rf/Webinar_SLZUSD_Resources.docx?dl=0
Webinar PowerPoints: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ju4qdzmkwcydgji/SPPTAP%20Webinar%20SLZUSD_FINAL_HO.pdf?dl=0
Saheli, Ammar. 2016. The Ongoing Journey of Racial Equity Work: A District Story. State Performance Plan Technical Assistance Project.
Using middle school survey data, the authors of this paper determined that the self-described school experience of Black and Latino students in California is not where educators would like it to be. As compared with White students, Black and Latino youth have less positive feelings of safety, connectedness, and opportunity. Within the context of school climate, such results indicate a need for individual and systems-wide change.
Voight, Adam, Hanson, Thomas, O’Malley, Meagan, Adekanye, Latifah. 2015. “The Racial School Climate Gap: Within-School Disparities in Students’ Experiences of Safety, Support, and Connectedness.” American Journal of Community Psychology. 56 (3-4): 252-267.
In this video educational leaders discuss the challenges presented by and impacts experienced from implicit bias in schools.
The Voice: Highlights from 2018 (The Voice). 2018. Vialogue. EdLab Teachers College: Columbia University.
The book focuses on the experiences of a group of Black male students that have been labeled by school officials as disciplinary problems. It is an important book for practitioners to read because it highlights how students experience schooling, the labels given to them, the expectations held about them and the discipline they receive in school.
Ferguson, A.A. Bad Boys: Public Schools in the Making of Black Masculinity. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2000.
This report examines the challenges and opportunities that Black students face in Los Angeles County. The report explores key academic and school climate indicators as they illustrate distinct differences between Black students and students of other racial and ethnic groups.
Noguera, Pedro, Joseph Bishop, Tyrone Howard, and S. Johnson. 2019. Beyond the Schoolhouse: Overcoming Challenges and Expanding Opportunities for Black Youth in Los Angeles County. Los Angeles, CA: Center for the Transformation of Schools, Black Male Institute, Graduate School of Education & Information Studies, University of California.
This report examines the challenges and opportunities that Black students face in Los Angeles County. The report explores key academic and school climate indicators as they illustrate distinct differences between Black students and students of other racial and ethnic groups.
Noguera, Pedro, Joseph Bishop, Tyrone Howard, and S. Johnson. 2019. Beyond the Schoolhouse: Overcoming Challenges and Expanding Opportunities for Black Youth in Los Angeles County. Los Angeles, CA: Center for the Transformation of Schools, Black Male Institute, Graduate School of Education & Information Studies, University of California.
This audio recording features a group of educational leaders discussing assessment biases issues in special education.
Romney, Lee. 2019. Black Families and Special Education. Conference Audio Recording. California Association of School Psychologists.
The paper by the Council for Children with Behavior Disorders critically questions the effectiveness of federal policy and disproportionality monitoring mechanisms. It is an important piece to read because it questions how the provisions in IDEA, and compliance to IDEA, can address disproportionate outcomes. It offers practitioners the chance to reflect on how they understand IDEAs relationship to abatement of disproportionate outcomes.
Skiba, R., S. Albrecht, and D. Losen. 2012. CCBD’s Position Summary on Federal Policy on Disproportionality in Special Education. Arlington, VA: Council for Children with Behavioral Disorders.
The book explores how race is talked about and addressed in practice. The book is important because it challenges practitioners to think about how comfortable they are speaking about race in practice and what the implications of their comfort level can be for students.
Pollock, M. Colormute: Race Talk Dilemmas in an American School. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2004.
This text provides educators with the necessary background information and framework to hold difficult conversations about race, privilege, and equity.
Singleton, Glen E. 2015. Courageous Conversations About Race: A Field Guide for Achieving Equity in Schools. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin.
