School Boards that Lead for Equity – Podcast Episode 166

Classnotes Podcast (September 19, 2016) In order for educational equity to take hold in a school, it is critical that it be in an environment where the district level governance structure provides leadership for systemic equity. A former superintendent in three school districts, Dr. Larry Leverett is executive director of Panasonic Foundation that supports efforts of school systems to improve academic and social outcomes for all students. In this episode, he describes how the Panasonic Foundation has shifted its focus to school board leadership in advancing system-wide equity strategies.

He is one of the authors of the journal that was published earlier this year, Essential Approaches for Excellence & Sustainable School System Transformation, that was developed by a group of experts who came together to pull together capacity-building approaches for school and system change. As he relates in this interview, Larry’s chapter, Systems Change & Governance: School Boards That Lead for Equity, outlines several actions boards should take.

Larry is interviewed by Bradley Scott, Ph.D., former director of the IDRA South Central Collaborative for Equity, who also contributed a chapter in the ECCBN journal.

Show length: 15:29

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Resources 

Essential Approaches for Excellence & Sustainable School System Transformation

The Equity-Centered Capacity Building Network (ECCBN) journal addressing systems capacity building approaches that drive both equity and excellence

https://capacitybuildingnetwork.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/eccbn_volume_feb2016_final.pdf

Panasonic Foundation Toolkit

http://www.panasonicfoundation.net/toolkit

“School Boards Come of Age with a 21st Century Vision,”

by Rosana G. Rodríguez, Ph.D., and Abelardo Villarreal, Ph.D., IDRA Newsletter, November-December 2013

http://www.idra.org/resource-center/school-boards-come-of-age-with-a-21st-century-vision/

“Tyranny of Old Ideas About School Board Responsibilities,”

by Abelardo Villarreal,Ph.D., and Rosana G. Rodríguez, Ph.D., IDRA Newsletter, June-July 2010

http://www.idra.org/resource-center/tyranny-of-old-ideas-about-school-board-responsibilities/

“A Guide for School Board Members to Assess District Effectiveness,”

by Abelardo Villarreal,Ph.D., and Rosana G. Rodríguez, Ph.D., IDRA Newsletter, June-July 2010

http://www.idra.org/resource-center/a-guide-for-school-board-members/

Courage to Connect: A Quality Schools Action Framework

IDRA’s latest book shows how communities and schools can work together to strengthen their capacity to be successful with all of their students.

http://www.idra.org/change-model/courage-to-connect/

Six Goals of Education Equity

Every child in each school district, of any background, should have the chance to excel. Schools must ensure that all students are on track to graduate, prepared for college. To help schools and communities look together at these goals and create a plan of action, the IDRA South Central Collaborative for Equity has outlined Six Goals of Educational Equity that school personnel and communities can use as a yardstick to measure their progress and as a lightning rod to galvanize change.

http://www.idra.org/equity-assistance-center/six-goals-of-education-equity/

Equal Access to a Quality Education

by Dr. María “Cuca” Robledo Montecel keynote, March 29, 2011

http://www.idra.org/resource-center/equal-access-to-a-quality-education/

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