National Equity Project

Educational equity takes action and collective work. The Black Teacher Project’s three-hour Hiring & Sustaining Black Teachers Workshop on Tuesday, December 3 (9 to 12 pm PT) is an invitation to engage deeply and contribute boldly to that collective work. The live, interactive online session will equip TK-12 school administrators and district leaders with actionable strategies for attracting, hiring, and supporting Black educators. Participants will leave with practical tools for creating equity-driven hiring pipelines, building supportive environments, and nurturing current and future generations of Black teachers. Register today: https://lnkd.in/gBBDTEXU. #EducationalEquity #Hiring #BlackTeachers

Have you had a chance to listen to last week's episode of #3PsinaPod with Kathleen Osta, LCSW, SEP from National Equity Project? Find it at https://bit.ly/3PsinaPod or on your favorite podcast app!

“I want to begin with designing to ensure every young person is known well. They’re known well in terms of who they are, what they care about, the communities they participate in, what their strengths and interests are – and also what some of their challenges are. We could design a flexible enough system that we could know those things, and tend to them.” 🎙 Kathleen Osta, LCSW, SEP joined Juliana Urtubey, NBCT _ Ms. Earth in conversation on the Arizona K12 Center's 3Ps in a Pod podcast. Kathleen discusses ways educators are using liberatory design to imagine and implement new possibilities with and for young people. #LiberatoryDesign #EducationalEquity #Leadership #Education #YouthAdultCoDesign

Hey Peeps, Drop in on a sister as I live chat with my LeadersSpring Communty! I was a LeaderSpring Fellow early in my tenure as ED and my cohort experience proved to be a grounding, vulnerable and sacred community to learn and practice conscious leadership!

Motivation is a game-changer in education, especially when students are in the driver's seat. Chris Unger's new Getting Smart Blog explores Horizon 3 learning environments that prioritize student interests, shifting from traditional education models to a focus on intrinsic motivation. By engaging with real-world experiences and personalized learning, schools like Big Picture Learning, CAPS Network, and One Stone Inc. empower students to pursue their passions. This approach not only boosts engagement but also equips learners with critical skills for the future. Explore how Horizon 3 schools are redefining success in education and the impact of aligning education with student interests: https://lnkd.in/gPJdgB_h LearnerStudio | Incubate Learning | Sujata Bhatt | Antonia Rudenstine | reDesign | Mike Duncan, Ed.D. | Battelle for Kids | Katie Martin | Devin Vodicka | Learner-Centered Collaborative | Building 21 | Next Generation Learning Challenges (NGLC) | Inkwire | Playlab AI | Kathleen Osta, LCSW | LaShawn Routé Chatmon | Tom Malarkey | National Equity Project | Northeastern College of Professional Studies #GettingSmart #HorizonThree #H3 #H3Learning #IntrinsicMotivation #StudentCenteredLearning #PersonalizedLearning #FutureOfEducation #EducationRevolution #StudentAgency #DeepLearning

In this moment we are called to embrace complexity; to stand against words and actions that dehumanize and cause harm, while also working to expand the circle of human concern to include everyone. We can demand justice without dividing the world into us and them. How might we create communities where everyone experiences and honors our inherent interconnection? Can we stay curious and caring, even when we feel angry, scared, and unsure? Amid the threats and uncertainty, there are still opportunities to reimagine and redesign our future, not by retreating to familiar patterns, but by being courageous, compassionate, and creative in the ways we come together now, and in the days to come. #Belonging #LeadingForward #LiberatoryDesign #EquityLeadership

Ford Foundation President Darren Walker wisely recognizes that “effective leadership requires managing nuance and complexity..." The ability to support people through uncertainty is the core work of a leader, yet it is where leaders have typically received the least preparation and support. We offer these practices to help leaders respond more skillfully to the complexity and uncertainty of these times: 🌀 Distinguish between complicated and complex problems. Complex challenges require leaders to create the conditions for innovation, instead of providing an answer. Solutions emerge through people coming together to try new things and engage in continuous learning and ongoing adaptation. 🤯 Expand mental models. Leaders must continuously challenge their inherited assumptions about what is needed and how meaningful change happens, while creating conditions for others to do the same. 🫱✨🫲 Hold the problem space open. Resist the rush to solutions in favor of engaging multiple perspectives that allow deeper insights and unexpected innovations to emerge. As Walker reminds us, "there is no leadership without risk," and the greatest risk we face are systems that marginalize and exclude. Leaders must be willing to risk the messiness of inclusive and democratic processes with uncertain outcomes. We need leaders with the courage to dismantle inequitable systems and redistribute power, and the ability to create spaces where everyone belongs and has agency to shape our shared future. #EquityLeadership #Horizon3 #HowWeLead

It is always catalytic to listen and learn from professor john powell. The National Equity Project Berkeley crew came out this week to see john in conversation with his co-author Stephen Menendian discussing their important book, Belonging Without Othering. Thank you to the Othering & Belonging Institute at UC Berkeley for hosting the event; we were honored by a couple of shout outs to our work in the talk. At NEP, we have shared the targeted universalism and othering and belonging frameworks with so many of our partners and have seen the transformative power of people coming together to co-create a “future story” where everyone has a place. 💫 One especially provocative moment for us: “Part of the reason that I shifted from talking about equity to targeted universalism is I felt that the practice of equity, most of the time was that there was essentially good and bad people. It was a binary...”  https://lnkd.in/dX2dYru6

🚀🌕 We are grateful for the support of Remake Learning! Thank you for supporting our National Moonshot idea for co-designing a future where every young person in every community thrives. In collaboration with several California CORE Districts, Policy Analysis for California Education, and Transcend, the National Equity Project will lead youth-adult design partnerships to challenge one-size fits all approaches to curriculum in California schools. https://lnkd.in/guBaiU5D

🍂 Fall & Winter Equity Events are here! 🍂 Join the National Equity Project for virtual sessions that will equip you with the tools to lead for equity and create more inclusive learning environments. Don’t miss out—register here: https://lnkd.in/ezVTFTJV