The California Equity Coalition: Advocating for Racial Equity in California's Public School Leadership

The purpose of this narrative paper is to provide a reflective description of the formation, structure, and work of a diverse coalition dedicated to collaboratively informing educational policy advocacy in California. Specifically, this article offers an example of how community members from across...

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Published in:Educational studies (Ames) 2022-05, Vol.58 (3), p.404-419
Main Authors: Huchting, Karen, McGowan-Robinson, Laura
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Administrators
Advocacy
African American Students
Barriers
Coalitions
Collective action
Cultural competence
Diversity
Education policy
Educational Environment
Educational Policy
Elementary Secondary Education
Equal Education
Fairness
Hispanic American Students
Leadership
Minority Group Teachers
Multiculturalism & pluralism
Narratives
Policy Formation
Public Schools
State Legislation
Teachers
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Summary:The purpose of this narrative paper is to provide a reflective description of the formation, structure, and work of a diverse coalition dedicated to collaboratively informing educational policy advocacy in California. Specifically, this article offers an example of how community members from across settings mobilized into collective action to improve the racial diversity pipeline of school leaders in California's public schools. The California Equity Coalition (CEC) is a powerful network of organizations that see school administrators' racial diversity and cultural competence as critical levers in creating successful school environments that yield positive student outcomes. Using auto-narrative and testimonio methodology, the work of the CEC is documented in this paper, and rooted in the literature examining the role of Proposition 209 and other barriers that led to the decline of Black and Latinx educators in California. The article also provides a current review of educator pipeline data and research that served as a catalyst for the formation of the CEC. Finally, the article highlights the history, aims, actions, and strategy in building and sustaining this diverse coalition anchored in racial equity.
ISSN:0013-1946
1532-6993
DOI:10.1080/00131946.2022.2033753