Events for Intentionally Integrated Schools

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Join the National Charter Collaborative in New Orleans, LA, for an unparalleled gathering of single-site charter school leaders of color. Scheduled from April 22 to April 24, 2024, in the vibrant city of New Orleans, LA, at the New Orleans Marriott, this event is more than just a conference. It’s an opportunity to:

• Build and Strengthen Connections: Forge genuine connections and lay the groundwork for future collaborations.

• Engage in Critical Conversations: Participate in discussions that matter, gain tangible skills, and advance your personal and professional journey.

• Leverage Community Resources: Discover how to utilize the community and the National Charter Collaborative team as vital resources.

• Safe and Inclusive Environment: Feel safe, included, cared for, and comfortable in a space where your voice is valued.

In 2022, the U.S. Department of Education established six supplemental priorities for its discretionary grant programs to support the Department’s mission to promote student achievement and preparation for global competitiveness by fostering educational excellence and ensuring equal access. In September of 2022, the Department’s Charter Schools Program awarded six three-year National Dissemination grants to support the charter school sector and disseminate best practices regarding charter schools. The Institute for Excellence in Education, also known as the National Charter Schools Institute, received funds to create the A-GAME: Measure What Matters initiative! A-GAME (Assess—Global access, Academics, Mission, and Equity) is a partnership between the National Charter Schools Institute (NCSI), Momentum Strategy & Research, and WestEd. The partnership helps charter school authorizers measure the quality and effectiveness of charter schools. This webinar will highlight the importance of the charter ecosystem, which includes schools, boards, and authorizers, working together to support high-quality.

Join  Roots ConnectED* to bring to life the “feel, imagine, take action, and reflect” – the social action framework referenced in our resource “Teaching Social Action”. In this session educators  will experience live modeling and have a chance to engage with real time practice examples of what social action can look like across developmental levels and in interdisciplinary ways. This is one tool we can use to help students learn from humanity’s history of resistance, resilience, and hope as a way to create paths of action for the future. This workshop will set you up with a deeper understanding of how to integrate social action skills and learning across all spheres of student experiences.

*Roots ConnectED is a non-profit organization which accompanies school communities to use an anti-bias framework to develop curriculum, culture, and learning environments centered in equity, inclusion, and justice.

Join the Western Education Equity Assistance Center (WEEAC) for a webinar series that examines the root causes of systemic educational inequities and offers actionable, evidence-based practices for disrupting bias and achieving equitable outcomes for all students. From Beliefs to Action: Designing Culturally Responsive Systems equips educators and education leaders with the knowledge and tools needed to cultivate inclusivity, challenge biases, and overcome inequities in educational spaces.

From November 1 through April 25, WestEd experts Rawlin Rosario, Jackie Peng, Khamia Powell, Krystal Wu, David Lopez, John Jacobs, Nancy Tiên, and Alexandria Harvey will facilitate five dynamic and interactive sessions on topics including

• developing equity literacy by identifying systemic beliefs, policies, procedures, and practices that contribute to educational inequities for historically marginalized students;
• establishing culturally responsive practices, policies, and data use to promote inclusive education; and
• cultivating family and community engagement and partnerships.

Intended audiences:

• Educators (K–12)
• School districts
• Charter management organizations
• Local and state educational agencies
• Bureau of Indian Education
• Tribal education personnel
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion education partners and organizers

During the final session of our series, we’ll examine how we can extend equity beyond the classroom by deepening our understanding of culturally responsive family and community engagement. Participants will gain strategies and practices for partnering with families and communities to achieve equity for marginalized students and communities.

“The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice”

–Martin Luther King, Jr.

On May 6, 2024, the Educational Opportunity Project at Stanford and The Stanford Institute for Advancing Just Societies will host a conference to reflect on the legacy of the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision and chart the unfinished business of school integration. This event was made possible by generous support from Stanford Accelerator for Learning, Stanford Center for Racial Justice, Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford Graduate School of Education, and Stanford Law School.

May 17, 2024, marks the 70th anniversary of the 1954 Brown decision, in which the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that, “in the field of public education, the doctrine of ‘separate but equal’ has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.” This decision marked a monumental shift in American history.

That landmark ruling led to a dramatic decline in school segregation from the 1960s to the 1980s. The shift from segregated to more integrated schools significantly changed the course of Black children’s lives, leading to greater educational attainment and better future economic outcomes. These benefits echoed across generations, improving the lives of the children and grandchildren of Black students who attended integrated schools as a result of the Brown decision.

But the legacy of the Brown decision faces challenges in today’s increasingly diverse society. Since the late 1980s, progress on addressing segregation has stalled; racial and economic segregation has grown steadily in the last 35 years. Despite clear evidence of the benefits of racial and economic integration, school segregation remains one of the most stubborn social problems of our time.

The conference, led by sean f. reardon (Stanford) and Ann Owens (USC), will bring together educators, policymakers, and leading scholars and legal experts to distill the lessons of recent research on segregation and craft a new agenda for addressing racial and economic segregation in American schools.

Join us as we delve into the updated second edition of our Model Policy Guide. This enriching webinar with experts in the field will explore critical principles and strategies for promoting inclusive education within charter schools.