Press & Updates

A New Normal And just like that, the world has changed. In the midst of COVID-19, we know your needs are varied and disparate but one thing we consistently hear from members is that they value talking to each other. Our team has found meaning and connection through daily 30-minute huddles. We want to open […]

Dear DCSC Members- Our thoughts are with you and your students, staff and families during this unsettling time. While we are not experts in disease mitigation, virtual learning or located in each geographic context of coalition schools, we want to serve our community in this time by sharing a few resources that we have found over […]

6 Things To Know About #DCSC2020 “Thank you so much for this opportunity. I am a better leader as a result of what I learned. I cannot wait to start engaging my school in these critical conversations and use what I learned to make [my school] more inclusive and equitable.” -School Leader on 2019 Annual […]

It should be noted that four of five trends identified by Dana Goldstein are grounded in inequities and access: widening achievement gaps, weighting college access, curtailing charter schools and addressing segregation. These issues aren’t new but are now garnering more attention and focus – and rightly so.  From our perspective at the [...]

What is Our Story? It’s more important now than ever for us to tell our story. Kudos to Brooklyn Prospect for leading the charge recently. “You have to create a community where people of color can bring their whole selves. There isn’t one 100 percent solution. It’s more like 10, 10 percent solutions.” – Dan Rubenstein, CEO […]

Break Free from Silos Collective learning opens up possibilities for practitioners committed to education equity. Research on this format of learning compares a CoP to a group of artists discussing avant garde painting styles or engineers across departments debugging a common flaw. Rather than honing your craft in a lonely silo, [...]

As part of the Diverse Charter Schools Coalition’s UnifiED School Launch Program Fellowship, I have had the opportunity to visit schools throughout the United States. In search of an exemplar model of what it means to be a diverse and integrated community, I recently visited several  schools in Los Angeles, California. While each school was [...]

Elizabeth Warren’s education plan contains several commendable elements: increased funding for Title I schools, a focus on enforcing anti-discrimination legislation, and a commitment to school integration which she states, “helps create a society built on mutual respect and understanding.”   We know. We see it in our members everyday.  And yet [...]

DCSC is thrilled to launch participant sign up for our inaugural Communities of Practice. Communities of Practice are free, six month professional development modules for DCSC members focused on addressing needs that members voiced in our spring 2019 surveys. DCSC members will be able to select their preferences of the ten finalist proposals. [...]