Co-Designing Community-Integrated Data Systems to Advance Equitable Whole-Child Education for School Improvement

• In Event: Applied Research on Equity Issues in Schools

Abstract

As COVID-19 exposes and deepens inequalities and racial divisions, schools across the country are working to ameliorate the hardships experienced by their students and families. The crisis has shown the potential of schools as community hubs that can ensure the health and well-being of the community. Our paper captures the formation of an integrated student supports (ISS) locally designed database—or community integrated data systems (CIDS)—in response to COVID-19 and examines the process in which a research practice partnership (RPP) at a university assisted community school developed, implemented, and incorporated CIDS within the school for improvement. We highlight the ways in which the school’s teams utilized CIDS to identify and respond to the needs of students and their families.

Authors

• Rebekah Kang, Los Angeles Unified School District

• Mitchell Wong, University of California - Los Angeles

• Christine Abagat Liboon, University of California - Los Angeles

• Leyda Waleska Garcia, UCLA Community School

• Marisa Saunders, University of California - Los Angeles

• Karen Hunter Quartz, University of California - Los Angeles