Continuous Improvement to Operationalize Equity in a Research-Practice Partnership With Computer Science Education Leaders

• In Event: Leading for Racial Justice and Culturally Responsive Practices

Abstract

This study explores how a research-practice partnership’s (RPP) continuous improvement methods influenced equity leadership practices in computer science education for school administrators. District leaders and researchers analyzed and documented their continuous improvement process to define “equity and the iterative process of developing this shared definition. Findings reveal this process operationalized equity on two levels: 1) An external examination of equity in education and how racism and biases exacerbate access to computer science education, and 2) An internal gaze on the lack of diversity among our RPP. Key to each of these findings is the collective focus on an ever-changing definition of equity that encouraged our RPP to see our agency as school leaders in disrupting inequality and enacting change.

Authors

• Roxana Hadad, University of California - Los Angeles
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• Jean J. Ryoo, University of California - Los Angeles
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• Julie Flapan, University of California - Los Angeles
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• Joel Martin Knudson, American Institutes for Research
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• Paula Nazario, University of California - Los Angeles
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