Researchers from the University of Washington’s College of Education and community partners collaborated with families, communities and educators from across Washington state to create a bold, direction-setting \u201croadmap\u201d for reducing barriers of institutional racism in Washington state\u2019s P-12 education system. Funded by the Washington Education Association (WEA) and the National Education Association (NEA), this project aimed to understand the level and types of investments and practices (i.e., policies, decision-making, and actions, and within Washington\u2019s specific historical context) needed to address and eliminate systemic educational inequities from the perspective of families, students and communities that have been historically underserved.<\/p>\n
We engaged with communities of color, including students of color, teachers and administrators of color and their networks, as well as other educators throughout the state through various research efforts, focus groups, and other forms of data collection. This research is driven by the fact that non-dominant communities have lacked authentic opportunities to describe and influence the types of investments and policies they believe are most needed to address educational justice in P-12 education in our state.<\/p>\n
The Roadmap Report summarizes four core principles that emerged across the thirteen individual projects and provides guidance for enacting sustainable organizational practices toward educational justice.<\/p>\n
A Roadmap to Reducing Barriers to Educational Justice in Washington State: Overview<\/a><\/p>\n Project co-leads: Manka Varghese, Ana Elfers & Marge Plecki<\/p>\n Native Perspectives on Educational (In)equity in Washington State: Reclaiming Educational Sovereignty<\/a><\/p>\n Dana Arviso, University of Washington, Seattle; Anne Marie Guerrettaz, Washington State University, Pullman; Laina Phillips, Wellpinit High School; Melodi Wynne, Spokane Tribal Network<\/p>\n Paramount Duty of the State: A Brief History of Educational Equity and Inequality in Washington State<\/a><\/p>\n Nancy Beadie, University of Washington, Seattle<\/p>\n Who Gets to be a Child? Mothering Young Children of Color with Disabilities and the Politics of Resisting Normalcy<\/a><\/p>\n Maggie Beneke, University of Washington, Seattle, Shayla Collins, The Arc of King County, and Selma Powell, University of Washington, Seattle<\/p>\n Working Towards Educational Justice at State and District Levels: Perspectives of Educational Leaders<\/a><\/p>\n Ana Elfers and Marge Plecki, University of Washington, Seattle<\/p>\n How Retention and Mobility Outcomes Differ for Teachers of Color in Washington State<\/a><\/p>\n Ana Elfers, Marge Plecki, Ni Bei and Youngwon Kim, University of Washington, Seattle<\/p>\n STEM Learning as Care Work<\/a><\/p>\n Katie Headrick Taylor, Jiyoung Lee, Erin Riesland, and Mack Ikeru, University of Washington, Seattle<\/p>\n Resources, Challenges and Possibilities in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse School Districts<\/a><\/p>\n Eric J. Johnson, Washington State University, Tri-Cities<\/p>\n Establishing Priorities for Education Finance Under Fiscal Uncertainty: Recommendations for Washington State Policymakers<\/a><\/p>\n David S. Knight and Marge Plecki, University of Washington, Seattle<\/p>\n A Community Perspective on Educational Justice in the Time of COVID<\/a><\/p>\n Sharonne Navas, Equity in Education Coalition<\/p>\n Restoring the \u2018Education Debt\u2019: Equity Priorities for Children and Families in BIPOC and Immigrant Communities in Washington<\/a><\/p>\n Soojin Oh Park and Kaixin Li, University of Washington, Seattle<\/p>\n Achieving Educational Justice for Washington\u2019s Students of Color<\/a><\/p>\n Aneesa Roidad and Dhani Srinivasan, Seattle, WA<\/p>\nIndividual Project Reports<\/h3>\n