Fostering Improvement: a reflection on equity-centered improvement across three initiatives
In this conceptual piece, we explore the emerging definition of equity-centered improvement in education. We describe how the Center for Educational Improvement and Innovation, a partnership center at the University of Maryland College Park, both conceptualizes and operationalizes equity across thre...
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| author | Segun Eubanks Christine M. Neumerski Pamela Catherine Callahan Douglas Anthony Jean Snell Damaries Blondonville William Viviani Laura Liccione Laura Liccione |
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| description | In this conceptual piece, we explore the emerging definition of equity-centered improvement in education. We describe how the Center for Educational Improvement and Innovation, a partnership center at the University of Maryland College Park, both conceptualizes and operationalizes equity across three initiatives: (1) a district-embedded networked improvement community focused on math achievement and social/emotional learning; (2) a school improvement leadership academy which offers evidence-based professional learning to principals and assistant principals serving in high need schools in Maryland and New Jersey; and (3) a racial and social justice collaborative utilizing a research-practice partnership to address issues of equity within Maryland school districts. We present this article as a type of “reflective practice” as we consider how equity-focused continuous improvement plays out across these three initiatives. In focusing on how each initiative embeds and develops equity-focused improvement practices, we investigate the connection between our shared understanding of equity and its implementation. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-6d167d0b57494d70b70df3da5521141e2025-08-20T02:34:46ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Education2504-284X2024-12-01910.3389/feduc.2024.14343621434362Fostering Improvement: a reflection on equity-centered improvement across three initiativesSegun Eubanks0Christine M. Neumerski1Pamela Catherine Callahan2Douglas Anthony3Jean Snell4Damaries Blondonville5William Viviani6Laura Liccione7Laura Liccione8Center for Educational Innovation and Improvement, University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD, United StatesCenter for Educational Innovation and Improvement, University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD, United StatesCenter for Educational Innovation and Improvement, University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD, United StatesCenter for Educational Innovation and Improvement, University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD, United StatesCenter for Educational Innovation and Improvement, University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD, United StatesCenter for Educational Innovation and Improvement, University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD, United StatesCenter for Educational Innovation and Improvement, University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD, United StatesCenter for Educational Innovation and Improvement, University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD, United StatesPrince George’s County Public Schools and the Center for Educational Innovation and Improvement, University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD, United StatesIn this conceptual piece, we explore the emerging definition of equity-centered improvement in education. We describe how the Center for Educational Improvement and Innovation, a partnership center at the University of Maryland College Park, both conceptualizes and operationalizes equity across three initiatives: (1) a district-embedded networked improvement community focused on math achievement and social/emotional learning; (2) a school improvement leadership academy which offers evidence-based professional learning to principals and assistant principals serving in high need schools in Maryland and New Jersey; and (3) a racial and social justice collaborative utilizing a research-practice partnership to address issues of equity within Maryland school districts. We present this article as a type of “reflective practice” as we consider how equity-focused continuous improvement plays out across these three initiatives. In focusing on how each initiative embeds and develops equity-focused improvement practices, we investigate the connection between our shared understanding of equity and its implementation.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feduc.2024.1434362/fullimprovementreflective practiceequityK-12research practice partnerships |
| spellingShingle | Segun Eubanks Christine M. Neumerski Pamela Catherine Callahan Douglas Anthony Jean Snell Damaries Blondonville William Viviani Laura Liccione Laura Liccione Fostering Improvement: a reflection on equity-centered improvement across three initiatives Frontiers in Education improvement reflective practice equity K-12 research practice partnerships |
| title | Fostering Improvement: a reflection on equity-centered improvement across three initiatives |
| title_full | Fostering Improvement: a reflection on equity-centered improvement across three initiatives |
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| title_short | Fostering Improvement: a reflection on equity-centered improvement across three initiatives |
| title_sort | fostering improvement a reflection on equity centered improvement across three initiatives |
| topic | improvement reflective practice equity K-12 research practice partnerships |
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