Articles

Evidence-informed thought leadership, research, and articles from the National Equity Project on leadership, youth-centered education, system conditions, and related topics.

Sara Gray Sara Gray

Leadership for Learner-Centered Education

It will require new forms of leadership to transform our outdated education system toward a modern, learner-centered ecosystem approach, and we need to develop the capacity to lead these changes in every community.

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Sara Gray Sara Gray

Ecosystems of Care: Mental Health & Wellbeing in Schools

Protecting young people from adversity, promoting socio-emotional learning and psychological well-being, and ensuring access to mental health care are critical for their health and well-being during adolescence, and shape long-term outcomes into adulthood.

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Sara Gray Sara Gray

Targeted Universalism: Our Path Forward

Targeted Universalism is an approach to advancing equity and justice that acknowledges our common goals and shared fate as human beings, while also addressing the stark contrasts in access to opportunity between different groups of people.

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Sara Gray Sara Gray

What if We… Don’t Return to School as Usual

The biggest changes in our society have only come about when there was a strong enough disturbance — an interruption to “business as usual” — and when people were willing to come together even though the path forward was cloudy.

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