https://www.nationalequityproject.org/blog daily 0.75 2025-08-12 https://www.nationalequityproject.org/blog/building-caring-education-systems-amp-learning-environments monthly 0.5 2025-08-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e32157bff63c7446f3f1529/f4923464-d56f-4c08-8434-140f05238ccd/where+life+is+precious.png Blog - Building Caring Education Systems & Learning Environments - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.nationalequityproject.org/blog/activate-hope-for-public-education monthly 0.5 2025-07-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e32157bff63c7446f3f1529/5a8cbbc3-3454-4875-92fa-3b96136f552e/activate+hope.png Blog - Activate Hope for Public Education - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.nationalequityproject.org/blog/solidarity-is-our-superpower monthly 0.5 2025-06-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e32157bff63c7446f3f1529/c1a9e0f8-6990-434f-8528-9cd054d0ddbb/Solidarity+is+our+Superpower.png Blog - Solidarity is Our Superpower - Make it stand out Image description: An illustration of diverse hands linked together. The words “SOLIDARITY IS OUR SUPERPOWER” are written in red. NEP logo in bottom right. https://www.nationalequityproject.org/blog/navigating-change monthly 0.5 2025-03-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e32157bff63c7446f3f1529/22cb4e7b-8bc7-4b27-9886-880bf5da4e7f/Navigating+Change+Header.png Blog - Navigating Change - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e32157bff63c7446f3f1529/1742231986443-QEI8ZBLH64RM00XOFJV5/Adaptive+Strategic+Planning+Resources.png Blog - Navigating Change - The Future of Strategic Planning https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e32157bff63c7446f3f1529/1742231986139-RVR2Z9ZDLY6ZFVXYGEVR/NEP+Paper+Thumbnail+-+Adaptive+Strategic+Plan.png Blog - Navigating Change - Adaptive Strategic Planning for Complex Times https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e32157bff63c7446f3f1529/1742231987454-Y9MLUNEAT22UUPO7FOLH/Strategic+Plan+Vision+Thumbnail.png Blog - Navigating Change - From Static to Strategic - ERS https://www.nationalequityproject.org/blog/black-history-reminds-us monthly 0.5 2025-02-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e32157bff63c7446f3f1529/c3fe05c8-7527-4fbb-88f7-e1ebd8f244fd/NEP+Black+History+Month+2025 Blog - Black History Reminds Us - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.nationalequityproject.org/blog/leading-forward-together monthly 0.5 2025-02-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e32157bff63c7446f3f1529/c3200557-fb95-4b91-92a7-ffff59c59dc9/leading+forward.png Blog - Leading Forward, Together - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.nationalequityproject.org/blog/we-belong-to-each-other monthly 0.5 2023-12-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e32157bff63c7446f3f1529/ea9f4a02-4f5c-4f86-ab9d-9ffaf4ffa6ce/St-Teresa-quote.png Blog - We Belong To Each Other - “If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.” Saint Teresa of Calcutta https://www.nationalequityproject.org/blog/scotus-affirmative-action-decision monthly 0.5 2024-12-03 https://www.nationalequityproject.org/blog/we-need-black-august-now-more-than-ever monthly 0.5 2022-08-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e32157bff63c7446f3f1529/2d857d9e-f482-406b-9d66-89e5fee97786/bp-1.jpg Blog - We Need Black August Now More Than Ever - Make it stand out Attendees smile at the Revolutionary People's Party Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, September 1970. Photo: David Fenton via Getty Images. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e32157bff63c7446f3f1529/df0a57c8-e6bd-4f17-8be1-3c468c9aaa40/George+Jackson+-+Freedom+Archives Blog - We Need Black August Now More Than Ever - Make it stand out This video from the Freedom Archives includes interviews with George Jackson, Georgia Jackson (George and Jonathan Jackson’s mother) and Angela Davis. https://www.nationalequityproject.org/blog/networks-anchored-in-interdependency monthly 0.5 2022-04-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e32157bff63c7446f3f1529/ff370f6c-8c03-44eb-a96b-4ef66a75a368/pando.jpg Blog - Networks Anchored in Interdependence - Make it stand out Pando aspen clone at Fish Lake, Image by U.S. Forest Service. “When the Pando clone was discovered, scientists named it with a Latin word that means “I spread.” Pando is an aspen clone that originated from a single seed and spreads by sending up new shoots from the expanding root system.” Learn more about the Pando clone. https://www.nationalequityproject.org/blog/rest-as-resistance-and-freedom monthly 0.5 2022-11-02 https://www.nationalequityproject.org/blog/the-schools-our-youth-demand monthly 0.5 2021-11-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e32157bff63c7446f3f1529/1633631708416-ETILUASNDRRXG8TSQJ94/02_OurDemands_InkFactory_Print.jpg Blog - The Schools Our Youth Demand - Make it stand out [Image Description: A mindmap word graphic on a black background of themes that surfaced during the Youth Liberation Symposium. There are also small graphics such as hearts, paintbrush, megaphone, text book, gender symbol, magazine, and t-shirt scattered throughout the graphic. In the top left corner, the graphic title "Voicing Our Demands" is in large yellow font. On the right, phrases from symposium particpants are in small red, yellow, or gray font. Phrases include "we demand a seat at the table", "native plants", safe space for BIPOC", "educate on racism", "community development", "createive expression", "being radical organizers", "find co-conspirators", "learn ethnic studies", "radicalized incident reporting", "public schools", "it takes effort to show up", and "you are never alone," Below the title, in medium-sized yellow font are three primary themes. From left to right, the three primary themes are "Representation", "Respect Our Health", and "Educators." Each primary theme is surrounded by subsets and phrases related to that subset. The first theme is "Representation." There six subsets surrounding that theme are clockwise as follows: disabled people, student voices, marginalized communities, BIPOC, true history, and queer & trans. Each subset has related phrases in small red, yellow, or gray font. The first subset is disabled people. The related phrase related is "increase accessibility." The second subset is student voices. The related phrase is "different abilities." The third subset is marginalized communities. The are no related phrases. The fourth subset is BIPOC. The related phrases are "racial literacy", "our history", "ethnic studies taught by people of color", "remove anti-Arab language", and "anti-racist education." The fifth subset is true history. The related phrases are "native genocide", "inclusive text books", and "move away from eurocentrism." The sixth subset is queer & trans. The related phrases are "sex ed", "gender neutral bathroom", "free menstrual products", and "names." The second theme is "Respect Our Health." In small red font are phrases related to to this theme. The phrases are "mental and physical", "rehabilitation space", and "equals not subjects." The third theme is "Educators." In small red, gray, or yellow font, the phrases related to this theme are "restorative council", "consult students", "equitable dress code", "pro dev training", "hire diverse faculty", "reflects the student body", "vote on school policy", "involve students", "respect different learning styles", "advisory teachers", "mental health", "student's choice", "supportive", and "students evaluate teachers anonymously."] https://www.nationalequityproject.org/blog/freedom-dreaming monthly 0.5 2026-02-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e32157bff63c7446f3f1529/1630010728904-X8FBH4JXL85QDN3KERZX/pexels-joshua-abner-3605015.jpg Blog - Freedom is a Collective Project - Make it stand out [Image Description: Black woman with curly hair in a billowing floral wrap dress, arms outstretched, eyes gently closed in front of a majestic green hillside.] https://www.nationalequityproject.org/blog/exercise-creative-courage monthly 0.5 2021-05-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e32157bff63c7446f3f1529/1621966941165-TA2ZDGO35OFVJE75GPBS/michelle-obama-courage.png Blog - Exercise Creative Courage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e32157bff63c7446f3f1529/1621967337857-VS4TU26BQ5WXG776DQPP/CreativeCourage.png Blog - Exercise Creative Courage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e32157bff63c7446f3f1529/1621967361750-T836TZBSG359TB6P140E/CreativeCourage_Card.png Blog - Exercise Creative Courage https://www.nationalequityproject.org/blog/black-historys-deep-roots monthly 0.5 2022-02-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e32157bff63c7446f3f1529/1614187256704-DMRE812EKL3LTAIIHFAO/Marcus+Garvey+%281%29.png Blog - Deeply Rooted in Black History [Image Description: Background is a cloth that has a single large red, black, and green stripe with a semi-transparent overlay of a dark gray tree with deep roots. Across the background image is a quote attributed to Marcus Garvey that reads, “A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.”] https://www.nationalequityproject.org/blog/dear-dr-cardona-prioritize-teacher-learning monthly 0.5 2022-09-29 https://www.nationalequityproject.org/blog/healing-our-nation-from-the-inside-out monthly 0.5 2022-09-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e32157bff63c7446f3f1529/1611168677166-ACKM4GXZLJA83WOE1WCQ/cosmic-timetraveler-Wb2JCFVa59Q-unsplash.jpg Blog - Healing Our Nation From the Inside Out [Image Description: A vignetted photograph of a single hens and chicks succulent with a green leaves rimmed in purple.] Photo by Cosmic Timetraveler on Unsplash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e32157bff63c7446f3f1529/1611170498416-W8742BLMQ9EQCT0OPQDI/liberatory-design-healing-2.jpg Blog - Healing Our Nation From the Inside Out [Image Description: Column 1: Left - Handrawn are five wooden figures with images of broken hearts on their bodies looking at a plant growing on the center of the table they are surrounding. Beneath the illustration is text as follows: Heading: Attend to Healing Body: Doing equity work includes on-going healing from the effects of oppression to increase our agency for liberatory design. Column 2: Right - Heading: Why Body: We must attend to healing from both past and current traumas to be able to stay in this work, engender a sense of well-being, collaborate in truly liberatory ways and build authentic relationships. Status quo culture pressures us to be constantly executing, working through pain and discomfort in order to be efficient and productive. We believe this brings toxicity into teams and fuels inequitable work. We instead believe that healing is a critical element of this work. We also acknowledge that healing is a never-ending state of being and not something to be “resolved.” Heading: How Body: Establish protocols for how to name when someone is feeling pain or there is opportunity for healing. Identify regular methods to practice healing in group and private settings (poetry, check-ins, somatic body work, work retreats, mental health support, etc). Include time and space for healing in all project planning timelines. Explore existing framework for managing conflict, equitability, for example restorative justice practices.] https://www.nationalequityproject.org/blog/time-to-rest-notice-and-reflect monthly 0.5 2022-07-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e32157bff63c7446f3f1529/1608315951168-PNCRH7CVUSDGSIHTW0V9/rest-resistance-nap-ministry Blog - Time to Rest, Notice and Reflect - Collective Grief & Healing Playlist by the Nap Ministry https://www.nationalequityproject.org/blog/rebel-leadership-for-our-collective-future monthly 0.5 2020-10-12 https://www.nationalequityproject.org/impact daily 0.75 2026-01-29 https://www.nationalequityproject.org/impact/bcps monthly 0.5 2026-01-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e32157bff63c7446f3f1529/d70ea333-96be-4f0d-8f85-2ad2124790c7/battle+creek+public+schools+bcps+national+equity+project+nep+4.jpg Impact - Nearly a Decade of Commitment: How Battle Creek Public Schools Built a Foundation for Equity - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e32157bff63c7446f3f1529/6aa41948-b7ec-4722-8c5f-185f01d52f5a/battle+creek+public+schools+bcps+national+equity+project+nep+3.jpg Impact - Nearly a Decade of Commitment: How Battle Creek Public Schools Built a Foundation for Equity - Make it stand out CPS at NEP’s District Redesign Network retreat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e32157bff63c7446f3f1529/01a29980-bf95-4531-87eb-021df1eac110/battle+creek+public+schools+bcps+national+equity+project+nep+5.jpg Impact - Nearly a Decade of Commitment: How Battle Creek Public Schools Built a Foundation for Equity - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e32157bff63c7446f3f1529/9b2ed6e8-2f1f-473a-9b5b-7aec059ff57d/BCPS_Grad2025_-320.jpg Impact - Nearly a Decade of Commitment: How Battle Creek Public Schools Built a Foundation for Equity - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.nationalequityproject.org/impact/cps-nep monthly 0.5 2026-01-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e32157bff63c7446f3f1529/069a6cba-68ba-47d3-8f3b-f9f3c12bfd22/CPS+Office+of+Equity.jpg Impact - How Chicago Public Schools is Transforming Education Through Data-Driven Equity Leadership - Make it stand out L to R: CPS Network Chief Antonio Acevedo, NEP’s Linda Ponce de Leon, CPS Principal Vauncia Allen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e32157bff63c7446f3f1529/5d703321-e65b-4be7-8688-a5bca8174a45/Chicago+Public+Schools+NEP.jpg Impact - How Chicago Public Schools is Transforming Education Through Data-Driven Equity Leadership - Make it stand out CPS at NEP’s District Redesign Network retreat https://www.nationalequityproject.org/impact/youth-organizers monthly 0.5 2025-11-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e32157bff63c7446f3f1529/30cf6e23-45f9-46a2-85fd-398ef996fe0b/NEP+Youth+Organizer+Coaches+3.png Impact - From Student Voices to System Change: How Youth Organizers Reshaped Educational Equity - Make it stand out Youth Organizing Coaches L to R: Ana De Almeida Amaral, Micah Daniels, Izadora Lopez https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e32157bff63c7446f3f1529/aed839e4-2fa5-42c5-bdf4-02d6a1e92726/NEP+Youth+Organizer+Coaches+2.png Impact - From Student Voices to System Change: How Youth Organizers Reshaped Educational Equity - Make it stand out Youth organizing coaches and program participants. https://www.nationalequityproject.org/impact/abaker-nep monthly 0.5 2025-11-27 https://www.nationalequityproject.org/impact/lfe-2025 monthly 0.5 2025-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e32157bff63c7446f3f1529/89bbff1c-efd9-4f05-8a79-3509766db6c1/national+equity+project+k-12+education+leadership+development+institute+7.jpg Impact - Reimagining Leadership for Equity to Center Student Thriving - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e32157bff63c7446f3f1529/1fb8de5a-d15b-4935-bd83-40bc0053b1ba/national+equity+project+k-12+education+leadership+development+institute+4.jpg Impact - Reimagining Leadership for Equity to Center Student Thriving - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e32157bff63c7446f3f1529/0da8648a-66f6-4e9f-a4f7-4f2759adc4f4/national+equity+project+k-12+education+leadership+development+institute+6.jpg Impact - Reimagining Leadership for Equity to Center Student Thriving - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.nationalequityproject.org/impact/davisjusd-nep monthly 0.5 2025-11-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e32157bff63c7446f3f1529/88a11219-06ac-4924-b81c-a799e45589dc/Davis+joint+unified+school+district+National+equity+project+1.jpg Impact - School District Builds Leadership From Within - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e32157bff63c7446f3f1529/66c047b4-44c6-4b52-a70e-72e5fdb791cc/Davis+joint+unified+school+district+National+equity+project+2.jpg Impact - School District Builds Leadership From Within - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e32157bff63c7446f3f1529/29ab2281-853a-4c25-87e5-a2f73cf88837/Davis+joint+unified+school+district+National+equity+project+3.jpg Impact - School District Builds Leadership From Within - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.nationalequityproject.org/impact/lfecx-institute monthly 0.5 2025-07-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e32157bff63c7446f3f1529/4b28d2fc-e38a-484f-84ba-6b10466e83c3/national+equity+project+training+leading+for+equity+complex+systems.jpg Impact - Finding Agency in Complexity: Equipping Education Leaders for Uncertain Times - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e32157bff63c7446f3f1529/198be8da-f8db-413b-a78f-2f0760f6c9b7/national+equity+project+training+leading+for+equity+complexity+systems+institute.jpg Impact - Finding Agency in Complexity: Equipping Education Leaders for Uncertain Times - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e32157bff63c7446f3f1529/66e62cc7-d8a3-4d16-abef-1ec45c96061c/national+equity+project+training+leading+for+equity+framework+complex+systems.jpg Impact - Finding Agency in Complexity: Equipping Education Leaders for Uncertain Times - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e32157bff63c7446f3f1529/37519460-45d3-4724-bc10-e0f6f8b7f287/national+equity+project+training+lfecx+institute+complexity+leading+for+equity.jpg Impact - Finding Agency in Complexity: Equipping Education Leaders for Uncertain Times - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e32157bff63c7446f3f1529/944afd96-ff03-444d-ab9a-23061dec2cdd/national+equity+project+leading+for+equity+in+complex+systems+institute+training.jpg Impact - Finding Agency in Complexity: Equipping Education Leaders for Uncertain Times - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.nationalequityproject.org/impact/drn-year-one monthly 0.5 2025-06-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e32157bff63c7446f3f1529/8e0877ca-9fdc-4221-b611-1aa12ef088dd/district+redesign+network+national+equity+project.jpg Impact - Transforming Student Experience through System Redesign: NEP’s District Redesign Network - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e32157bff63c7446f3f1529/d1392b59-c862-4e80-b090-6fa9b2649568/woo+coach+national+equity+project+district+redesign+network.jpg Impact - Transforming Student Experience through System Redesign: NEP’s District Redesign Network - “That one-on-one time that they spend with us is really important. They come to our site in our community and sit down with us and are so willing to listen.” — Principal, DRN Participant https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e32157bff63c7446f3f1529/292cd03f-6d7d-45a0-b3c7-eb6989a3d48e/DRN+23-24+Districts+national+equity+project.png Impact - Transforming Student Experience through System Redesign: NEP’s District Redesign Network - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e32157bff63c7446f3f1529/ef956f10-6037-4e90-ac16-ef27db18fa71/district+redesign+network+leadership+national+equity+project.jpg Impact - Transforming Student Experience through System Redesign: NEP’s District Redesign Network - “I used to think equity leadership was something people could choose, and now I think it's really being aware of the characteristics of a complex system and systems change as a whole.” — Vice Principal, DRN Participant https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e32157bff63c7446f3f1529/c7d6f21f-c521-4066-8fd9-c78fcd8bf0ea/national+equity+project+district+redesign+network.JPG Impact - Transforming Student Experience through System Redesign: NEP’s District Redesign Network - “I feel so happy to be able to say that we're looking at the opportunities for growth, and then we're putting action behind it. We are having those difficult conversations. We're being actionable about change, greater change for everyone.” — Equity Supervisor, DRN Participant https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e32157bff63c7446f3f1529/9a9e9086-2c1c-4d13-bd28-257853c57f26/national+equity+project+district+redesign+network+drn.jpg Impact - Transforming Student Experience through System Redesign: NEP’s District Redesign Network - “The lesson that stood out the most for me from year one was patience and the power of listening. I never thought that listening was an action step, and it turns out that, after looking back at the year, it was probably the most important thing that I did, and that my team did.” — Principal, DRN Participant https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e32157bff63c7446f3f1529/230c20f5-1a58-4446-a05b-b48ab4f052b9/national+equity+project+coach+district+redesign+network.jpg Impact - Transforming Student Experience through System Redesign: NEP’s District Redesign Network - “This is the year of designing of action, right? 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https://www.nationalequityproject.org/30years-stories daily 0.75 2026-01-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e32157bff63c7446f3f1529/e00fef50-8a42-4f8c-8a30-f5572225fef3/Steve+Jubb.jpg 30 Years of Transforming Leadership In 1995, the Bay Area Coalition of Essential Schools (BayCES) was founded as a regional hub of the national Coalition for Essential Schools, hiring Steve Jubb as its first Executive Director. Initially, the work focused on spreading and supporting CES practices in Bay Area schools, primarily non-urban high schools in the South Bay. Steve was an unapologetic and relentless leader committed to advancing equity. In 1998, he led the organization to change its name to the Bay Area Coalition for Equitable Schools, a deliberate choice to make explicit its commitment to equity and emphasize the urgent need to address historical and institutional racism, classism, and other forms of bias in education. He also led the critical work of evolving BayCES into a truly multiracial organization. Steve was a merchant of hope who believed anything was possible. His prophetic wisdom and open-hearted leadership established that school reform without an explicit equity focus risks perpetuating the very inequities it aimed to solve. He taught the organization a hard-fought lesson now implanted deep in NEP's DNA: it is necessary to invest in and build authentic, meaningful relationships across roles, identities and ideology so that together, we can do the complex, messy, painful, and extraordinary work that progress requires. In 2020, our NEP family mourned the loss of a visionary, mentor, co-conspirator, coach and ally—a true equity warrior and rebel leader. Steve’s life's work and legacy continue to guide us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e32157bff63c7446f3f1529/1767635853617-FCIOV59QNY0KO97FZT1R/10th%252BCommon%252BPrinciple.png 30 Years of Transforming Leadership In 1995 BayCES was established as a regional center of the national Coalition of Essential Schools (CES). Founded in 1984, CES built a national network of schools that committed to nine Common Principles that emphasized personalized learning, student engagement, and the importance of a supportive school community. In 1997, BayCES achieved a transformative milestone that would reshape educational reform nationwide: advocating for the addition of the Coalition for Essential Schools' 10th Common Principle on Democracy and Equity. This was a fundamental reimagining of the purpose of school reform efforts. The principle declared: "The school should demonstrate non-discriminatory and inclusive policies, practices, and pedagogies. It should model democratic practices that involve all who are directly affected by the school. The school should honor diversity and build on the strength of its communities, deliberately and explicitly challenging all forms of inequity." BayCES recognized that without explicitly centering equity and democratic participation, school reform risked perpetuating the very inequities it sought to address. By championing this 10th principle, BayCES ensured that equity wasn't an afterthought but a foundational commitment, influencing hundreds of schools across the Coalition network and establishing a framework that continues to guide a movement for educational equity today. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e32157bff63c7446f3f1529/eb624eda-c531-4829-b06d-4e22db9567e6/LaShawn+Route%CC%81+Chatmon.jpg 30 Years of Transforming Leadership LaShawn Routé Chatmon joined BayCES in 2001, beginning a journey that would transform both her career and the organization itself. She served as a coach and director of BayCES' high school redesign initiative, where her team pioneered innovative approaches to school design, principal network development, and site coaching that transformed educational experiences and outcomes for teachers and students in Oakland. LaShawn became the founding Executive Director, and later CEO of the National Equity Project, leading the organization's bold transition from the Bay Area Coalition for Equitable Schools to a national platform. Under her visionary leadership, NEP has catalyzed a movement to revitalize our country's approach to equity in education, expanding the organization's reach and impact far beyond the Bay Area while remaining rooted in the core values and principles established in its earliest days. Prior to joining NEP, LaShawn served as a teacher and leader at Bay Area schools, including co-directing The Diversity Project with Dr. Pedro Noguera at UC Berkeley—a school-university action research initiative addressing racial achievement disparities. Her leadership continues to shape not only NEP but the broader national conversation about educational equity and justice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e32157bff63c7446f3f1529/1767635238968-EP7CYSDK5YMAZ99JKTGM/Small%2BSchools%2BMovement.png 30 Years of Transforming Leadership From 2000 to 2008, BayCES was a catalyst in the Small Schools movement in Oakland, Berkeley, and Emeryville, CA. The small schools philosophy wasn't just about size—it was about creating environments where relationships mattered, where every student was known, and where equity could be intentionally designed into the school's DNA. Through coaching, policy advocacy, and community organizing, BayCES worked alongside educators and families, particularly in partnership with Oakland Community Organizations, to reimagine what schools could be. The movement created schools where personalization replaced anonymity, where democratic practices were lived rather than taught, and where equity wasn't aspirational but operational. By 2008, over 40 new small schools had opened in Oakland alone. From 2004 to 2009, Oakland became the most improved large district in California in terms of Academic Performance Index. The impact rippled beyond the Bay Area, contributing to a national conversation about school reform and demonstrating that structural change, when grounded in equity, could transform educational outcomes for historically underserved communities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e32157bff63c7446f3f1529/1767635900470-QE3T12F3WGF4R2M6MAJA/LFE%2BInstitute.jpg 30 Years of Transforming Leadership In 2002, BayCES hosted its first Leading for Equity Institute in Sonoma County, convening In 2002, BayCES hosted its first Leading for Equity Institute in Sonoma County, convening school teams to deepen their relationships, leadership practice, and collective capacity to address equity challenges in their schools. For over two decades, the Leading for Equity Institute has been a transformational experience and a mainstay of NEP's professional learning offerings, evolving continually to meet the needs of thousands of educational leaders navigating an increasingly complex landscape. Grounded in Julian Weissglass and Ana Becerra's provocation that "Leading for Equity means taking responsibility for what matters to you," the institute has undergone significant reimagining over the years while continuing its emphasis on leading from the inside-out. Most recently, the LFE institute has also evolved to center students and their experiences more explicitly, introducing research-based Essential Leadership Practices and replacing timelines of oppression with timelines of resistance—emphasizing collective agency and reminding participants they can influence change today. Beyond building equity awareness, today’s Leading for Equity Institute provides concrete tools and actionable strategies, helping leaders develop implementation plans to apply in their contexts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e32157bff63c7446f3f1529/69434842-10ec-4ded-a2b6-feabb9756534/Coaching+for+Equity.jpg 30 Years of Transforming Leadership In 2005, after more than a decade of coaching in schools across the Bay Area, BayCES formalized what would become a transformative framework: our Coaching for Equity model. The framework articulated 10 core beliefs that challenged conventional coaching paradigms, beginning with a powerful assertion: "Educational transformation and equity can be achieved – we are 'merchants of hope.'" The Coaching for Equity model recognized that traditional coaching often avoided the hardest conversations. BayCES insisted that coaches must explicitly name their commitment to equity, build the will and emotional intelligence of leaders to take action, and facilitate difficult discourse about race, bias, power, and privilege—topics typically avoided in schools.Central to the framework was a profound belief in people's capacity to solve inequity when given the right support, and an understanding that progress requires healing, honest reflection, and improved alliances across difference. By codifying these beliefs, BayCES created more than a methodology—the Coaching for Equity framework gave educators nationwide a language and approach for transforming schools, establishing coaching as an essential lever for dismantling systemic barriers and advancing educational justice. The original Coaching for Equity model laid the groundwork for NEP’s Coaching in Complexity Model that is employed by our coaches in our work with partners today. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e32157bff63c7446f3f1529/b6a61e9c-f919-4e28-8a5c-05481ab1da85/Fremont+High.png 30 Years of Transforming Leadership In the late 1990s, East Oakland's Fremont High School was plagued by safety concerns, high dropout rates, and severe underenrollment. It was a place families avoided sending their children if they could. Over 25 years later and across multiple redesign efforts, the campus has transformed into an award-winning community school. BayCES played a key role in Fremont’s early transformation efforts. In 2002, BayCES supported the Fremont community, including leaders like Betsye Steele, Benjamin Schmookler, Daniel Hurst, Robin Glover, and then-student leader Nidya Baez, to co-design four new small schools across what became known as the Fremont Federation of High Schools. The small schools—College Preparatory and Architecture Academy, Mandela High School, Media College Preparatory High School, and Paul Robeson High School of the Arts– functioned autonomously while located on the same campus. BayCES/NEP teammates LaShawn Routé Chatmon, Sandy Calvo, Kathleen Osta, Lisa Lasky, Leslie Plettner, and Mark Salinas gained early coaching in complexity chops by supporting leaders and teams at all of the small schools on the Fremont campus to not only utilize data-based inquiry and action research, but also to develop their equity leadership in collaborating with both communities and colleagues. In 2012, the small schools re-unified into Fremont High School and in 2015-16 underwent another round of community-driven reform to redesign the campus into a community school. Today, the school focuses on college-readiness and career-focused Linked Learning pathways, with restorative justice integrated school-wide. Graduation rates at Fremont have climbed to 81% (matching the district average) and teacher retention exceeds district averages. The school has a lengthy waiting list and is a cherished hub in its East Oakland neighborhood. Former student Nidya Baez’s story demonstrates the lasting power of building youth leadership through co-design. After graduating from Fremont and then UC Berkeley, Nidya returned to Fremont as a teacher, then community school manager, assistant principal and has led the school as principal since 2022. To learn more about the incredible story of Fremont High School, watch "Rooted in Oakland: A Community School Takes Shape" by Susan Zeig. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e32157bff63c7446f3f1529/1075a96a-7bb2-4862-a21c-8a01a7c1cca9/Victor+Cary+national+equity+project.jpg 30 Years of Transforming Leadership Victor Cary joined BayCES in 2001 after spending two years at the National Office of the Coalition of Essential Schools as Director of Center and School Support. Victor brought experience from his 15 years at UC Berkeley where he directed the Math, Engineering, and Science Achievement (MESA) and California Alliance for Mathematics and Science (CAMS) Initiatives, supporting students of color to pursue degrees in STEM and promoting statewide adoption of standards-based curriculum and instruction in mathematics and science. Victor’s career began as a high school history teacher in Richmond, California, where his experience working with poor children and children of color deepened his commitment to educational equity, with particular emphasis on supporting the academic achievement and emotional well-being of each child. During his 24-year tenure as director at NEP, Victor became the architect of several transformative equity-centered frameworks that would define the organization's approach and influence the field nationally. He led the development of Leading for Equity, Coaching for Equity, Coaching in Complexity, and Liberatory Design—frameworks that gave educators concrete tools and language for navigating complexity while keeping equity at the center. After retiring in 2024, Victor continues as Advisor Emeritus, providing strategic counsel to NEP's leadership and contributing thought leadership to the field. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e32157bff63c7446f3f1529/86b7b427-8ff6-4f8b-ac35-8edd18793da9/BHS.JPG 30 Years of Transforming Leadership In 2003, Berkeley High School, one of California’s largest and most diverse high schools, grappled with how to create a more personalized, equitable learning environment for all of their 3,000 students. Initial change efforts were catalyzed by teachers and administrators, parent organizers like United in Action and Parents of Children of African Descent (PCAD), and students. BayCES/NEP teammates Victor Cary, Ken Yale, Sandy Calvo, Daphannie Stephens, and Lisa Lasky worked alongside Berkeley High educators like Rick Ayers, Annie Johnston, Miriam Stahl, Linda Carr, Joel Hildebrand, Irma Parker, Dave Stevens, Amy Crawford, and many more to design and launch several small schools grounded in the belief that strong relationships, rigorous instruction, and relevant curriculum could unlock potential for students who had been historically underserved. Principal Jim Slemp was a champion of the small schools at BHS, leading the school from 2003-2010. “Jim Slemp was an expert in working through the complicated processes of schooling,” says Victor Cary, who coached Jim for years at the Peet’s Coffee flagship store in Berkeley. “But where things really mattered – trying to create greater equity, particularly for students furthest from opportunity, he was the real deal. He gave people lots of space to figure things out.” Sadly, Jim passed in 2020. Berkeley High reorganized into four theme-based small schools: Arts and Humanities Academy, Communication Arts and Sciences (which teacher Rick Ayers had founded in 1997), Community Partnerships Academy, and School of Social Justice and Ecology, alongside two comprehensive programs, Academic Choice and Berkeley International High School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e32157bff63c7446f3f1529/848259d4-1206-4bc2-9531-5771c301e170/NEP-BayCES.png 30 Years of Transforming Leadership In 2010, the Bay Area Coalition for Equitable Schools (BayCES) took a bold step forward to become the National Equity Project. This was more than a rebrand, it was a recognition of how our work had evolved beyond our roots as a regional hub of the Coalition for Essential Schools. Becoming the National Equity Project was a declaration that we would meet the moment by expanding our partnerships, deepening our impact, and influencing the national discourse about achieving equity in schools and communities. Under the leadership of LaShawn Routé Chatmon, our organization's reach and impact had begun to expand. We had outgrown our identity as BayCES as we were no longer a coalition, no longer focused solely in the Bay Area, and we didn't exclusively work with schools anymore. Our new name reflected our national scope while centering equity as the heart of our work. As the National Equity Project, we could more clearly articulate our mission and the breadth of our partnerships and impact. This transition marked a shift from primarily supporting individual schools to working systemically with districts, regional networks, foundations and other national partners. Our evolution from BayCES to NEP wasn't an ending but an expansion of possibility and a reimagining of how to advance educational equity at scale. The declaration we made in 2010 - to put equity at the center of our name and our work - matters now more than ever. As equity comes under attack and organizations focused on just and equitable education face scrutiny, we stand with renewed resolve: the National Equity Project will reclaim educational equity as many times as it takes until every child has access to the relationships, opportunities, and resources they need to develop their unique talents, gain essential skills, and thrive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e32157bff63c7446f3f1529/6c6c7d05-fce7-49c3-beaa-b9dd000440ce/ko.png 30 Years of Transforming Leadership When Kathleen Osta joined the Bay Area Coalition for Essential Schools (now NEP) in 1997, she brought with her a conviction forged as a Comer Facilitator in Chicago: that creating equitable and thriving schools requires attending to both systemic transformation and the developmental needs of every young person. Kathleen's journey from teacher to school social worker to organizational leader reflects her commitment to understanding how change happens at every level of the education system. Over nearly three decades with BayCES/NEP, Kathleen has served as a coach and curriculum developer, Associate Director, and Managing Director of Field Impact & Strategy, helping build the organizational infrastructure that supported our growth from a regional coalition into a national leader in educational equity and leadership development. Kathleen worked on the earliest articulations of our Coaching for Educational Equity model, and more recently has led NEP’s integration of frameworks like Targeted Universalism and Belonging Without Othering from the Othering & Belonging Institute, and our organization’s renewed focus on whole child education and learner-centered ecosystems. In 2025 Kathleen led a partnership with Education Resource Strategies (ERS) to co-create a set of resources on Adaptive Strategic Planning for Leaders. From 2017-2023, Kathleen represented the National Equity Project as a lead in the Building Equitable Learning Environments (BELE) Network, bringing together educators, researchers, and practitioners to reimagine what would be possible in schools if they centered student experience and focused on improving learning conditions. She has also represented NEP in national networks like the Science of Learning and Development (SoLD) National Advisory Committee, the Alliance for Youth Thriving, and The Council of Chief State School Officers. She is an advisor for the publication Youth Today. Through her writing and thought leadership, Kathleen has pushed the field to grapple with critical questions about trauma, systemic oppression, learning, and healing. Recent articles like "How We Lead the Change Is the Change: Horizon 3 Leadership" and "Connection and Co-Regulation Precede Self-Management" bridged interpersonal neurobiology, polyvagal theory, and equity frameworks, giving educators new language and tools for creating humanizing learning environments. A simple but powerful question continues to guide Kathleen’s work as a Senior Advisor to NEP and as Founder and Therapist at the Adolescent Thriving Collaborative: How can adults work together to create the conditions and build the relationships every young person needs to learn, develop, and thrive? Kathleen's legacy at NEP ripples through our frameworks, our commitment to whole person learning and developmental theory, and in our understanding that how we lead is as important as the change we’re leading toward. We're grateful for the brave, principled and consistent equity leadership she had modeled, the foundation she helped build and the pathways she continues to illuminate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e32157bff63c7446f3f1529/4df73b4b-d871-4f32-b4fb-610bae5fac03/WA+State+RETOC.webp 30 Years of Transforming Leadership What does it take to repair trust that's been systematically broken? In 2011, NEP supported WA State's Department of Early Learning, Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, and THRIVE BY FIVE WASHINGTON to update the state’s early learning benchmarks. What seemed like a document revision would become a healing journey to reimagine what's possible when diverse communities truly listen to one another. A 2005 process had left deep wounds. Representatives from Asian Pacific communities, Latine/x and African American communities, and especially the state's Tribal Nations felt dismissed and unheard. After the first day-long meeting, NEP’s Lisa Lasky and Victor Cary recognized the depth of hurt and confusion. Rather than push forward, they paused. That evening, Lisa met with white participants to address their fear and confusion about what had surfaced, and Victor met with participants of color to listen and assure them that their concerns would be addressed the next day. The group came to understand that naming the pain and distrust wasn't avoiding the work; it was the work. Collective sense-making got people back at the table and kept them there as the group transformed into an intentional learning community grappling with complex questions about culture, power, and whose voices shape the systems that affect children's lives. A participant offered a metaphor that landed with immediate recognition: Charlie Brown and the football, a stark image of a promise perpetually pulled away. The room went quiet, everyone had lived that story. The group committed that this time would be different – they wouldn't yank the football away. Another pivotal moment came when Dr. Martina Whelshula presented on Indigenous worldviews, showing how Indigenous languages center verbs and active participation while English centers nouns and objectification. Deep listening made it possible to honor both interdependent and independent ideals for children's development. The resulting Washington State Early Learning and Development Guidelines became a model embraced by state leaders, grassroots organizations, and diverse communities and informed the development of a Racial Equity Theory of Change (RETOC). The impact of this work resonated years later, when NEP’s Tom Malarkey and Stephen Chang facilitated a 2019 statewide process to create a new Early Learning Coordination Plan. "From the very first meeting I felt the difference," said Sandy Maldonado, M.Ed of Child Care Aware of Washington. "We co-created goals centering people and their lived experience, not dictated by far-removed bureaucracies." The plan now guides equity-centered early learning work statewide and Liberatory Design has been taken up across agencies, organizations, and policy design. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e32157bff63c7446f3f1529/a86c05e0-96aa-44cf-bd38-c1a0d5b42243/Grand+Rapids+REAL+Center+Cohort+2.jpeg 30 Years of Transforming Leadership For over a decade, from 2011 to 2022, the National Equity Project partnered with leaders in Grand Rapids, Michigan, to cultivate a powerful network committed to transforming systems and institutions to advance racial equity. Under the leadership of NEP’s Brett Bradshaw and anchored by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation's place-based philanthropy, NEP managed the Racial Equity in Action Leadership (REAL) Center—a cohort-based learning experience that brought together over 500 leaders across 15 different cohorts. REAL Center cohorts brought together leaders from K-12 education, early childhood, workforce development, city government, health, higher education, and economic development to engage in transformative learning experiences and take concrete action toward structural change in their institutions and city. The REAL Center went beyond professional development; it was movement-building. The center created space for the deep relational and technical work necessary to bring about sustainable change. It helped shift discourse around racial equity across the entire city. Leaders and organizations internalized an understanding of equity and referenced their commitment to it. Networks deepened and expanded, racial equity leaders became less isolated, and leaders for equity became more emboldened and courageous. The impact rippled across sectors and generations of equity-minded leaders. Participants described it as a powerful and liberatory experience that was impactful for their equity journeys, helping them to navigate complexity and lead for equity using key approaches like #TargetedUniversalism and #LiberatoryDesign. Among the many that participated in REAL Center activities and continue to be active contributors for greater equity and social justice in Grand Rapids and beyond are leaders like kyle lim, Beca Velázquez-Publes, Stacy Stout, Daniel Williams, EdD, Steffanie Rosalez, Dr. Brandy Lovelady Mitchell, Relando Thompkins-Jones, Tracie Coffman, Bill Pink, Former Grand Rapids Mayor Rosalynn Bliss, and City Commissioners Kelsey Purdue and Milinda Ysasi. The work of the REAL Center catalyzed the creation and development of lasting infrastructure: networks, leadership, competencies, and conditions that continue to reverberate and advance equity across the region. NEP's work with leaders across Grand Rapids demonstrates what's possible when a community commits to the long-term, relational work of transformation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e32157bff63c7446f3f1529/9b3c730f-8933-4ec6-bb9a-40642aeb3ae3/Liberatory+Design.jpg 30 Years of Transforming Leadership In 2016, NEP partnered with colleagues Tania Anaissie, Susie Wise, and David Clifford at the Stanford d.school to explore a critical question: How might human-centered design and design thinking evolve to advance equity? The collaboration resulted in Liberatory Design, a framework that reimagines human-centered design through an equity and complexity lens. Traditional design thinking can inadvertently reinforce existing power dynamics, with designers making decisions FOR communities rather than WITH them. Liberatory Design challenges this by centering equity throughout the design process, emphasizing co-design, attention to power dynamics, and the need to build individual and collective agency. The framework has become widely adopted by educators, nonprofit leaders, and equity practitioners who recognize that designing for equity requires different principles and practices than designing for innovation alone. Liberatory Design offers concrete tools and mindsets for navigating complexity while keeping equity at the center—transforming how organizations approach problem-solving and ensuring that those most impacted by decisions have genuine power in shaping solutions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e32157bff63c7446f3f1529/3e1dcaf8-abe7-4d66-9ae2-5b48a29e6c7b/BTP.JPG 30 Years of Transforming Leadership In 2015, Dr. Micia Mosely came to NEP’s Lashawn Routé Chatmon with a powerful provocation: What would become possible if Black teachers were centered in educational equity work? This sparked a decade-long partnership rooted in a targeted universalism approach; by supporting and centering Black teachers, the Black Teacher Project (BTP) creates conditions that ultimately benefit all students and educators. In 2016, NEP fiscally sponsored the Black Teacher Project, launching Micia’s vision of a program dedicated to developing and sustaining Black teacher leadership. BTP has developed a range of programming to support the diverse needs of Black teachers. The BTP Fellowship provided intensive leadership development and community building; the Black Teacher Leadership & Sustainability Institute adapted NEP’s Leading for Equity Institute to focus on Black teacher leadership; and the BTP Design Lab has led educators to co-create solutions to challenges facing Black teachers and students. BTP has created a new narrative about how Black teachers can connect, heal, grow, and lead. In 2026, BTP will spin off to become its own independent organization. BTP’s independence is a testament to the power of incubating transformative work and the strength of Black teacher leadership. This evolution reflects NEP’s commitment to nurturing movements that can grow and evolve to create lasting change in education. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e32157bff63c7446f3f1529/a6340a94-90f0-480e-8f47-dd07a59699f2/aspire.png 30 Years of Transforming Leadership For over a decade, the National Equity Project has partnered with Aspire Public Schools in their journey to align organizational practice with values. Founded in 1998 by the legendary educator Don Shalvey, Aspire was the first charter management organization (CMO) in California. Aspire's commitment to equity is central to their mission as they serve predominantly Black, Indigenous, and students of color in the Bay Area, Central Valley and Los Angeles. Beginning around 2012 and continuing through today, this multi-layered partnership has spanned coaching, professional development, organizational transformation, and leadership cultivation. Over the years NEP has partnered with leaders across the Aspire system, including Mala Batra, Jennifer Garcia, Kimi Kean, Javier Cabra, Stacey Thomas, Anne Marie Ferruzzi, Stefan Bean, Robert Spencer, and Ana Martinez. NEP’s current Chief of Staff Emmile Brack first encountered NEP when coached by Hugh Vasquez during her time at Aspire. Early work with school leadership and design teams supported them to develop equity action plans and create conditions for inquiry-driven change. By 2014, NEP was facilitating learning series for regional leadership, offering institutes on leading in complex systems, and providing targeted coaching for principals, directors, and site leaders across the system. 10 years later, in 2023-24 leaders Ben Nakamura, Chelsie Moak, Kimberly Wardally, and Melissa Brookens from Aspire Central Valley participated in NEP's Rebel Leader Collective to address persistent equity challenges around student discipline and belonging. Aspire continues to demonstrate the courage to see their systems clearly, empathize with the experiences of BIPOC educators and students, and prototype new approaches to leadership, hiring, evaluation, and organizational culture. NEP and Aspire’s decades-long partnership represents a commitment to standing with organizations as they do the work of becoming who they aspire to be. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e32157bff63c7446f3f1529/24107b60-0a54-438f-ae3a-f504b44da420/IMG_3148.jpeg 30 Years of Transforming Leadership In 2015, NEP launched its Center for Equity Leadership (CEL). Led by Mark Salinas and Colm Davis, the Center was envisioned as a way to connect equity-focused leaders, increase access to NEP's transformative approach, and offer healing, inspiration, and sustenance to educators across the country. Early on the Center introduced innovative offerings like There's Another Way, a free event series featuring partners like Zaretta Hammond, Interplay, and Theater of the Oppressed. The Center also ran five cohorts of our Leading for Equity Fellowship from 2016-2021 (story to come). Mark and Colm hosted NEP’s first free, public webinar on Equity 101 in May 2017; since then, over 100K leaders have attended or viewed our live and recorded webinars. From 2015-2024, CEL grew to offer 30+ courses, workshops, and webinars, reaching thousands of participants annually. In early 2020, as COVID-19 transformed the world and the educational landscape, CEL pivoted to fully virtual offerings, expanding its reach globally. During a time of profound upheaval, the Center became a vital space for leaders to connect with their sense of agency while gaining concrete tools and frameworks in community. In 2024, led by Sara Gray and Sunni Harris (with video production by Slow Clap), NEP launched CEL Online, a self-paced online learning platform. CEL Online continues to show that "there's another way" to learn and grow as a leader, even at your own pace in a virtual setting, that is healing, humanizing, and transformative. Whether online or in person, NEP's commitment to offering hope, sustenance, and connection has supported leaders to navigate volatile and uncertain times while staying grounded in their equity commitments. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e32157bff63c7446f3f1529/aceab708-2a9e-4e19-bb2c-9578df18f9ec/LFE+Framework+%28I+can+find+a+better+if+needed%29.png 30 Years of Transforming Leadership From 2015 to 2018, NEP developed and articulated the Leading for Equity Framework integrating complexity, equity, and liberatory with a powerful heuristic: See, Engage, Act. This deceptively simple sequence recognizes that meaningful change requires leaders to first see system dynamics and inequities, then engage diverse perspectives to inspire and restore collective agency, and finally act with courage and humility to navigate complex change. The framework integrates three essential disciplines: equity (understanding how power and oppression operate), complexity (navigating adaptive challenges in dynamic systems), and liberatory design (co-creating solutions with those most impacted). The Leading for Equity Framework gave educators and organizational leaders a shared language and approach for transformation. It acknowledged that leading for equity isn't about implementing a program or following a script—it's about developing the capacity to see what's actually happening, engage authentically across difference, and take strategic action even in uncertain conditions. This framework continues to guide NEP's work today. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e32157bff63c7446f3f1529/b5295ff1-1138-4d28-962b-31289843a1d0/Rebel+Leaders+Collective.webp 30 Years of Transforming Leadership Since 2015, the National Equity Project has run multiple cohorts of Fellowships focused on cultivating equity leadership through sustained learning, community, and practice. From 2015-2021, the National Equity Project's Leading for Equity Fellowship created a powerful community of practice for equity leaders across the country committed to deepening their leadership capacity. Over five cohorts, the LFE Fellowship built a network of 120 leaders equipped to create ripples of impact across their schools, districts, and communities. The LFE Fellowship emerged from a recognition that leading for equity can be isolating. The LFE Fellowship offered leaders who had experienced NEP's signature Leading for Equity Institute the opportunity to go deeper—engaging in a 9-month experience that combined rigorous learning, action research, critical friendship, and sustained support. LFE Fellows deepened their knowledge and skills using early iterations of the LFE Framework and Liberatory Design approach. They tackled real-time equity challenges in their own contexts, bringing theory into practice through inquiry and experimentation. The LFE Fellowship broke through isolation, fostering opportunities for renewal, inspiration, healing, and sustenance. While the LFE Fellowship focused on individual leadership development, from 2022 to 2024 NEP led two cohorts of a team-based Fellowship, the Rebel Leadership Collective, bringing teams together to build collective capacity for leading change in their organizations and systems. Across all seven cohorts, NEP's Fellowship programs have demonstrated that equitable systems change requires leaders who are grounded, committed, and connected to a community of practice to sustain them through complex change efforts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e32157bff63c7446f3f1529/2a8d109d-5d4a-4229-9dd6-e0465b2c8407/Lisa+Lasky+National+Equity+Project.webp 30 Years of Transforming Leadership In 1995, Lisa Lasky received an unusual assignment. Working at the Coalition of Essential Schools' national office in Rhode Island with Ted Sizer, she was asked to move cross-country to grow a Bay Area regional center of CES—which would become the National Equity Project. Lisa headed west and became one of NEP's founding members, building upon the work of some early pioneers - Amy Gerstein, Van Schoales, Gay Hoagland, Maggie Szabo, and our founding Board President Norm Rosenblatt - then hiring BayCES' first Executive Director Steve Jubb in spring 1996. That pioneering spirit of taking on whatever role was needed has defined her 30-year tenure with the organization. Lisa's journey with NEP spans a wide range of leadership roles as Director of Elementary and Middle Schools, Director of the School Grants Program, Deputy Director, and now Managing Director, California Region, co-leading NEP's regional strategy alongside Mark Salinas. From coaching Oakland small schools like Think College Now, International Community School, Urban Promise Academy, Encompass Academy, ACORN Woodland, and many more to supporting school districts and county offices of education across California, Lisa has expanded NEP's reach and deepened its impact. With over 35 years in education as a teacher, leader, school and district coach, Lisa has extensive experience facilitating change with individuals, teams, schools and districts. This transformational work extends beyond her role at NEP; Lisa currently serves on the Board of The Teaching Well, continuing her commitment to educator wellness and sustainable change. Lisa embodies the "Do Tank" approach that she sees as NEP's role in the educational equity field, prioritizing strategic action alongside concepts and frameworks. Lisa still stands on the belief that there is nothing a young person can't do and achieve when surrounded by some caring adults. Three decades after arriving in the Bay Area, Lisa is still a New Yorker at heart—naming hard truths with care and conviction. As she once said: "We decided a while ago that we were going to stick it out with our communities until they got the schools they needed." That dedication has shaped a generation of educational leaders committed to equity and justice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e32157bff63c7446f3f1529/11eaccf7-f658-41eb-bb30-e0ccc62b8546/BCPS+2-Color+Lockup.jpg 30 Years of Transforming Leadership In 2017, Superintendent Kimberly Carter, Ed.D of Battle Creek Public Schools (BCPS), in Battle Creek, MI, reached out to the National Equity Project to support the district's commitment to educational equity. What began as professional development evolved into a nearly decade-long partnership that has fundamentally shifted how BCPS approaches systems change and student success. In the early stages of the work, NEP supported BCPS to create their equity imperative. During a multi-day retreat with over 50 district leaders, NEP's Hugh Vasquez and Kathleen Osta facilitated the development of this foundational statement: “Because we see the value in and respect all cultures in our communities, we will disrupt the inequities that exist within our system. Because we choose to acknowledge the individuality of our students and who they are, we will acknowledge our own bias and privilege. Because we believe in the infinite possibilities of our students and their future, we will transform inequitable practices.” This statement became a living filter for every major decision, every new initiative, every system design. But the real transformation happened in how leaders learned to move from reactive problem-solving to strategic responsive systems design. Through weekly strategy sessions spanning seven years, Hugh supported the BCPS leadership to see the system from the balcony rather than being overwhelmed in day-to-day operations. BCPS leaders learned that mindsets and beliefs matter as much as skill and knowledge—building agency and ownership to articulate the change they're after and what will make it happen. Today, BCPS has brought their equity imperative into focus through centering student voice. They've established a student advisory council across secondary schools and implemented a new strategic plan with creating a positive school experience at its center. NEP’s longstanding partnership with Battle Creek Public Schools shows what's possible when a district commits to equity as a daily practice rather than a one-time initiative. BCPS' equity imperative is a living framework that guides every decision, every system design, and every conversation in service of ensuring every student in Battle Creek experiences school as a place of belonging. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e32157bff63c7446f3f1529/f4505f2c-2b31-4bd5-ac13-3083038bd8a7/NEP+national+equity+project+Influence+Team.png 30 Years of Transforming Leadership For three decades, the National Equity Project has been a launchpad for trailblazing equity leaders bringing our vision and approach into schools, districts, and communities nationwide. These six former BayCES/NEP teammates both influenced the trajectory of our organization and carried their experience from their time with us forward into powerful and influential new chapters of equity work. Joel Baum served as BayCES school coach and director of LEAD, our principal development program in partnership with Cal State East Bay. He went on to lead programming at Gender Spectrum for nearly 15 years, pioneering support for transgender and gender diverse students in schools nationwide, and now serves as Director of Learning Design at Safe Passages. Cheryl Cotton worked as BayCES school coach for our Secondary School Literacy Program. She went on to become Deputy Superintendent for the California Department of Education and currently serves as Superintendent of West Contra Costa School District bringing equity leadership to one of the Bay Area's most diverse districts. Tony Smith was a BayCES Equity Coach for the Transitions Project, and later directed our Teacher Academy and Emeryville Citywide Initiative. Tony’s post-BayCES trajectory includes Superintendent roles in Emery Unified, Oakland Unified, Executive Director of the W. Clement and Jessie V. Stone Foundation, Illinois State Superintendent of Education, and Deputy Superintendent at San Diego County Office of Education. He now leads Whyspeople, a consulting firm offering strategic advising and executive coaching rooted in educational equity. Shane Safir served as NEP’s Senior Associate for Organizational Learning and Development and went on to author The Listening Leader (2017) and co-author Street Data (2021), and Pedagogies of Voice (2025), transforming how educators understand student voice and community partnership. John Watkins, former school change coach for BayCES, went on to co-direct Harvard University's Deeper Learning Institute, supporting superintendents to transform districts for equitable access to deeper learning. Zaretta Hammond served as professional development specialist and curriculum manager at BayCES and NEP before authoring the groundbreaking Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain (2015) and Rebuilding Students' Learning Power (2025). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e32157bff63c7446f3f1529/f295326a-71c7-4ed4-895e-10e0e5967def/Core+Values.jpeg 30 Years of Transforming Leadership From 2019 to 2021, the National Equity Project engaged in intensive internal conversations to articulate the values that would guide our work—both inside our organization and with partners across the country. The resulting core values shape everything we do—Healing, Humanity, Interconnectedness, Joy, Learning, Love, and Transformation. These values acknowledge that sustainable change requires more than strategy and systems. It requires creating space for emotional processing, welcoming vulnerability, celebrating accomplishments, embracing mistakes as learning opportunities, and practicing honest communication rooted in compassion. It requires recognizing our interconnectedness while honoring diverse identities and perspectives. Our values name what is often unspoken in organizational life: that transformation happens from the inside-out, that joy and playfulness fuel creative energy, and that love—meeting people where they are—is essential to building our shared future. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e32157bff63c7446f3f1529/663855c8-8f5b-4438-8f8f-d55f25375509/nep+national+equity+project+district+redesign+networkDRN.jpg 30 Years of Transforming Leadership In 2023 NEP launched the District Redesign Network (DRN), a three-year national cohort of school districts committed to deeply understanding their equity landscape and redesigning systems to improve learning conditions for marginalized students. DRN is grounded in the premise that transforming student experience requires examining the system dynamics, mental models, and assumptions that perpetuate inequity, and that this work cannot happen in isolation. The eight participating districts serve ~70,000 students in the Midwest and California. Teams from participating districts collected and used student experience data to clarify their primary equity challenge and directly engaged students to shape their design focus. With NEP support including quarterly site visits, multi-day retreats, and co-designed team sessions, participants have increased competency in a range of leadership indicators. In Santa Clara Unified, Dr. Nicole Tafoya enlisted 8th graders in the Dreamerz program as student researchers, creating surveys, collecting data from their peers, and identifying themes about their experience that they shared at a DRN Learning Lab as well as with their own teachers. The Dreamerz empathy work helped students develop awareness of both their individual circumstances and the challenges they share with peers. In Chicago, Principal Vauncia Allen's leadership initiated a listening campaign to hear directly from her students which surfaced that students felt more connected to school support staff than their classroom teachers. She set out to learn from the relationships between students and non-teachers, and use these insights to begin reshaping teacher development and school culture. Across the districts, seemingly small actions and leadership shifts are creating rippling impacts. As Troy, MI Principal Terry Davis reflected, “I want to help us build a more unified school community where we truly KNOW our students and colleagues and we're not making assumptions about their backgrounds, cultures, or experiences in our system. I want us to understand that people make up the system and our data is a direct reflection of what we do and say each day.” As this cohort's journey comes to completion, NEP is seeking new districts to join the next District Redesign Network launching fall 2026. Join us! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e32157bff63c7446f3f1529/10e4bf18-d66e-4354-82d9-337a33f5a340/national+equity+project+nep+team+oakland+california+30+years.png 30 Years of Transforming Leadership As we honor 30 years of the National Equity Project, we want to appreciate our extraordinary internal infrastructure team. In our work with partners, we look deeply at the systems, processes, and relationships that determine whether change can take root and grow. At NEP, our teammates leading our operations, finance, HR, knowledge management, evaluation, measurement and communications are committed to equitable and liberatory practices. They ensure our partners receive responsive support, our team feels valued, engaged and equipped, and our collective knowledge and learning compounds over time and is broadly accessible. ⚙️Sonya Neal ensures LaShawn and Juanita can focus on strategy and relationships by managing the countless details that keep things moving forward. Jasmin Ancheta, Edrina Flowers, and Connie Garcia build and maintain the systems that help us recruit, support, and retain our outstanding team, and keep our financial operations flowing. Erin Bruner manages “the biz” to ensure our client partnerships run smoothly and with the resources they need. Casta Guillaume, Ph.D. helps us understand and articulate our impact, turning experience into insight. Sunni Harris captures and organizes our organizational learning so it can inform future work, products, and curriculum. Rosa Nunez seeks out new partners and ensures new relationships are rooted in clarity and strong foundations. Emmile Brack translates vision into action, coordinating across teams and ensuring organizational alignment as we grow our impact. Sara Gray has led communications and product development for nearly 20 years, telling the stories of NEP’s impact and ensuring our messages and products reach leaders near and far… and she created our #NEP30Years campaign! These teammates fuel our ongoing work by building reliable, humane, and responsive infrastructure that creates the conditions for sustainable change inside and outside our organization. We are grateful for the contributions of our past and present teammates committed to building leading from the inside-out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e32157bff63c7446f3f1529/d3ebf637-6fa6-4a34-b0aa-9589ffd319fc/What+If+We-+Hugh.webp 30 Years of Transforming Leadership In April 2020, NEP’s Hugh Vasquez posed a provocative question: What if we don't return to school as usual? His viral article became a rallying cry, challenging education leaders to see the COVID-19 pandemic as an opportunity to fundamentally redesign systems that perpetuate inequity. A year earlier, in 2019 Hugh co-authored with Kathleen Osta another piece that went viral and became foundational to NEP's work: "Don't Talk About Implicit Bias Without Talking About Structural Racism." In it, he shared a story of his own reckoning. Despite decades of anti-racism work, Hugh’s unconscious mind reacted with fear one day as he encountered a group of Black boys crossing the street, unconsciously moving his hand to his car’s window switch before his conscious mind could intervene. This vulnerability gave the piece its power, and showed that acting from bias doesn’t need to spiral into shame, but can be countered with curiosity, self-compassion, and new action.The piece didn't stop at personal reflection but connected individual bias to structural racism, showing how the two work dynamically to hold inequities in place. Hugh joined NEP in 2010, bringing his experience as Executive Director of the San Francisco Education Fund, founder of the Todos Institute, and primary cast member in the award-winning film The Color of Fear. At NEP, he's led transformational initiatives with Battle Creek Public Schools, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Michigan After School Partnership, and many other organizations across the country. In early 2025, Hugh traveled to South Africa to deepen his understanding of apartheid and racial healing, continuing his lifelong commitment to learning across contexts of oppression and liberation. Hugh retired from his Director role in 2025 but continues to provide thought leadership to the educational equity field as a Senior Advisor Emeritus for NEP. Hugh models the relentless courage to use crisis as catalyst to create a new way forward. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e32157bff63c7446f3f1529/f3a2fcf6-19c6-449b-8ef3-fdadad56d15a/Board.JPG 30 Years of Transforming Leadership Our Board of Trustees has stewarded NEP through three decades of evolution, from our early days as BayCES to our emergence as a national field-building organization. Their governance has enabled us to stay true to our North Star of supporting leaders to create the conditions for youth thriving. Today, NEP’s Board of Trustees brings together some of the nation's most respected voices in education, philanthropy, research, and leadership. Led by Board President Na'ilah Suad Nasir, alongside Vice President Bethany Little, Treasurer Jennifer Henry, and Secretary Lisa Villarreal, our Board provides not just fiscal oversight and strategic guidance, but deep partnership in imagining and building a more just and equitable education system. Together with Board members Ashley Burns Nascimento, Lija Farnham, Frank Gettridge, Eric Gordon, Gloria Lee, Gabriela López, Sam Seidel, David Silver, and Gia Truong, they bring collective expertise spanning foundations, school systems, entrepreneurship, policy, and community organizing, reflecting the multifaceted approach needed to advance systemic change. We are profoundly grateful for the dedication, insight, and bold leadership our Board brings to this work and our organization. Their commitment to liberatory practices, their willingness to ask hard questions, and their belief in the power of equity-centered leadership continue to inspire and ground everything we do. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e32157bff63c7446f3f1529/27d273c5-d16f-4cd1-8c03-ddc8be4b99f8/Implicit+Bias.png 30 Years of Transforming Leadership In April 2020, NEP’s Hugh Vasquez posed a provocative question: What if we don't return to school as usual? His viral article became a rallying cry, challenging education leaders to see the COVID-19 pandemic as an opportunity to fundamentally redesign systems that perpetuate inequity. A year earlier, in 2019 Hugh co-authored with Kathleen Osta another piece that went viral and became foundational to NEP's work: "Don't Talk About Implicit Bias Without Talking About Structural Racism." In it, he shared a story of his own reckoning. Despite decades of anti-racism work, Hugh’s unconscious mind reacted with fear one day as he encountered a group of Black boys crossing the street, unconsciously moving his hand to his car’s window switch before his conscious mind could intervene. This vulnerability gave the piece its power, and showed that acting from bias doesn’t need to spiral into shame, but can be countered with curiosity, self-compassion, and new action.The piece didn't stop at personal reflection but connected individual bias to structural racism, showing how the two work dynamically to hold inequities in place. Hugh joined NEP in 2010, bringing his experience as Executive Director of the San Francisco Education Fund, founder of the Todos Institute, and primary cast member in the award-winning film The Color of Fear. At NEP, he's led transformational initiatives with Battle Creek Public Schools, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Michigan After School Partnership, and many other organizations across the country. In early 2025, Hugh traveled to South Africa to deepen his understanding of apartheid and racial healing, continuing his lifelong commitment to learning across contexts of oppression and liberation. Hugh is retiring from his Director role but will continue to provide thought leadership to the educational equity field as a Senior Advisor Emeritus for NEP. Hugh models the relentless courage to use crisis as catalyst to create a new way forward. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e32157bff63c7446f3f1529/59b61db2-34bd-4c14-9575-a4e3207d83c9/BELE.jpeg 30 Years of Transforming Leadership From 2017-2023, the National Equity Project served as a co-lead of the Building Equitable Learning Environments (BELE) Network alongside EducationCounsel, CASEL (Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning), UChicago Consortium on School Research, PERTS, and We Are RALLY, supported by the Raikes Foundation. BELE brought together educators, researchers, school support organizations, and philanthropy to demonstrate that centering student experience is the pathway to better outcomes. The BELE Network centered a commitment to transforming how systems listen to and partner with young people, particularly those most often marginalized within schools. National BELE convenings featured keynotes from Bettina L. and Shawn Ginwright, virtually gathering over 500 education leaders to spotlight innovations from the field and build pathways for ongoing collaboration and a movement toward centering student experience. The BELE Network Learning Partners including Robert Jagers, Ally Skoog-Hoffman, PhD, Dr. Bloodine Barthelus, Faye Kroshinsky, Camille Farrington, Dave Paunesku, Catherine Holahan, Bethany Little, Ashley Burns Nascimento, Kathleen Osta, LCSW, SEP, LaShawn Routé Chatmon (and more) led the Network and co-created a comprehensive suite of resources around creating equitable learning environments, measuring what matters, and partnering authentically with students and families. From the BELE Essential Actions to the Centering Student Experience Playbook, the BELE Library is a hub of research-validated resources. NEP's resources on Youth-Adult Co-Design and The Transformative Power of Youth Organizing Coaches continue to guide educators in building structures and processes that center student leadership in systems change. This ecosystem work positioned NEP as a trusted bridge builder, connecting educators, students, families, policymakers, and researchers in service of a shared vision of learning environments where every young person experiences belonging, agency, and the opportunity to thrive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e32157bff63c7446f3f1529/24f4a12a-421d-470f-a5d5-0d87d1ff4b3a/national+equity+project+nep+field+catalyst+systems+change+public+education+leadership+development+liberatory+design.png 30 Years of Transforming Leadership For 30 years, the work of the National Equity Project has been rooted in a set of shared beliefs. While the language has evolved over time, and the science of learning and development has become more clear, these beliefs hold as the foundation of our work with leaders and communities: Public education is the cornerstone of a healthy democracy. A caring and equitable education ecosystem is not just possible, but essential. Belonging creates the psychological safety necessary for young people to explore, take risks, and fully engage in learning. We believe the momentous task of transforming public education requires leaders at all levels to see system dynamics, engage diverse perspectives, and act with the courage and humility needed to navigate complex change. We believe that how we lead change IS the change—and that liberatory practices like deep listening, transforming power dynamics, co-design, and bridging differences are necessary to create conditions for durable transformation. We need each other; what happens to one community impacts all of us. Ensuring the well-being and success of every young person is an investment in our shared future. As we head into this shared future in 2026 and beyond, we're evolving our approach to transforming leadership on behalf of young people and families. NEP will continue to develop leaders to create the conditions for healthy education ecosystems, and we’ll also take on a new role of “field gardener” BY tending the educational equity field, strengthening and connecting the people and organizations shaping the future of public education. After three decades of work alongside education leaders across the country, we know that the future of public education won't be built by any single organization or approach. It will be cultivated through connection, collaboration, and collective power, and rooted in the belief that every young person deserves to flourish and thrive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e32157bff63c7446f3f1529/66ea3fc7-6c61-4e2e-8a66-e61715ca4921/Bird-Only-Transparent+national+equity+project+30+years+anniversary.png 30 Years of Transforming Leadership Thank you for engaging with these stories from across NEP's history. We hope you saw a reflection of your own leadership, growth, and impact in these narratives of our decades-long work to advance educational equity, belonging, and youth and community wellbeing. The themes that emerged – principled leadership, collective vision and action, courage and co-creation – remind us that this work has always been about community. Coretta Scott King reminds us that "Struggle is a never-ending process. Freedom is never really won. You earn it and win it in every generation." We are an active, vital part of an ongoing, centuries-old freedom project to reimagine and co-design learning ecosystems that ensure every child, in every community, has access to the relationships, opportunities and resources they need to learn, contribute and thrive. The question is no longer whether change is coming. It's whether we can cultivate the courage, coherence, and imagination to shape what comes next. As Audre Lorde reminds us, "To refuse to participate in shaping our future is to give it up. Each of us must find our work and do it." 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