Leadership Programs Research and Publications

Our research investigates how educational leaders learn to lead for equity in TK–12 education through three Focal Questions. 

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  • Focal Question 1: What does equity and justice-focused leadership look like in practice?

  • Focal Question 2: How are equity and justice leaders effectively developed and sustained?

  • Focal Question 3: How must educational systems be transformed to be more equitable and just?

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Leadership Programs Research: Complete Archive

Title Author Year Publication type
21CSLA Research Brief: Innovations in Teaching During the Pandemic Hua Luo; Marisol Sánchez Castillo; Joy Esboldt; Moonhawk Kim 2022 21CSLA
Understanding How a Leaders of Color Network Supports the Retention of a Diverse Leader Workforce Rebecca Cheung; Nate Gong 2022 FQ2: Supporting social justice leaders
Year in Review 2021 2021 Leadership Programs
Impact Report: Sustaining Principal Resilience: Early Investigations In Understanding Principal Stress And Support Rebecca Cheung; Meg Stomski; Nathan Gong 2021 FQ3: Critically interrogating systems
How to Increase California’s Educator Workforce Travis J. Bristol; Shelly Gupton; Soo Hyun Han-Harris; Sarah Lillis 2021 Leadership Programs
Rethinking the "Superhero" Principal Narrative Soraya Sablo Sutton; Nate Gong 2021 FQ2: Supporting social justice leaders
Freedman, S.W. “Growing up Divided,” AERA Symposium, Invited Presidential Session, Live Streamed. New York, April, 2018. 2021 Journal Article
Year in Review 2020 2020 Leadership Programs
Impact Report: Flying With Our Own Wings: The Essential Role Of Leaders In Supporting Pedagogical Mentoring Soraya Sablo Sutton; María Rojas Concha 2020 FQ1: Social justice and equity leadership in practice
Impact Report: Designing Transformational Learning To Prepare Social Justice Leaders Pierre Tchetgen; Rebecca Cheung 2020 Leadership Programs