Excellence & Equity

Over the greater part of two decades, the Long Beach Unified School District (菠菜网lol正规平台) has been on an equity journey. Our equity-centered commitments have profoundly shaped and are continuing to shape every facet of how we do business in our district, including professional development for leaders, teachers, and classified personnel, as well as curriculum, instruction, evaluation, and family and community engagement.

The purpose of this publication is to share our district’s equity journey with other education leaders across the United States. By no means is it comprehensive, nor do we in 菠菜网lol正规平台 have it all figured out. Our desire is to share the lessons and best practices we have learned so that they might spur the work.

We encourage you to use this publication as a conversation starter in senior leadership teams, in graduate programs with aspiring leaders, in coaching sessions, and in other venues where we might learn from each other.

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“There has never been a more important time for us to focus on relationships and the students who are farthest away from justice than at this moment. Our students are depending on us to reimagine the future.”

Dr. Jill A. Baker, Superintendent