CRSLI's Blog: The Equity Exchange 

Dr. Muhammad Khalifa sits down with longtime colleague Dr. Anthony Muhammad for a reflective and forward-looking conversation centered on Dr. Muhammad’s latest book, The Way Forward: PLC at Work and the Bright Future of Education.

Dr. Muhammad Khalifa sits down with Dr. Ann Ishimaru and Dr. Decoteau Irby to discuss their new edited book, Doing the Work of Equity Leadership for Justice and Systems Change. If you’ve been following the scholarship in this space, you know both Ann and Decoteau as long-time leaders in community-engaged research, critical leadership studies, and racial equity in education. Their new book brings together a wide range of scholars — voices from across the field — to offer grounded, practitioner-focused insights into how wecontinue to do the work of equity leadership in today’s climate. Find out more about this episode by checking out the show notes at crsli.org/blog.

We’re excited to share the newly updated Culturally Responsive School Leadership (CRSL) Framework, released alongside a conversation with Dr. Muhammed Khalifa on our podcast, Equity. This version of the framework reflects findings from the 2024 Spencer Foundation literature review, which examined nearly a decade of emerging scholarship on culturally responsive and community-engaged leadership.

This is the third and final brief in a three-part series CRSLI is publishing alongside our latest podcast episodes to help educators navigate the shifting legal landscape of DEIA in education. This closing brief makes the ethical and practical case for remaining steadfast in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility as core to the mission of education. It summarizes the current problem, weighs policy paths, and offers CRSL-aligned recommendations that leaders can adopt now within existing legal frameworks.

This is the second in a series of three briefs CRSLI is publishing alongside our latest podcast episodes to help educators navigate the shifting legal landscape of DEIA in education. In this second brief, we explore how the language educators use can either expose schools to political risk or safeguard equity work through strategic, values-aligned terminology.

This is the first in a series of three legal briefs CRSLI is publishing alongside our latest podcast episodes to help educators navigate the shifting legal landscape of DEIA in education at a time when it is under attack from those in power. Authored by the CRSLI Team and Jeremy Chan-Kraushar, an educator and attorney, each brief offers practical guidance and legal context. These briefs are intended as a tool for empowering culturally responsive school leaders to use effective strategies in order to remain steadfast in advancing educational equity while staying within the bounds of current law.