The document discusses creating social justice and addressing inequities in the education system from a superintendent's perspective. It includes discussions on: 1) How early advantages persist over time and how teacher beliefs impact student opportunities. 2) A superintendent sharing her experience transforming a district to remove barriers to student success. 3) First steps a new superintendent could take to create a socially just school district, such as gaining board support to address achievement gaps and preparing the system to deal with issues of race.

1. Superintendent’s Certification Program WSU September 18, 2009

2. A Look at Access, Opportunity, and Social Justice Dr. Nancy Stowell, Superintendent Spokane Public Schools Karin Short Spokane Public Schools

3. Learning Targets for Today: 1.Social Justice as a system goal…the journey from a superintendent’s perspective. 2.Privilege and advantage…who has it, who doesn’t? What does race have to do with it? 3.Draw connections between what happens in school systems and classrooms to maintain privilege for some and marginalize opportunity for others.

6. Access to opportunity begins early: Please read excerpt #1 from Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell Read and Reflect

8. Access to opportunities begins early: Please read excerpt #2 from The Price We Pay by Belfield and Levin (pages 43-44) Read and Reflect

10. The Spokane Journey Dr. Nancy Stowell, Superintendent Moving a System Toward Social Justice

12. who can, who can’t…a question of beliefs