Leadership magazine Sept/Oct 2015 V45 No 1 | Page 5

Association of California School Administrators
Volume 45, No. 1 | September/October 2015

Features
8 Building capacity: Culturally proficient leaders

Culturally proficient leaders are aware of all students’ unique attributes, and respond in
ways that empower students to grow socially, emotionally and intellectually.
By Nicole Anderson and Derrick L. Anderson

Columns
7 To our readers

Identifying personal and
institutional biases.
By Tom Armelino

29 Asked & Answered

What is the role of
educators in addressing
equity issues?

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Cultural proficiency and the
achievement gap

What must educators learn
in order for our/their
students to be successful?
By Randall B. Lindsey

Equal is not equitable:
Exposure is everything

Teaching one child the
same as another is not
always equitable.
By Shamann Walton

14 Common Core: A tool for equity

If California educators pair new instructional approaches
with the new standards, the Common Core could become a
tool for bringing about greater educational equity.
By Brian Edwards and Jesse Hinueber

18 Overcoming barriers to change

School leaders listened to parents who had been marginalized, and brought down the
institutional barriers to change at their school by using cultural proficiency tools.
By Joseph Domingues, Peter Flores, Delores B. Lindsey and Randall B. Lindsey

22 If not you, then who?

Those of us who identify as LGBT and their allies must lead the
effort to help LGBT students and staff claim their space in conversations about equity.
By Julie A. Vitale

26 Encounters with police: Keeping youth safe

News reports of unjustified shootings and beatings of young black men by police are
inspiring educators to respond. Here are some classroom activities geared toward improving those interactions.
By Aliah K. MaJon

30 A bright future for English learners

This district’s array of evidence-based supports is helping
long-term English learners overcome the effects of poverty
and achieve academic success.
By Martinrex Kedziora, Kimberly Hendricks, Lilia Villa
and Katie Sandberg

34 Why computer science matters

Mere access to technology won’t bridge the digital divide. Students need engaged computer science learning opportunities to build creative thinking, reasoning and problemsolving skills that involve computing.
By Gary Page and Julie Flapan

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