Article Published on the AESA Perspectives website
Educational Service Agencies (ESAs) are uniquely positioned to provide catalytic leadership for widespread, socially just, educational transformation. By building their own capacity to dismantle the institutional racism entrenched in our educational system, ESAs, in collaboration with their local districts, communities and other partners, can improve both academic and life outcomes for hundreds if not thousands of black and brown students. How can an ESA begin to build the capacity to achieve this goal?