The Equity Experience

EP 64: Addressing Disproportionality, Root Cause Analysis, & Educational Equity w/Dr. Kris DeFilippis

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Good day and good day! Welcome to episode 64 of The Equity Experience Podcast!

In this podcast, we have a conversation with Dr. Kris DeFilippis about the topics of  disproportionality and root cause analysis. One of the common concerns for people committed to educational equity work is resolving disproportionalities.  Dr. Kris does a great job of explaining how disproportionality manifests within schools, along with suggesting resources for school leaders to consider in doing disproportionality work.

We explore the following the topics:

  • Defining disproportionality and the importance of this concept
  • The relationship between disproportionality and educational equity/inequity
  • Ways that school leaders may identify disproportionalities within school data
  • Strategies and resources for school leaders who are intentional about remedying disproportionalities

    • Dr. Kris also suggests the following book titles as additional resources: 

    • The Person You Mean to Be: How Good People Fight Bias by Dolly Chugh
    • Race Talk and the Conspiracy of Silence: Understanding and Facilitating Difficult Dialogues on Race  by Derald Wing Sue
    • Leadership on the Line: Staying Alive Through the Dangers of Leading by Marty Linsky and Ronald Heifetz
    • An Everyone Culture: Becoming a Deliberately Developmental Organization by Robert Kegan, Lisa Laskow Lahey, & Matthew Miller 
    • Learning in a Burning House: Educational Inequality, Ideology, and (Dis)Integration by Sonya Douglass Horsford


      • For additional resources with this podcast, visit the following link:

      • Episode 64 Podcast Learning Resource Guide by Dr. Karla Manning

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