In this episode I unpack Flapan et al.’s (2021) publication titled “Preparing school leaders to advance equity in computer science education,” which provides some suggestions and resources for preparing administrators for advancing equity work in K-12 CS education.

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00:00 Intro00:48 Abstract

02:40 My single sentence summary

03:16 Paper introduction

04:47 Literature review and theoretical framework

05:56 Study context08:01 Research methods08:40 Findings

08:47 CS Equity Guide: Key Features Supporting Leadership Capacity

11:39 Administrator Workshop: Key Features Supporting Leadership Capacity

14:41 Discussion

15:15 Lingering questions and thoughts

15:21 How would the findings have differed if this study was done with administrators in other states?

16:09 Do the 39% of CS educators who don’t think we should discuss equity/inclusion feel that way because equity discussions come across as a form of colonization instead of dialogue à la Freire?

24:52 Outro