Hi, my name is Beth Meyer and I coordinate the Young Women's Leadership
Alliance, an after-school educational equity program at three high schools
in Santa Cruz, CA (we are a WEEA grant recipient). We are only in our
second semester of the program and have very limited evaluation data to
back this up, but from my experience, I would say that a really good
strategy for achieving educational equity is to involve the students in
identifying and educating the school and district about these issues.
We spend 15 weeks with these teen women giving them skills to think
critically about equity issues in their school, do a survey research
project on the equity issue that they are most concerned about and do a
social action project to educate the students, faculty and/or
administrators at their school. The response from the schools so far has
been overwhelmingly supportive. One principal asked the young women to
present their research findings at a faculty meeting. Overall, the young
women are listened to and respected by their peers and adults. They are
creating awareness about these issues on many levels.
I am looking forward to reading other responses to this question! Thanks
for asking it, Linda!
Beth Meyer, MA
Young Women's Leadership Alliance
ETR Associates
PO Box 1830
Santa Cruz, CA 95061-1830
phone (831) 438-4060 ext. 218
fax (831) 438-9651
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lpurring@earthlink.net wrote:
Hi, I'm looking for responses from this list to the question "What three
strategies for achieving educational equity do you consider most
important today?" I would like to include some of these responses, duly
credited, in an international conference paper on this subject; I will
contact you off list for permission to quote.
Thanks very much! Linda
Purrington,
Title IX Advocates,
lpurring@earthlink.net
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