1. Superintendent’s Certification Program WSU September 18, 2009

2. A Look at Access, Opportunity, and Social Justice Dr. Nancy Stowell, Superintendent Spokane Public Schools Karin Short Spokane Public Schools

3. Learning Targets for Today: 1.Social Justice as a system goal…the journey from a superintendent’s perspective. 2.Privilege and advantage…who has it, who doesn’t? What does race have to do with it? 3.Draw connections between what happens in school systems and classrooms to maintain privilege for some and marginalize opportunity for others.

6. Access to opportunity begins early: Please read excerpt #1 from Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell Read and Reflect

8. Access to opportunities begins early: Please read excerpt #2 from The Price We Pay by Belfield and Levin (pages 43-44) Read and Reflect

10. The Spokane Journey Dr. Nancy Stowell, Superintendent Moving a System Toward Social Justice

12. who can, who can’t…a question of beliefs