Street Data: A Next-Generation Model for Equity, Pedagogy, and School Transformation

About Jamila DuganShane Safir

Shane Safir has worked at every level of the education system for the past 25 years with an unwavering commitment to racial justice and deep learning. After teaching in San Francisco and Oakland California and engaging in community organizing to launch a new public high school Shane became the founding principal of June Jordan School for Equity (JJSE) an innovative national model identified by scholar and policy leader Linda Darling-Hammond as having beaten the odds in supporting the success of low-income students of color. For over a decade Shane has provided equity-centered leadership coaching systems transformation support and professional learning for schools districts and organizations across the U.S. and Canada. She writes for Edutopia Ed Week Educational Leadership magazine and is the author of The Listening Leader: Creating the Conditions for Equitable School Transformation (Jossey-Bass: 2017). Shane is thrilled to co-author this book with Dr. Jamila Dugan a long-time collaborator who conducted foundational research for The Listening Leader and facilitates equity workshops with Shane as well as Carrie Wilson a colleague whose groundbreaking program for teacher-driven inquiry centers street data in the pursuit of equity. Jamila Dugan is a leadership coach learning facilitator and researcher. She began her career as a teacher in Washington D.C. successfully supporting her school to implement an International Baccalaureate program. After being nominated for Teacher of the Year she later served as a coach for new teachers in Oakland California. As a school administrator Jamila championed equity-centered student services parent empowerment and co-led the development of the first public Mandarin immersion middle school in the Bay Area. Jamila and Shane began their work together 7 years ago during the development of The Listening Leader for which Jamila acted as the primary researcher. Jamila  currently serves as an equity-centered leadership development coach across all sectors including non-profits public school districts charter networks parochial and private schools. She is an avid supporter of dual language learning serving on the boards of Independence Charter Spanish Immersion School in Philadelphia and Parents of African American Students Studying Chinese (PAASSC) in the Bay Area. She holds a Bachelors Degree in Psychology from Fresno State University a Masters Degree in Early Childhood Education from George Mason University and a doctorate in Education Leadership for Equity from University of California Berkeley. Jamila is also a loving wife and the mother of three amazing children who remain her constant inspiration for her work.