‘Equity Is Meeting Young People Right Where They Are’: ONLINE EXCLUSIVE

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‘Equity is meeting young people right where they are’: ONLINE EXCLUSIVE

By Suzanne Bouffard and

Baruti Kafele is an acclaimed speaker, author, facilitator, and coach who works with educators around the U.S. on developing equity-centered leadership. He will be a featured columnist for The Learning Professional in 2022. We spoke with him in late 2021 to learn more about the foundations of his work and his advice for current school leaders. Your work is focused on supporting and developing school leaders through an equity lens. How did you discover this calling? When I was a teacher, I was really fired up to be the best version of myself that I could be and, early in my career, I was selected for a lot of teaching awards. When I became a principal, I still wanted to be the best version of

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