Derute Consulting Cooperative is proud to support Beloved Community through leading a three-year research study of inclusion, equity and diversity practices in diverse-by-design schools in New Orleans. This project will complete validation procedures for an Equity Audit tool and qualitative case studies.
This project will have three key outcomes :
Profiles of diverse-by-design schools and school networks at different stages in the equity development process, which can serve as a model for authorizing and authorizing and accountability bodies, start-up school incubators, start-up school fellowship programs, and higher education bodies who are supporting the development and sustainability of diverse-by-design schools.
Codified standards for performance in diversity, equity, and inclusion indicators for schools.
A suite of knowledge products for the field to inform authorizing and accountability bodies, policy advocates, technical assistance providers, and community organizing groups about the development implications for diverse-by-design schools.
The Derute evaluation team includes:
Dr. Elizabeth Drame is special education scholar whose research centers educational outcomes for students of color with disabilities, social justice and equity issues in special education, and teacher quality. She conducts research using mixed methods and leads organizational change efforts focused on inclusive practices.
Dr. Anica Bowe is a psychometrician and evaluator. Her evaluation practices focus on school and community-based initiatives and engaging urban youth in participatory action research.
Dr. Lynnette Mawhinney Gachoki is a qualitative researcher whose research focuses on the professional lives of urban teachers and pre-service teachers (with a specific focus on teachers of color), the schooling experiences of urban youth, and autoethnographic approaches in educational settings.
Dr. Dominique Duval-Diop, an economic geographer who specializes in equity data analytics, spatial analysis and capacity building and works with non-profit and governmental institutions efforts to ensure the resilience of communities of color who are made vulnerable by poverty and natural disasters.
