The Office of Equity was established in 2018 to advance educational equity throughout CPS. We know that while student talent is distributed evenly across our schools, opportunity is not. Our district can only truly succeed once every student receives the support they need and access to the high-quality education they deserve.
Equity means championing the individual cultures, talents, abilities, languages, and interests of every CPS student by ensuring they receive the necessary opportunities and resources to meet their unique needs and aspirations. Our top priority of racial and educational equity aligns with the CPS Five-Year Vision, which outlines our district’s values and goals, and affirms that every decision we make must be filtered through an equity lens.
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In order to facilitate positive and productive conversations about equity in our school communities, we have begun developing a preliminary Equity Framework, which will serve as an institutional resource to help CPS stakeholders learn about and apply an equity lens in their own work. Every CPS stakeholder must be working toward educational equity—beginning with our own leadership.
We will listen and gather feedback on the Equity Framework from school and district leaders in order to fully capture the diverse perspectives and experiences in our district. This project is a living document and represents an ongoing and thoughtful collaboration between principals, educators, school staff, community partners, central office, and network staff.
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Our Team
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Evangelina Covarrubias
Executive Director, She, Her, Ella
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Kristina Lunger Lopez
Program Manager: Equity Professional Learning, She, Her, Hers
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Rachel Parnell
Equity Program Manager, She, Beloved
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Rebecca Davis-Dobson
Director, Equity Achievement, She, Her, Hers
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Joshua Johnson
Equity Professional Learning Specialist, He, Him
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Eugene Robinson, Jr.
Director, Black Student Success, He, Him, His
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Dama Alvarado
Program Manager, Black Student Success, She, Her, Hers
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Zahra Naqi-Hasnain
Equity Data Strategist, She, Her, Hers
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Alejandra Diaz
Equity Policy Strategy Specialist, She, Her, Ella
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Jeralyn Mitchell
Office Manager, She, Her, Hers
