CSUSB Doctorate in Educational Leadership program hosts Educational Equity Dialogues

Julian Vasquez Heilig, an award-winning teacher, researcher and blogger, will be the guest speaker when the Cal State San Bernardino Doctorate in Educational Leadership program hosts it annual Educational Equity Dialogues on Wednesday, May 1, at the Visual Arts Building, room VA-101. The program, “Do Charter Schools = Equity?” will begin at 6 p.m. with a reception, followed by Vasquez Heilig’s talk at 6:30 p.m. He will share his work on charter schools and their implications for equity. The event is free and open to the public; complimentary parking is available by emailing edd@csusb.edu for a code and directions. Vasquez Heilig is currently a professor of educational leadership and policy studies and the director of the doctorate in educational leadership at California State University, Sacramento. He also serves as the California NAACP education chair. Vasquez Heilig shares his work on charter schools and their implications for equity. Vasquez Heilig has held a variety of practitioner, research and leadership positions in organizations from Boston to Beijing. These experiences have provided formative professional perspectives to bridge research, theory and practice. His current research includes quantitatively and qualitatively examining how high-stakes testing, accountability-based reforms, and market reforms impact urban minority students. His research interests include issues of access, diversity and equity in higher education. The sum of his scholarship is more than 60 articles, chapters and reports. His work has appeared in highly regarded peer-reviewed journals such as Harvard Educational Review, American Journal of Education, Teachers College Record, Education Evaluation and Policy Analysis, and Journal of Educational Administration. He blogs at Cloaking Inequity, consistently rated one of the top 50 education websites in the world by Teach100. He obtained his Ph.D. in education administration and policy analysis and a master’s in sociology from Stanford University. He also holds a master’s of higher education and a bachelor’s of history and psychology from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Follow him on Twitter @ProfessorJVH.