Districtwide decisions: Day to day ethical considerations

We speak with Dan Callahan, Assistant Superintendent for Secondary Education in Peekskill City School District, 45 minutes north of Manhattan. The low-income district in wealthy Westchester is 70% Latino, including many students from immigrant families. We discuss how the district has adapted to rapid demographic changes and schools’ role in helping students meet challenges. Mr. Callahan reflects on the decisions he and his staff make that impact students’ lives in very concrete ways, and the tension between consistency, applying the same rules for all students, and specificity, looking at the totality of circumstances in each individual case.   Overview 00:00-00:36 Intros 00:36-02:31 Peekskill and its demographics 02:31-03:36 How Peekskill schools have adapted to changing demographics 03:36-08:15 Ethics-infused decisions—balancing competing needs 08:15-08:48 Student data system 08:48-11:11 Addressing inequities systemically 11:11-13:35 Equity in student competitions with wealthy districts 13:35-15:04 BOCES 15:04-17:37 District equity audit 17:37-20:13 Immigrant family/school relationships 20:13-22:47 Helping to ease family tensions between immigrant parents and their U.S.- raised children 22:47-27:21 Culturally responsive education 27:21-30:18 Reducing suspensions and disproportional suspensions of Black boys/young men 30:18-32:17 Advice to a new superintendent or assistant superintendent 32:17-34:01 Outro ...

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