LaShawn Routé Chatmon
Executive Director
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LaShawn Routé Chatmon is the founding Executive Director of the National Equity Project, leading the organization’s transition from the Bay Area Coalition for Equitable Schools (BayCES). Under her leadership, the National Equity Project has catalyzed a movement to revitalize our country’s approach to equity in education.
LaShawn previously served as a coach and director of BayCES’ high school redesign initiative, where her team pioneered new school design processes, principal network development and site coaching that transformed educational experiences and outcomes for teachers and students in Oakland, CA.
Prior to joining the National Equity Project, LaShawn served as a teacher and leader at schools in the Bay Area. While at Berkeley High School, she served as Co-Director for The Diversity Project with Dr. Pedro Noguera at the University of California at Berkeley. The Diversity Project is a school-university action research project designed to address the disparity in achievement between white students and students of color and to investigate the causes of racial separation.
LaShawn is a contributing author in the book Unfinished Business: Closing the Racial Achievement Gap in Schools and has presented at numerous education conferences and convenings across the country. LaShawn currently serves as a SOLD Alliance Advisory Board Member; Learner Studio Collective Action WorkGroup Member; PowerSurge Executive Leadership Fellow; Special Olympics Unified Champion Schools® (UCS) National Education Leadership Network Member; and Turnaround for Children Board Member. She has previously been a MetLife Teaching Fellow, a LeaderSpring ED Fellow, and a Pahara Fellow.
LaShawn earned a B.A. in political science from University of California, Berkeley; a Masters of Arts in Teaching from Brown University; and an Administrative Credential from California State University, Sacramento’s Urban Leadership Program.
Recent interviews and writing:
180 Podcast: What Is an Equitable Learning Environment and How Can Your School Build One?
Exercising Creative Courage: A Conversation with LaShawn Routé Chatmon
Unleashing Social Change: LaShawn Routé Chatmon and Kathleen Osta, “Rebel Leadership”
The Resettlement Podcast: Rebel Leadership in a Time of Change: LaShawn Routé Chatmon