Color of Education

The Public School Forum of North Carolina

Building Leaders. Transforming Systems. Centering Students.

Working alongside educators, students, and communities to eliminate racial disparities and build an equitable future for every learner.

Our Story

The Dudley Flood Center for Educational Equity and Opportunity (Flood Center) serves as a hub to identify and connect organizations, networks, and leaders to address issues of access and opportunity in education across North Carolina. The Flood Center is born out of the findings and recommendations of the Forum’s Study Group XVI: Expanding Educational Opportunity (2016), co-chaired by Dr. Flood, as well as the Color of Education partnership, which aims to achieve racial equity in education across North Carolina through building connections and engagement across fields of research, policy and practice. The Flood Center continues this work by informing discussions on policies impacting equity & social justice, supporting and advancing equity-focused educator programming, and promote discussions around how schools are funded at the local and state levels, in hopes of achieving equity, access, and opportunity for each and every young person in North Carolina.

Our Mission

The Dudley Flood Center for Educational Equity & Opportunity works collaboratively to address issues of systemic racism by advocating for structural changes in policy and practice to build an equitable education system that meets the social, emotional, and academic needs of NC’s diverse student population.

Our Vision

The Dudley Flood Center for Educational Equity & Opportunity envisions an education system that provides every student in North Carolina with access to equitable, culturally responsive, and high-quality educational opportunities that lead to success in college, career, and citizenship.

Equity Definition

Equity reflects a state in which every person’s identity, power, opportunity, and potential are fully realized and life outcomes are no longer predicted by characteristics such as race, economics, ethnicity, location, gender, sexuality, nor disability.

Strategic Priorities

Policy, Research & Advocacy

Provide analysis, recommendations, advocacy, and evaluation of district and state-level policies that enable or hinder equity in schools and for each and every student.

Capacity Building & Convenings

Develop and implement convenings, programming, and professional learning opportunities to learn from and build the capacity of students, teachers, parents, administrators, policymakers, and other organizational and community leaders to understand and improve equity in our schools and communities.

Partnerships

Develop and sustain meaningful, collaborative partnerships with organizations, philanthropic entities, schools, and districts to maximize efforts and impacts for students and schools.

Outreach Communications & Dissemination

Produce, share, and disseminate the Flood Center’s equity-related work, as well as the efforts and products of partners and stakeholders to ensure access and increase and sustain momentum for equity-driven work and solutions.

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