The Center For Educational Leadership

The Center for Educational Leadership (CEL) partners with courageous leaders in classrooms, schools, and systems that support them to eliminate educational inequities by creating cultures of rigorous teaching, learning and leading. CEL believes educational justice lies in the development of leadership capacity―specifically nurturing the will to act on behalf of the most underserved students while increasing leadership knowledge and skill to dramatically improve the quality of instruction. As a nonprofit center within the University of Washington College of Education, our access to current research and best practices makes our work toward this goal especially effective. We are committed to learning, teaching, and leading alongside our colleagues and students of color as partners and allies to raise up and amplify their voices, cultures, and experiences in order to co-create communities that uphold the fundamental values of human rights and racial equity. As practitioners, we recognize the need for deep listening, focused learning, and humble cooperation.