Kandice McLurkin

Kandice McLurkin is an education professional and former Los Angeles Unified School District central-office administrator and elementary school principal. She has more than 39 years of experience developing and leading professional development focused on educational equity, collective teacher efficacy, culturally responsive pedagogy, and student resiliency. Her work has included leadership in LAUSD’s Academic English Mastery Program, which was recognized with the California School Boards Association’s 2019 Golden Bell Award.

McLurkin is a contributing author to Equity in the Classroom: What It Looks Like and How to Achieve It (2022), a collection of essays by education leaders addressing equity, opportunity gaps, culturally responsive teaching, and academic achievement. She has received recognition including Pepperdine University’s Distinguished Alumna Educator honor, the California Association of Bilingual Educators’ Visionary Award, and California State University, Los Angeles’s Distinguished Educator Award.