By Aaron Allen, The Seattle Medium

Baionne Coleman, CEO of Rainier Valley Leadership Academy (RVLA), recently stepped down from her role, concluding a transformative tenure at the Seattle charter school. According to Coleman, the decision to step down comes as Coleman takes a position as the chief academic officer for a multi-state education organization focused on advancing equity for Black and global majority students.

Coleman said her decision to pursue a national leadership role is deeply informed by her family’s history of breaking barriers in education—particularly during the era of school integration.

“I’ve come into this work because I come from a legacy of educators,” said Coleman. “My mother, Beverly Minnis Washington, integrated schools after the 1954 Brown versus Board of Ed

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