Equity & Diversity
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Equity & Diversity Download Want to Start Your Own Free Book Fair? Here's How You Can Get StartedBook fairs may shut out families in poverty. Here's how some school librarians are making free versions.
Equity & Diversity A School District Could Offer Reparations to Black Citizens. How It Might LookReparations could come in the form of cash payments paid for by donations or a new tax.
Equity & Diversity Opinion We Can End Academic Tracking Fast—Or We Can Do It RightEliminating ability grouping can give students better opportunities, but teachers must be ready to get students to grade-level standards.
Equity & Diversity States That Require Period Products for Free in SchoolsMore and more states are either requiring K-12 schools to stock pads and tampons, or provide funding for schools to do so.
Equity & Diversity More Schools Stock Tampons and Pads, But Access Is Still a ProblemPeriod products are becoming more commonplace in schools. But there are gaps in funding—and in access, a barrier for lower-income students.
Equity & Diversity A School Board Reinstated Confederate School Names. Could It Happen Elsewhere?Shenandoah County's school board voted in May to reinstate two Confederate names. Researchers wonder if others will, too.
Equity & Diversity How 9 Leaders Think About Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Their SchoolsDistrict and school leaders share their take on DEI and what it means for all students to experience inclusion and belonging.
Equity & Diversity Opinion When Did We Become Disillusioned With Desegregation?Forty years ago, the civil rights attorney and professor Derrick Bell diagnosed where the legacy of Brown v. Board of Education went wrong.
Equity & Diversity Explainer These LGBTQ+ Terms Can Help Create A Safe School for StudentsTo create a safe environment for LGBTQ+ students in schools, here are some terms that educators should know.
Equity & Diversity States Have Restricted Teaching on Social Justice. Is Teacher Preparation Next?A new Florida law will restrict what teacher-preparation programs can teach about racism and sexism.
Equity & Diversity Opinion 70 Years After 'Brown,' Schools Are Still Separate and UnequalThe legal strategy to prioritize school integration has had some unforeseen consequences in the decades since.
Equity & Diversity How a DEI Rebrand Is Playing Out in K-12 SchoolsSchool districts continue to advance DEI initiatives, though the focus is more on general inclusion and belonging for all.
Equity & Diversity Opinion 70 Years of Abandonment: The Failed Promise of 'Brown v. Board'If the nation is going to refuse integration, Black people must demand we revisit the separate but equal doctrine, writes Bettina L. Love.
Equity & Diversity Opinion 'Brown v. Board of Education' at 70: A Dream DissolvedThis anniversary should remind us that progress is not inevitable. We stand now at a critical juncture.
Equity & Diversity Opinion Equity? Equality? How Educators Can Tell the DifferenceEducators offer advice and examples for giving students what they need, rather than simply treating everyone the same.
