Equity Resources for Educators
The Case for Culturally Responsive Education
A resource from the Partnership for the Future of Learning
Talking About Race
Materials and resources that help visitors worldwide to engage, discover and communicate.
Talking About Racial Equity in Education
A guide by FrameWorks
Stories of Culturally Responsive Education
The CRE documentary series by award-winning filmmaker Manauvaskar Kublall examines what it would take to establish a positive school culture that respects and honors youth of all races, cultures and abilities and values families and communities as assets and experts to help build the capacity of school staff to engage cultures effectively.
Strategies for Recruiting a Diverse Teacher Workforce
recommendations and resources from REL Southwest
Creating the space to talk about race in your school
There are many ways to make room for addressing racial dynamics. Discussions in the classroom can even be steppingstones to addressing race in your school, school district and community. ~ From NEA's edjustice
Learning to Talk about Race and Implicit Bias in Historically White Districts: Some Guidance for Educators
The paper describes various challenges that they observed as educators tried to talk together about the relationship between existing schooling practices and their different effects on students and families of different racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds. They observed that talking about race and inequities was often an uncomfortable practice and one that required both learning and unlearning.
In addition to describing the sorts of learning and unlearning that talking about race requires in predominately white districts, Danielle and Ann also offer some ideas about ways to disrupt inequities in schools, particularly in schools where the vast majority of students (and adults) are white.
Big Ideas for Confronting Racism in Education
Education Week Big Ideas special report.
Culturally Responsive Leading and Learning: Addressing Equity through Student and Family Voice
Building and sustaining collaborative relationships with students and families is essential not only for understanding students' and families' experiences, but also for meeting students' learning needs and desires. How administrators and teachers build these relationships will depend on the specific context and cultures of students and families served by the school. ~ From REL
Resources to help advance race equity at every step
The Annie E. Casey Foundation's seven-step Race, Equity and Inclusion Action Guide, aims to help organizations advance race equity and eliminate systemic barriers en route to improving the lives of children and families.
American Consortium for Equity in Education
School districts are under tremendous pressure to meet accessibility requirements and create equity for their learners. AC & E is a resource to help identify and secure resources needed in this critical area.
Equity audit
Mid-Atlantic Equity Consortium provides criteria for an equitable school.
An if-then statement to achieve equity in education from the National Equity Project.
Microaggressions in the classroom video
Recognizing and responding to microaggressions includes a reflection activity, types of microaggressions and their impact, takeaways for faculty and staff.
Implicit Bias and Microaggressions
A primer on the impact of implicit biases in schools and how they can be expressed by students and faculty.
Addressing Microaggressions in the Classroom
Provides examples of and suggestions for addressing microaggressions.
Responding to Microaggressions and Bias
Examples of words to use when observing or experiencing microaggressions or bias.
Why are all the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria
A book by Beverly Daniel Tatum, a renowned authority on the psychology of racism, who argues that straight talk about our racial identities is essential if we are serious about enabling communication across racial and ethnic divides.
In Defense of Caring about Difference
Many educators profess, as a virtue, that they treat all students the same. But when a student's specific needs and story are erased, it's not equitable—it's damaging.
Microaggressions—More than just Race
Microaggressions are the everyday verbal, nonverbal, and environmental slights, snubs, or insults, whether intentional or unintentional, which communicate hostile, derogatory, or negative messages to target persons based solely upon their marginalized group membership.
Microintervention strategies for microaggressions
Given the immense harm inflicted on individuals and groups of color via prejudice and discrimination, it becomes imperative for our nation to begin the process of disrupting, dismantling, and disarming the constant onslaught of micro- and macroaggressions.
Equity Literacy Framework
Equity literacy is a comprehensive approach for creating and sustaining equitable schools.
Basic Principles for Equity Literacy
The basic principles of equity literacy help us ensure we keep a commitment to equity at the center of our equity work and the broader equity conversation.
More than Celebrating Diversity
Equity literacy means more than hosting multicultural arts-and-crafts fairs or diversity assemblies. It involves real conversations about issues like racism, economic inequality, sexism, homophobia and ableism.
Five Paradigm Shifts for Equitable Educators
Questions to ask when considering equity
Equity Case Analysis Process - seven steps to take when processing cases below
Imagining Equity Literacy
Equity literacy moves us beyond cultural competency, allowing educators to create and sustain equitable and just learning environments for all families and students.
Avoiding Racial Equity Detours
Students experiencing racism can’t wait for schools to move at their own pace and comfort level.
Why Our Students Need Equity Literacy
We need students to have a grasp of the historical trajectories of marginalized and privileged groups and to understand how those groups have been—and continue to be—framed.
Building a pedagogy of engagement for students in poverty
The only surefire way to eliminate the achievement gap is to eradicate poverty. Since that’s not going to happen anytime soon, educators can still take many research-proven steps to foster equality of opportunity in education.
Equity Literacy Principles for Educators of Students Experiencing Poverty
Equity literacy is a framework for cultivating the knowledge and skills that enable us to be a threat to the existence of inequity in our spheres of influence.
11 Things We Can Do to Bring Class Equity to School
A one-page document with considerations for students and their families
Liberatory design activities
An introduction to the process, mindsets, and activities that build on the tradition of human-centered design (aka design thinking) to allow for deeper innovation and agency amid institutionalized norms, structures, and oppression.
National Equity Project
The National Equity Project addresses opportunity gaps to improve learning and education outcomes for all students.
Making people aware of their implicit biases doesn't usually change minds. But here's what does
As awareness of implicit bias and its effects has increased, so has interest in mitigating it.
Say Their Names
A toolkit to help foster productive conversations about race and civil disobedience.
*Administrators may want to consult with their district attorney before using these resources for required professional learning or classroom instruction.