Diversity

Education news, analysis, and opinion around school diversity, including racial, ethnic, and cultural diversity, as well as coverage of gender diversity and LGBTQ issues
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Equity & Diversity Opinion What President Trump Gets Wrong About 'Patriotic Education'
Teachers worth their salt know that it's not indoctrination to teach our students to understand hard truths, write five Teachers of the Year.
Chris Dier, Takeru "TK" Nagayoshi, Erin McCarthy, Cecilia Chung & Lynette Stant, October 1, 2020
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Professional Development Reported Essay Anti-Racist Teaching: What Educators Really Think
A new nationally representative survey of teachers, principals, and district leaders offers key takeaways.
EdWeek Research Center, September 25, 2020
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Teacher Preparation Reported Essay Teachers Can Take on Anti-Racist Teaching. But Not Alone
Teachers want to do better by their students of color, but many don’t know how. Madeline Will examines the gap between intention and action.
Madeline Will, September 23, 2020
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School & District Management Reported Essay Principals Need Help Building Anti-Racist Schools
Anti-racist school leadership is about becoming more racially aware and taking action, explains Denisa R. Superville.
Denisa R. Superville, September 23, 2020
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Equity & Diversity Reported Essay Dismantling Systemic Racism in Schools: 8 Big Ideas
Get an overview of this fall’s Big Ideas special report, which is dedicated to addressing anti-Black systemic racism in schools.
Elizabeth Rich, September 23, 2020
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Teacher Preparation Q&A We All Live Racialized Lives: The 'Identity Work' Teachers Need to Do
Understanding the Black experience also means seeing white privilege, writes education professor LaGarrett King.
Sarah Schwartz, September 23, 2020
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Equity & Diversity Reported Essay Are Strained Police Relations With Black Teens a Solvable Problem?
A leadership program for young Black men looks to confront racism in law enforcement. Corey Mitchell explains.
Corey Mitchell, September 23, 2020
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Teacher Preparation Reported Essay You Have Anti-Racist Curriculum Resources. Now What Do You Do?
Teachers need spaces to explore how power dynamics have shaped the subjects they teach, explains Sarah Schwartz.
Sarah Schwartz, September 23, 2020
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Equity & Diversity Reported Essay Students Need Anti-Bias Training, Too
When a student noticed that no one was teaching her classmates about racism, she took matters into her own hands, Catherine Gewertz reports.
Catherine Gewertz, September 23, 2020
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Equity & Diversity Opinion Why I'm Designing Anti-Bias Training for My Classmates
Schools are not preparing students to enter an increasingly diverse world, writes high school senior Zoë Jenkins.
Zoe Jenkins, September 23, 2020
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Teacher Preparation Opinion Before We Can Have Anti-Racist Classrooms, Teacher Preparation Needs an Overhaul
My knowledge of African American history did not come from school, writes Keziah Ridgeway. Why was that?
Keziah Ridgeway, September 23, 2020
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Equity & Diversity Opinion What Abolishing the Police Means to Me: A Student's Perspective
Young people deserve a say in how to keep their communities safe, writes high school student M’munga Songolo.
M'munga Songolo, September 23, 2020
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Equity & Diversity Opinion An Open Letter to a Parent Afraid of Anti-Racist Education
Black Lives Matter, climate change, family separation? All appropriate classroom topics, writes Christina Torres.
Christina Torres, September 17, 2020
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Curriculum Opinion For Many Teachers, Black Lives Only Matter Conditionally
If you believe Black lives matter, it's time to stop whitewashing American history, writes Rann Miller.
Rann Miller, September 16, 2020
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