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
See Also: Equity & Diversity, Teacher Diversity
Curriculum
Teachers Pay Teachers Has a New Anti-Racist Initiative. But There’s Still Racist Content on the Site
The lesson-sharing platform recently pledged to promote anti-racist resources and provide free professional development. But teachers say the company's content moderation policy still allows for racist resources to remain on the site.
Families & the Community
Opinion
Why I Showed My Young Children the Video of George Floyd's Death
Our children see that the law does not apply equally to all, writes lawyer and historian Allison Matulli. It's a lesson that parents and educators can’t ignore.
Equity & Diversity
Opinion
Principal: I Spoke Out Against Racism Too Late. I Won't Make That Mistake Again
After his school was graffitied, Principal Eric Juli wants to imagine how school can be different.
Equity & Diversity
Opinion
It's Time to Move Beyond Buzzwords and Radically Re-imagine Schools
For schools to dismantle racism and create lasting change, educators must first understand the roots of oppression, writes Jamilah Pitts.
Equity & Diversity
Opinion
An Essay for Teachers Who Understand Racism Is Real
Our schools need abolitionists right now, not reformers, writes Bettina L. Love. Here's how to be more than just an "ally."
School Climate & Safety
Opinion
I Need More From My Daughter's School Than Lip Service About Racism
Districts must put real action behind their anti-racist statements, writes Funmi Haastrup. Here are five places to start.
Teaching Profession
Teachers Are as Racially Biased as Everybody Else, Study Shows
A paper published by researchers compares teachers’ explicit and implicit biases with those of other American adults.
School Climate & Safety
Opinion
School Closures Always Hurt. They Hurt Even More Now
On top of racism and COVID-19, low-income Black and Brown students are facing a third pandemic: school closures, write four scholars who study school closures.
Student Achievement
Opinion
Don't Make Black Families Choose Between Academics and Justice
While unarmed Black men and women continue to die at the hands of police, our schools first started by killing their minds, writes teacher Jasmine Lane.
School Climate & Safety
Do Cops Belong in Schools? Minneapolis Tragedy Prompts a Hard Look at School Police
In the aftermath of last month’s killing of an unarmed Minneapolis man in police custody, school systems are re-examining their own contracts with local police agencies.
School Climate & Safety
Opinion
A Black Teacher's Letter to His Younger Self: 'I Now Face Two Battles'
“I am sorry that you did not get the protection you deserved,” writes Lebon “Trey” D. James III in a letter to his 18-year-old self.
School Climate & Safety
Q&A
What's Next for School Policing in Minneapolis
The district’s chief of accountability, research, and equity talks about racism, racial equity, and the district’s search for a new student-safety strategy.
Equity & Diversity
As Monuments Fall Across the South, Will Districts Reconsider Confederate-Named Schools?
An Education Week analysis found that at least 140 schools, almost all below the Mason-Dixon line, still bear the names of figures from that era.
School Climate & Safety
Opinion
6 Considerations for School Leaders Making a Statement About George Floyd
When making formal statements, school & district leaders should call out racist patterns advise Dorinda J. Carter Andrews & Shaun R. Harper.