Equity
Education news, analysis, and opinion about the fair distribution of opportunities for all students
Equity & Diversity
Opinion
Education Equity Requires Social Justice Warriors
It is not enough to prepare young people to be civically aware; educational equity requires students to become civic activists.
School & District Management
Under DeVos, Ed. Dept. Has Abandoned Vulnerable Students, Principals' Group Director Says
In blunt remarks at a national conference of principals, the executive director of the National Association of Secondary School Principals said the department's actions are telling the most vulnerable students, "We have no intention of defending your rights."
Equity & Diversity
Opinion
Why Charter School Teachers Should Care About the Janus Decision
The local union's ability to negotiate a decent deal on behalf of teachers pretty directly pressures charters to fall in line and stay competitive. It that power goes away, charter school teachers who have benefited from this unspoken relationship are likely to feel the difference as much or more than their district counterparts.
Social Studies
Opinion
Do Core Democratic Values Belong in Schools?
It is a point of pride, really, having these core democratic values as an anchor in the Mitten State Social Studies standards. Here's a list of those identified values: Life, liberty, pursuit of happiness, justice, the common good, equality, truth, diversity, popular sovereignty and patriotism. Things we all agree on, right?
Education Funding
26 States Earn 'F' Grade on School Spending in Education Week Analysis
Education Week's latest analysis points to a funding hole as education competes with other state spending priorities and political obstacles.
Education Funding
School Funding Data Shine a Bright Light on States' Priorities
This special Quality Counts report on school finance digs into how much the nation and the states spend on K-12 and how equitably that public education money is distributed.
Equity & Diversity
Opinion
Why School Librarians Are the Literacy Leaders We Need
When we cut school librarians and rely solely on teachers to curate classroom libraries, we open the door to several problems and close the door to other key benefits.
Equity & Diversity
Opinion
Authentic Equity Leadership: A Listening Journey
The CEO of Envision Education describes how that organization sought to make itself more equitable. It started with listening.
Equity & Diversity
Opinion
Change the Conversation: What Educators Need to Be Talking About
In order to make education equitable, educators need to confront white supremacy.
School Climate & Safety
Chicago Students Get a Powerful History Lesson From Activists in Birmingham, Ala. (Video)
Elementary school students from a Chicago charter school journeyed more than 600 miles for a lesson on how children and teenagers changed the course of history in Birmingham--from the people who were there.
Equity & Diversity
Opinion
Partnership for Equity: Learning from Oakland's Full Service Community Schools
A longitudinal, multi-methods research project examines early outcomes and ongoing implementation of one school district's efforts towards becoming the nation's first full service community schools district.
School Choice & Charters
Opinion
Does School Choice Put Freedom Before Equity?
As parents turn to the education marketplace to get ahead, some students get left behind, writes one education professor.
Equity & Diversity
Opinion
The Effects of Unequal School Discipline Strategies
Guest blogger Amanda Ronan writes, "The harsh reality is that certain discipline practices are the reflections of institutionalized racism and outward discrimination against people of color and other underserved communities."
School Climate & Safety
Opinion
Unequal School Discipline Strategies Set the Stage for Lifelong Discrimination
Guest blogger Amanda Ronan says, "As a school leader, you probably don't need federal guidelines to tell you whether these practices are negatively impacting your school and your students. School climate is under your jurisdiction, so you know what's bubbling up in your environment."