Equity & Diversity
Insights into how issues of equity, diversity, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, and religious beliefs impact schools
Webinars on Equity & Diversity
Browse and register for free professional development on race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender and gender identity, and religious beliefs and schools.
Special Report
Where We Are Now: Educational Equity in the Pandemic Era
What impact did the pandemic have on achieving educational equity? Stories and data assessments shed some light.
Special Report
Uprooting Inequities
What does it take for schools to move from embracing the goals of equity to enacting concrete steps that actually change the schooling experience for students who are black, Hispanic, and from low-income families?
Special Report
Teaching Vulnerable Students
This special report examines challenges and strategies for educating some of the most vulnerable students in the nation’s schools, including youths in juvenile detention facilities, immigrant students fearing deportation, homeless students with disabilities, and foster children.
Equity & Diversity Opinion Scrubbing Critical Conversations About Racism Isn't Helping Your StudentsFive ways to create "brave spaces" for your classroom while also embracing humanity.
Equity & Diversity Trump Admin. Effort to End 1960s School Desegregation Cases Faces a HurdleThe case offers an early test of the government’s attempt to quickly end long-running cases.
Equity & Diversity Opinion 'Am I Doing Enough?': Chicago Teachers Share Their Heartache Over ICE RaidsTeachers in Latino areas describe the trauma and economic disruption federal raids are causing.
Equity & Diversity Opinion Schools Cannot Afford to Ignore Race and IdentityPeople often don't notice discrimination if it doesn't affect them directly.
Equity & Diversity Opinion In Today's Political Climate, Teachers Must Center EmpathyKwame Sarfo-Mensah offers guidance on how teachers can model courage and leadership for students.
Equity & Diversity Letter to the Editor Let DEI Thrive: How Agency and Belonging Flourish in Identity Safe SpacesWe can’t afford to let go of diversity, equity, and inclusion, writes an author and educator.
Equity & Diversity Loan Forgiveness for Teachers of Color Is Discriminatory, Trump Admin. SaysThe U.S. Department of Justice says the program meant to boost the ranks of minority teachers discriminates against white educators.
Equity & Diversity Opinion Schools Alone Can't Be the Great Equalizer. So What Now?When I started as a school leader, I thought focusing on factors external to school was just “making excuses.” Not anymore.
Equity & Diversity Educators Just Can’t Agree About Student Dress CodesEducators debate dress codes’ impact, with some seeing gains for student focus and others citing bias and inequity.
Equity & Diversity Professional Learning Guide Your Guide to Race & School CultureThis professional learning guide is packed with resources to support K-12 equity and diversity.
Equity & Diversity Another District Restores a Confederate Name to Its SchoolsThe district dropped Robert E. Lee's name from two buildings in 2020. The Lee name will be back for the 2026-27 year.
Equity & Diversity Professional Learning Guide Your Guide to Navigating Difficult ConversationsThis professional learning guide equips you with everything you need to make all your discussions clear, confident, and impactful.
Equity & Diversity Trump Orders Colleges to Prove They Don't Consider Race in AdmissionsThe president has accused colleges of skirting the 2023 Supreme Court ruling that outlawed affirmative action in admissions.
Equity & Diversity Opinion Culturally Responsive Teaching Is a 'Journey of Discovery.' Here Are Tips to Guide YouHow teachers can tap into the many factors that contribute to students' cultural identity, according to educators.
Equity & Diversity Q&A Student Dress Codes Can Send the Wrong Message. How to Get Them RightRecommendations include a climate survey for students and reevaluating subjective language in dress code policies.
