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 'Survival Mode': A Minnesota Teacher of the Year Decries Immigration CrackdownsFederal agents are creating trauma and chaos for our students and schools in Minneapolis.
Equity & Diversity Opinion 'Fear Is a Thief of Focus.' A Teacher on the Impact of ICE and Renee Nicole Good's DeathAt a time that feels like a state of emergency, educators are doing their best to protect students.Equity & Diversity Reports Educator Beliefs About School Diversity: Results of a National SurveyThe EdWeek Research Center surveyed educators to understand how they see the necessity, feasibility, and impact of school integration today.
Equity & Diversity Trump Administration Moves to Cut Off Transgender Care for ChildrenU.S. officials are proposing new restrictions designed to block access to gender-affirming care for minors.
Equity & Diversity Trump Admin. Accuses Minneapolis Schools of Racism in Protecting Minority TeachersThe Justice Department has filed its latest suit alleging racism for efforts to boost teacher diversity.
Equity & Diversity Opinion 'Classrooms Sat Half-Empty': How ICE Activity Turned These Communities Upside DownNothing is normal about teaching or learning in fear-plagued communities.
Equity & Diversity Opinion How to Help More Women Advance to the SuperintendencyDespite ambition and talent, not enough female teachers break the glass ceiling as district leaders.
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 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.
