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 How Should White Teachers Show Up for Their Colleagues of Color?Racial equity demands fewer allies and more co-conspirators. Here’s why the distinction matters.
Equity & Diversity District Must Rename Schools After It Restored Confederate Names, Judge RulesThe district removed the Confederate names in 2020 only to bring them back four years later.
Equity & Diversity Opinion Is Your Classroom Welcoming to English Learners? Here Are 3 Places to StartTeachers have the power to define knowing two languages as an asset not a complication.
Equity & Diversity Education Department Scraps Longstanding Discrimination RulesDistricts will no longer be liable for "disparate impact"—in discipline, course access, or CTE programs.
Equity & Diversity Federal Equity Centers Protecting Students' Civil Rights Fight to Stay OpenFour centers that support schools' efforts to expand student opportunity are fighting for their existence.
Equity & Diversity Opinion 'Culturally Responsive Teaching Isn’t Performative’: How to Get It RightWant to create a more equitable education experience for all students? Start here.
Equity & Diversity Decades After Brown v. Board, New Lawsuit Challenges Persistent K-12 SegregationSegregation violates a state constitution's right to an adequate education for all, plaintiffs argue.
Equity & Diversity School District Refuses to Sign Federal Agreement, Change Trans Student RulesThe district refused to sign the agreement despite the looming threats of funding cuts.
Equity & Diversity Opinion The Myths and Realities of Culturally Responsive TeachingIt's time to stop thinking of culturally responsive practices as one more item on the to-do list.
Equity & Diversity Opinion Minnesota Students Are Living in Perilous Times, Two Teachers ExplainThe federal government is committing the "greatest constancy of deliberate community harm."
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 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.
