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 After Debate Citing Indoctrination and Nazis, Miami-Dade School Board Rejects LGBTQ MonthThe board voted 8-1 against recognizing October as LGBTQ History Month and teaching 12th graders about two landmark Supreme Court cases.
Equity & Diversity Opinion Bigotry Is Bigotry, Even If You Call It EquityCalling out instances of prejudice is not only a moral imperative. It could also go a long way toward healing some of our frayed trust.
Equity & Diversity Texas School District Imposes Broad Restrictions on Transgender Students' RightsThe policy addresses bathroom use, students' pronouns, and library books, and it prohibits discussion of gender fluidity in the classroom.
Equity & Diversity Reported Essay The Key to More Equitable Schools? Deep CommitmentSchools are making progress on their DEI goals, but nothing short of an education overhaul will achieve equity.
Equity & Diversity Reported Essay When Did Equity Become a 'Trigger' Word?Education equity may be inscribed in federal law, but that doesn't mean everyone agrees on what it means.
Equity & Diversity Video A High-Quality, Culturally Responsive Education Should Be Every District’s DEI GoalSince the summer of 2020, more districts are examining and redefining their approach to DEI work. What have we learned from these efforts?
Equity & Diversity Video For Decades, Our Nation Supported Equity. Now, We’re Divided Over ItFederal law makes it clear that all public school students should reach a basic level of academic mastery, so what are we arguing about?
Equity & Diversity Texas School District Rejects ‘In God We Trust’ Signs Featuring Rainbows, ArabicUnder a new law, Texas public schools are required to hang posters emblazoned with “In God We Trust” if someone donates a poster.
Equity & Diversity From Our Research Center Suburban Schools Saw Huge Drops in White Enrollment During the PandemicSuburban public schools lost 5 percent of their white students in a single year, a new EdWeek Research Center analysis found.
Equity & Diversity In a State With an Anti-CRT Law, a New Initiative Seeks to Coach Schools on EquitySeventy-four Kentucky districts are scheduled to begin coaching sessions next month as part of the pioneering program.
Equity & Diversity Opinion Educational Equity Isn't All or Nothing: The Case for Incremental ChangeIn some politically polarized communities, a step-by-step approach can work when other approaches do not.
Equity & Diversity Bills Targeting Classroom Talk on Race and Gender Identity Ballooned This YearLawmakers this year proposed 137 bills restricting lessons and training about racism and gender identity, a 250 percent increase since 2021.
Equity & Diversity In Their Own Words 'We've Come a Long, Long Way': A Former Uvalde Educator Reflects on the Town's HistoryAs the Uvalde, Texas, community considers the future of the school, Maria Castañon Hernandez reflects on how it's changed.
Equity & Diversity In Uvalde, Pain Where There Once Was PridePast and present residents of Uvalde, Texas, recount a deeper story of Robb Elementary—one that began years before the May 24 mass shooting.
Equity & Diversity Uvalde Schools Aren't Defined by One Tragedy. Here Are Key Moments in Their HistoryThe schools of Uvalde, Texas, have a rich history that goes beyond the tragedy that occurred at Robb Elementary in May.
