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 to Best Address Race and Racism in the ClassroomDespite the challenges, teaching about the politically sensitive topic is important.
Equity & Diversity Biden's Order on LGBTQ Equality: What Educators Need to KnowPresident Joe Biden's latest executive order takes a stance against "discriminatory" state laws and bolsters support for LGBTQ students and families.
Equity & Diversity Study Links Longer School Bus Rides to Chronic AbsenteeismChronic absenteeism rates are as high as 12 percent for students with long bus rides, researchers find.
Equity & Diversity Opinion Are Schools Too Inclusive? Some People Think SoAcceptance of all children is a central mission of public schools—places where there's no room for hatred and fear.
Equity & Diversity Number of Trans Youth Is Twice as High as Previous Estimates, Study FindsNew data show that about 300,000 teenagers identify as transgender.
Equity & Diversity As Terms Like 'SEL' Draw Fire, Organizations Supporting Schools Sharpen Their MessageGroups that work with schools on social emotional learning seek to defuse misconceptions and speak plainly to parents and the community.
Equity & Diversity A Mother's Plea for Schools to Help End Racist ViolenceThe mother of a survivor from the Buffalo, N.Y., shooting testified to Congress on accurate history teaching as one preventative measure.
Equity & Diversity Opinion How Do You Write the Story of Your Future When Every Day Might Be Your Last?If we don’t let children see themselves in the classroom, we leave an opening for extremism, writes a scholar and survivor of the Bosnian genocide.
Equity & Diversity An Expansive Look at School Segregation Shows It's Getting WorseMost of the increases have come within the nation's 100 largest districts.
Equity & Diversity Want to Build a Kinder, More Inclusive School? These Students Have IdeasStudents from across the U.S. present concrete solutions. The most important one: Listen to them.
Equity & Diversity Opinion The ‘Great Replacement Theory’ Is a Lie. It's Also a Threat to SchoolsThe conspiracy espoused by the Buffalo shooting suspect is of particular concern for schools, writes Jonathan E. Collins.
Equity & Diversity A School Openly Discusses Race in a State That Bans ItAt Millwood High School, discussions on race are everywhere, and students say the lessons are essential.
Equity & Diversity Opinion The Buffalo Massacre Is Exactly Why We Need to Talk About Racism With White StudentsToo many white people are receiving their information about race from racist media rather than their schools, writes David Nurenberg.
Equity & Diversity Native American Children Endured Brutal Treatment in U.S. Boarding Schools, Federal Report ShowsDeaths, physical and psychological punishments, and manual labor occurred at the more than 400 federal boarding schools.Equity & Diversity Spotlight Spotlight on Education EquityThis Spotlight will help you learn about leaders who champion equity, the meaning of culturally responsive teaching, and more.
