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In Chicago, listening is the first step toward equity
When the Chicago Public Schools’ Office of Equity was established in September 2018, our goal was to take a systemic approach to building equity so that every student would have access to a high-qua..
‘Equity work is not a zero-sum game’
Tauheedah Baker-Jones is Atlanta Public Schools’ first chief equity and social justice officer. She developed and now oversees the district’s Center for Equity and Social Justice and the districtâ..
One district’s path to a diverse staff
In North Carolina’s Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools, we believe that employing a diverse staff is key to reaching all five of our overarching district goals: student achievement, equity and acc..
Mind the gap
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To lead for equity, learn from teachers
Schools committed to equity are experimenting with creative and powerful ways for teachers to ensure all students receive what they need to learn in the classroom. Many of these efforts focus professi..
Equity at every level
Learning how leaders advance equity and justice can inspire, give us mental models, and help us create our own road maps. Eight years ago, Nancy Gerzon and I researched professional learning in hig..
One simple question can accelerate progress toward equity
For the past 15 years, I have been traveling to schools and districts that break the correlation between race and poverty on the one hand and academic achievement on the other. That is to say, they se..
Honoring history, cultivating genius
Gholnecsar (Gholdy) Muhammad is a leading voice for equity, anti-racism, and culturally and historically responsive teaching. A former teacher and school district curriculum director, she now research..
For curriculum quality, cultural representation matters
Curriculum is a critical force through which students receive the tacit message of their value in society. They learn which groups of people are valued and whose stories are worth learning. For too lo..
COVID-19’s impact on Latinx students: What education leaders need to know.
Latinx children and their families have been hit particularly hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has brought long-standing economic, health, and educational disparities to the forefront (López, Bar..
