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A Racial Reckoning at Yale’s Center for Emotional Intelligence
As schools across the country grapple with issues of historical discrimination, the director of a prominent SEL program argued that some inclusion efforts could get its curriculum “banned,” according...
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Study: AI Uncovers Skin-Tone Gap in Most-Beloved Children’s Books
Updated The most popular, award-winning children’s books tend to shade their Black, Asian and Hispanic characters with lighter skin tones than stories recognized for identity-based awards, new research...
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AFT Launches Literacy Campaign, Pledging 1M Free Books for Families
At a moment when attempts to ban books from school libraries have reached unprecedented levels and educators are being threatened for their reading assignments, the American Federation of Teachers is...
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Youngkin Admin Ends Equity Initiatives at Virginia Department of Education
In a push to end “divisive concepts” in Virginia education, Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s administration is ending virtually all equity initiatives launched by the state’s Department of Education prior to the...
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To Recruit New Hires, Big Employers Team Up with Historically Black Colleges
This article was originally published in The Hechinger Report.As it did in workplaces worldwide, the killing of George Floyd — just a few miles from its offices in Minneapolis — led to deep...
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Opinion: ‘Tangible Equity’: Excelling at — and Then Dismantling — an Unfair...
This essay is excerpted from the new book “Tangible Equity A Guide for Leveraging Student Identity, Culture, and Power to Unlock Excellence In and Beyond the Classroom” by Colin Seale In the...
View ArticleOpinion: From Playing the Game to Slaying the Game: Why I Wrote ‘Tangible...
“Can you do an equity workshop for my teachers?” After five years of leading thinkLaw, where I work with school systems across the nation to help them create a reality where critical thinking is no...
View ArticleOpinion: To Stop the Rise in School Segregation, Empower Leaders of Color
It’s time to dispense with the myth of America as a melting pot, especially when it comes to schools. Because as divided as our national politics can be, our public schools are that — and then some. A...
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‘Untapped Talent’: TA to BA Teacher Prep Program Scales Six-Fold Amid Shortages
Updated Rosemely Osorio is swiftly becoming the educator that, years ago, she wished for. When, at age 9, she and her family came to Rhode Island from Guatemala, Osorio recalls struggling academically...
View ArticleOpinion: Latino Students Will Soon Be 30% of All Public School Enrollment:...
Demographic change regularly gets discussed as one of those big, inevitable, structural currents reshaping American life. It’s been clear for some years that the United States is becoming more diverse...
View Article16 Under 16 in STEM: NJ Teen Employs Tech for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
This summer we’ve been celebrating America’s 16 under 16 in STEM — young learners who have already made a meaningful mark in their schools and communities. We met an inspired 15-year-old STEM...
View ArticleOpinion: Fixing Teacher Shortage Means Confronting Bias & Racism....
The educator shortage is a complex, multi-layered challenge that communities throughout the country have faced for decades. Addressing the problem requires solutions that go beyond quick fixes — like...
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Texas Governor: Universities Cannot Use Diversity, Equity or Inclusion in Hiring
This article was originally published in El Paso Matters. Inclusive and equitable institutions that use diversity, equity and inclusion in their hiring benefit everyone, and a recent directive from the...
View ArticleSenate Bill Would Create ‘Intellectual Diversity’ Centers at Ohio State and...
This article was originally published in Ohio Capital Journal.An Ohio state Senate bill is trying to create new centers at Ohio State University and the University of Toledo that expand and affirm...
View ArticleGeorgia Panel Votes to Cleanse Teacher Lesson Plans as School Culture Wars Rage
This article was originally published in Georgia Recorder.“Words matter” – that’s what several of the dozen or so educators and parents gathered in a downtown Atlanta boardroom had to say Thursday in a...
View ArticleCampus Diversity Will Be a Struggle Without Race-Based Admissions, History Shows
This article was originally published in Stateline.States that have tried to enroll more Black and Hispanic students in state universities without using race-based admissions policies have seen the...
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Opinion: Don’t Shut Advanced Programs that Keep Students Out — Use Data to...
Advanced education in the United States is undergoing a transformation. As advocated by the National Working Group on Advanced Education in Building a Wider, More Diverse Pipeline of Advanced...
View ArticleFeds Award Millions to School Districts to Address ‘Tricky’ Issue of Integration
Since the beginning of his administration, President Joe Biden has asked Congress for $100 million to help schools become more integrated by race and family income. The proposal never received serious...
View ArticleJill Underly Talks Diversity, Censorship and Challenges Facing Wisconsin Schools
This article was originally published in Wisconsin Examiner.During a heavy snowstorm Tuesday that caused schools to close all over Wisconsin, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jill Underly...
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Road Scholars: When These Families Travel, School Comes Along for the Ride
Palm Desert, California Jon and Sam Bastianelli looked on patiently as their oldest son, the “history buff,” examined the axes, shovels and old farming tools displayed in a blacksmith shop at the...
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