Equity & Access
Equity and access follows schools, frameworks and leaders who put equity at the center of what they do to create a level playing field for all students and remove any implicit bias in the curriculum or way that it’s taught. In a time of highlighted inequities, this is the most important work in education.
Pandemic Opportunity: Rethink Education Accountability
Tom discusses what an updated accountability system may look like and what our school systems need to create equitable achievement.
The Biggest Source of Inequity Might Be the Way We Fund Schools
In America, there are several sources of inequities in wealth and income but Tom looks to uncover what might be the biggest source of inequity—school funding.
New Arts Integration Efforts Address Healing-Centered Engagement, Transformative Agency
There is a new merging of the arts with trauma-informed pedagogy, social justice and culturally-responsive teaching as a means to increase healing-centered engagement and transformative agency.
Myth of the Ideal Classroom
By: Sarah Pazur. Instead of idealizing the face-to-face classroom at the expense of education’s advancement into the 21st century, it’s time to confront our biases and maximize the opportunities that online learning can provide.
A District’s Grappling With Anti-Racism: The Kearney School District Story
By: Bill Nicely. Kearney School District is committed to ending systemic racism in order to provide the lives and learning that all students deserve.
#EngageEquitably Helps Education Leaders Communicate More Effectively with Families and Communities
The challenges of COVID-19 and underlying inequities have expedited the need for equitable communication strategies with families.
Getting Clearer: Stakeholders At The Heart of Education
By J. Pile and L. Gilchrist. Julia and Laura talk about the importance of stakeholders in education and how the term must be humanized.
Educating All Learners Alliance Launches Flagship Site, Shares Personas Educators Can Use to Understand Students’ Lived Experience During COVID-19
Vulnerable learners will need more from our school communities this year, whether we’re operating in fully remote, hybrid, or in-person instructional environments.
Economic Mobility High: The New End Game for America’s High Schools
Tom and Eric share why high schools can and should be economic development engines of our communities.
Joe Truss on Dismantling the White Supremacy Culture of Schooling
In this video interview, Joe Truss discusses his experience and numerous ways in which we can work to dismantle white supremacy in American schools.