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Equity & Access
Black Next-Story Month
Honoring Black history not only means remembering the pain and resilience of the past, it also calls for a commitment to sharing the next story.
Difference Making
The Power and Possibility of Community Learning Hubs
Community Learning Hubs have become a lifeline for students that are in all virtual and hybrid school models providing a safe place to be throughout the day and, in some cases, evenings.
Equity & Access
How Helping Students Get Comfortable With Failure Can Increase Economic Equity
M. Archbold & R. Harris. Michael and Ron share how equity begins when students face challenges, find resilience and persevere in the face of adversity.
Equity & Access
Ten Ways Schools Can Build Students’ Social Capital
By: Dr. Tyler S. Thigpen. What really is our most essential form of wealth? Relationships of unconditional love and support are invaluable. Read 10 ways schools can help children become rich in relationships.
Difference Making
How a Fun Mother-Daughter Project Became Two Groundbreaking Publications
By: Annette Bazira-Okafor. The founders of Black Girls Magazine didn’t see themselves represented in the media, so they set out to change that—and learned about the power of representation along the way.
Equity & Access
Equity in Education: We Don’t Need To Level the Playing Field, We Need to Change the Game
By: Erin Lynn Raab, Ph.D. An over-focus on test scores, attainment, and limited outcomes has frightfully de-humanized schooling. We don’t need to level the playing field, we need to change the game.
Equity & Access
Emancipating Equity for Learning Justice
Kelly Niccolls and Rebecca Midles discuss how we must dismantle the machine that is schooling and emancipate equity for learning justice.
Leadership
Striving Toward a Better Accountability System
By: Dr. Jill Siler. Superintendents can be held accountable in a way that is well-rounded, appropriate for children, and reflective of the hopes and dreams of their communities.
Equity & Access
What is Vertical Coherence and Why Does it Matter for Equity?
By: Liisa Potts & Jamilah Hicks. Vertical coherence can be used to facilitate student mastery and affect the equity outcome for students.
Equity & Access
The Best Super Bowl Sunday Ad Champions Equity in Education #WhatDoesItTake
The best super bowl ad this year highlighted the importance of equity and access in schools. Here's what educators can do next.