Educational Equity: Examples of School Equity Policies in the United States

Minneapolis Public Schools Policy 1304 Equity and Diversity

RACIAL EQUITY POLICY BRIEF 16 Solutions that Deliver Equity and Excellence in Education By Jermaine Toney and Hillary Rodgers

Portland Public Schools Racial Educational Policy

ENSURING EDUCATIONAL AND RACIAL EQUITY - Seattle Public Schools

Bellevue School District Equity Department

Bloomington Public Schools Office of Educational Equity

Hopkins School District - Equity Strategy Framework

Portland Public Schools Racial Equity Plan (DRAFT)

Vision and Mission for Equity and Diversity in Our School/District - Nebraska Department of Education

A Promise to Act: Educational Equity and Excellence for All of Our Children - Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe leaders, Isle Schools, Nay Ah Shing Schools, Onamia Schools, Wewinabi Early Childhood Program, and Central Lakes College 

Dignity in Schools Campaign (DSC) - Ensuring Equity in Education

Denver Public Schools - Definitions Helpful to Understand Equity and Inclusion in Education

How Does Your Organization Define Equity? Education Funding Advisory Board - Illinois State Board of Education

Saint Paul Public Schools Policy - Racial Equity

REIMAGINING EQUITY AND DIVERSITY: A Framework for Transforming the University of Minnesota

The First R: How Children Learn Race and Racism by Debra Van Ausdale, Joe R. Feagin

The First R: How Children Learn Race and Racism 

by Debra Van Ausdale and Joe R. Feagin

•  240 pages Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (December 11, 2001)
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Writers since Piaget have questioned when and how children assimilate racist attitudes-or simply become aware of racial differences. This remarkable book offers stirring evidence that the answers may be more surprising than we ever imagined. The rich accounts of children's behavior around race are drawn from Van Ausdale's ethnographies, conducted in several multi-ethnic day-care centers. When she persistently divested herself of any authoritative role, children as young as 3 years gradually revealed to her a surprising array of racial attitudes, assumptions, and behaviors--most of which they normally withhold from parents and adult companions. The careful ethnographic analysis, conducted over many months, lead the authors to question many of our long-held assumptions about the nature of race and racial learning in American society.

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White Privilege

White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack by Peggy McIntosh

Teaching Tolerance: On Racism and White Privilege

Tim Wise on Racism

White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo (Download and Read)

4 Ways to Push Back Against Your Privilege by Mia McKenzie

White Debt - Reckoning with what is owed — and what can never be repaid — for racial privilege. By EULA BISS

Some Aspects and Assumptions of White Culture in the United States by Judith H. Katz

Growth Mindset

The Two Mindsets: Cultural Competency by Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee

What’s Missing from the Conversation: The Growth Mindset in Cultural Competency by Rosetta Lee

Fixed vs. Growth: The Two Basic Mindsets That Shape Our Lives

Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol Dweck

Promoting Racial Literacy in Schools: Differences That Make a Difference by Howard C. Stevenson

Promoting Racial Literacy in Schools: Differences That Make a Difference 

by Howard C. Stevenson 

240 pages Publisher: Teachers College Press (December 20, 2013)

Based on extensive research, this provocative volume explores how schools are places where racial conflicts often remain hidden at the expense of a healthy school climate and the well-being of students of color. Most schools fail to act on racial micro-aggressions because the stress of negotiating such conflicts is extremely high due to fears of incompetence, public exposure, and accusation. Instead of facing these conflicts head on, schools perpetuate a set of avoidance or coping strategies. The author of this much-needed book uncovers how racial stress undermines student achievement. Students, educators, and social service support staff will find workable strategies to improve their racial literacy skills to read, recast, and resolve racially stressful encounters when they happen.
Book Features:
* A model that applies culturally relevant behavioral stress management strategies to problem-solve racial stress in schools.
* Examples demonstrating workable solutions relevant within predominantly White schools for students, parents, teachers, and administrators.
* Measurable outcomes and strategies for developing racial literacy skills that can be integrated into the K-12 curriculum and teacher professional development.
Teaching and leadership skills that will create a more tolerant and supportive school environment for all students.

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Anti-Bias Education for Young Children and Ourselves by Louise Derman-Sparks & Julie Olsen Edwards

Anti-Bias Education for Young Children and Ourselves

by Louise Derman-Sparks & Julie Olsen Edwards

The eagerly awaited successor to the influential Anti-Bias Curriculum! Become a skilled anti-bias teacher with this volume’s practical guidance to confronting and eliminating barriers of prejudice, misinformation, and bias about specific aspects of personal and social identity; most importantly, find tips for helping staff and children respect each other, themselves, and all people.

Over the last two decades, educators across the nation and around the world have gained a wealth of knowledge and experience in anti-bias work. The result is a richer and more nuanced articulation of what is important in anti-bias education. Individual chapters focus on culture and language, racial identity, family structures, gender identity, economic class, different abilities, holidays, and more. 

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Persona Doll Training

AmazeWorks Persona Dolls

Bridging Literacy and Equity: The Essential Guide to Social Equity Teaching by Althier M. Lazar, Patricia A. Edwards, Gwendolyn Thompson McMillon

Bridging Literacy and Equity: The Essential Guide to Social Equity Teaching

 by Althier M. Lazar, Patricia A. Edwards, Gwendolyn Thompson McMillon

• 160 pages Publisher: Teachers College Press (June 29, 2012)
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     Bridging Literacy and Equity synthesizes the essential research and practice of social equity literacy teaching in on succinct, user-friendly. Chapters identify six key dimensions of social equity teaching that can help teachers see their students’ potential and create conditions that will support their literacy development. Serving students well depends on understanding relationships between race, class, culture, and literacy; the complexity and significance of culture; and the culturally situated nature of literacy. It also requires knowledge of culturally responsive practices, such as collaborating with and learning from caregivers, using cultural referents, enacting critical and transformative literacy practices, and seeing the capacities of English Language Learners and children who speak African American Language.

     Each chapter includes a “Reflection and Inquiry” section with exercises to help readers relate chapter concepts and issues to their own teaching practices.

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