Social justice in schools
Fulfilling the promise of equity, inclusion and opportunity for every student
Social justice in schools
Fulfilling the promise of equity, inclusion and opportunity for every student
March | April 2022
Urgency in our schools
Urgency in our schools
In addition to data gaps in test scores, unequal participation in clubs and sports, and the failure of punitive school discipline, there is a large equity gap in the racial demographics between students and school leadership across the United States.
In addition to data gaps in test scores, unequal participation in clubs and sports, and the failure of punitive school discipline, there is a large equity gap in the racial demographics between students and school leadership across the United States.
By Carol Van Vooren
By Carol Van Vooren
The dreams and reality of cultural proficiency
A Southern California school district attempts to address a significant performance gap for its emergent bilingual students (English learners) through training in cultural proficiency. Here’s how they did it and what they found.
A Southern California school district attempts to address a significant performance gap for its emergent bilingual students (English learners) through training in cultural proficiency. Here’s how they did it and what they found.
By Karla Groth and Erika Garcia
Bias: Pathways to inequities
The current COVID-19 pandemic continues to underscore the inequities suffered by historically underserved subgroups. The conversations in education circles revolve around learning loss, learning gaps, equity, engagement, biases, social justice and staffing. Our positions as Black school administrators place us in a vantage position to discuss the issue of biases as both practitioners and parents.
By George Uduigwome and Keith Oliver Rojas
Is your district or school ‘home, sweet home’ for racism?
Is your district or school “home, sweet home” for racism?
Social justice in education seems like a myth to me as a Black administrator. How can you have social justice or antiracism as an initiative in your district and at the same time be unaware or ignoring the experience of Black leaders, educators and classified staff within your system living under the weight of racism? A district or school looking to investigate racism will go to those who most commonly are hit with high-grade racism: Black folks.
By Mechale Mency Murphy
By Mechale Mency Murphy
LGBTQ+ policy, advocacy and action
LGBTQ+ policy, advocacy and action
Oftentimes, school-age students turn to teachers and administrators for support. We must be equipped and ready to provide support to our LGBTQ+ students.
Oftentimes, school-age students turn to teachers and administrators for support. We must be equipped and ready to provide support to our LGBTQ+ students.
By Natasha Neumann
By Natasha Neumann
Critical Race Theory: What should educators know and what should they do?
CRT is used as a theoretical framework used to provide focus and organization to the research and connects the research to an existing body of studies. This theory has become a common concept to many families in America due to media attention and protests in school communities. Therefore, it is important for educators to first understand what CRT is and what it is not.
CRT is used as a theoretical framework used to provide focus and organization to the research and connects the research to an existing body of studies. This theory has become a common concept to many families in America due to media attention and protests in school communities. Therefore, it is important for educators to first understand what CRT is and what it is not.
By Deborah Collins and Thuong Ha Horne
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