The Illinois Math and Science Academy helped organize and fund a Black student graduation, emails reveal
SUMMARY Emails obtained through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request reveal that the Illinois Math and Science Academy (IMSA) helped organize and fund a Black student…
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Illinois Math and Science Academy (IMSA) to host ‘Black Graduation Celebration’ and ‘Latine Congratulatory Celebration’
SUMMARY Illinois Math and Science Academy (IMSA) has announced a “Black Graduation Celebration” to honor the “achievements, resilience, and contributions of our Black students” and a “Latine…
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Albany Unified School District (CA) maintains affinity programming for ‘Young Men of Color and Young Women of Color’ which includes a district funded overnight trip to Virginia; district has goals and strategies to hire staff based on race and offers a ‘mentorship and retention program for teachers of color’
SUMMARY Albany Unified School District (CA) maintains affinity programming for “Young Men of Color and Young Women of Color” which includes a district funded overnight trip to…
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Minnetonka High School appears to be facilitating race-based affinity groups for ‘men of color’ and ‘women of color.’
SUMMARY Minnetonka High School in Minnesota appears to be facilitating race-based affinity groups for “men of color” and “women of color.” According to the school’s Student…
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Warren-Alvarado-Oslo School District policy allows for funding to be used for race-focused staff development and mentoring programming, including affinity groups and ‘financial incentives for teachers of color’
SUMMARY Minnesota’s Warren – Alvarado – Oslo School District Policy 425 – Staff Development and Mentoring includes a section which states that funds can be used…
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District 196’s 2023-2026 ‘Achievement and Integration Plan’ includes quotas for increasing the hiring of teachers and staff based on race, staff affinity groups, race-based targeted recruitment strategies
SUMMARY District 196 – Rosemount – Apple Valley – Eagan Public Schools’ 2023-2026 Achievement and Integration Plan includes numerical goals to increase the hiring of teachers…
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NYC public school creates parent affinity group limited to BIPOC families, sign-up form and school-wide email show
A New York City public school has created an affinity group that appears to only be open to Black, Indigenous or Person of Color (BIPOC) parents. PS/IS…
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Burlington School District’s strategic plan includes DEI hiring metrics that aim to ‘increase the percentage of faculty (teachers and principals) of the global majority’ and appears to be facilitating staff affinity groups
SUMMARY The Burlington School District’s (VT) strategic plan features diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) hiring metrics such as increasing the “percentage of faculty (teachers and principals) of…
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Newton Public Schools has equity statement promoting affinity groups for students; mandates anti-racism training for teachers
Newton Public Schools has a “Statement of Values & Commitment to Equity” posted online that states “all members of the NPS community must actively dismantle…
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