Atlanta Public Schools Center for Equity and Social Justice Features Zinn Education Project in Its Guidelines for Teaching Controversial Issues
The Atlanta Public Schools Center for Equity and Social Justice has a teacher resource called Guidelines for Teaching Controversial Issues. The document begins with a letter from …
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School District of Lancaster Started Equity Initiatives in 2018, Deep Equity Training in 2020 and It Continues Today
The School District of Lancaster, located in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, began adopting equity initiatives as early as 2018 and then adopted Corwin Press’s Deep Equity Training in February 2020. Deep…
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All-girls boarding Madeira School hosts queer author talk during “queer history” class
On Oct. 26, 2022 The Madeira School, an all-girls elite boarding and day high school in McLean, VA., hosted author and alumna Leslie Absher for…
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Iowa City Community School District urges families to read “A Racial Justice Guide to Thanksgiving;” includes updates on “Intersectionality,” “Transgender Day of Remembrance,” “Restorative Justice”
In its monthly Cultural Diversity & Equity Newsletter, the Iowa City Community School District included resources for commemorating Native American Heritage Month including lesson plans, take-home work, and other…
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High school Leadership Academy for Social Justice teaches students to view systems of oppression through ‘social justice movement lens’
The Leadership Academy for Social Justice, a special program of Walt Whitman High School in Montgomery County, Maryland, includes in its mission statement: “Students will interrogate and…
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Thomas Fitzwater Elementary School’s November calendar promotes Thanksgiving as a “day of mourning;” Transgender Day of Remembrance and Transgender Awareness Week on calendar too
On October 31, 2022, the Thomas Fitzwater Elementary School in Pennsylvania posted an inclusion, diversity, and equity calendar of holidays and…
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THE 74: Experts Expect K-12 Ripple Effects as Supreme Court Considers Race in Admissions
Conservatives want decisions to be merit-based, but others say losing affirmative action could ‘derail’ teacher diversity efforts in K-12…
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Midland Public Schools and Insight Education Group Inc. Partnered to Conduct “Equity Audit”
In January 2022, Midland Public Schools in Midland, Michigan and education consultant Insight Education Group published a “Comprehensive Equity Audit” for Midland Public Schools. According to the audit,…
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Newark Public Schools adds anti-Israel book to mandatory curriculum for sixth grade students
On October 25, 2022, the Jewish News Syndicate reported that Newark Public Schools added an antisemitic book to its “mandatory curriculum.” The news outlet reported:…
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