Lee’s Summit R7 School District Brings In Outside Consultants to Train Staff and Question Students on Racism in the District
Since the adoption of its new equity plan in February of 2019. Lee’s Summit R7 School District has brought in numerous outside consultants for staff training, equity audits, and changes…
Georgetown ISD creates a community equity design team to “gain a holistic view of system wide inequities”
Georgetown ISD’s Community Equity Design Team posted two videos on their equity webpage. The first video, The Learning Organizational Connection, talks of monthly equity training and a book study…
School District of Lodi approves new equity agenda to include “safe spaces”
In a May 10, 2021 board meeting, the following equity slides were presented to the board. They discussed the staff’s culturally responsive training which involved reading the book,…
Leander ISD adopts educational equity policy “to overcome identity-predictable disparities between our students”
Leander ISD acknowledges and takes ownership of the past andpresent inequities that exist in our system. These inequities haveresulted in disparities in the educational and societal advancementof…
Dudley-Charlton forms equity committee with zero transparency, spends $5,000 for equity consultant; subsequently discontinues equity committee
The Assistant Superintendent of the Dudley-Charlton Regional School District, Dr. Ackerman, said in multiple emails to parents “there are no plans to incorporate CRT into our curriculum. We are not…
Beaverton School District promises to review social science curriculum with a “Critical Equity Lens”
The Social Science Project Team will review existing Social Science curriculum and practices to make curriculum adoption recommendations to the School Board. The Project Team is an…
Berkley Schools commit to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and use the word “belonging” to mean much more
The district has promised to prioritize diversity, equity and inclusion work. The district’s commitment and core beliefs that appear on the website focus on the importance of “belonging” but some…
Parents Defending Education’s Comments on the Department of Education’s Request for Information Regarding the Nondiscriminatory Administration of School Discipline
On July 23, Nicole Neily, president of Parents Defending Education, submitted comments to the U.S. Department of Education in response to their request for information, Docket ID ED-2021-OCR-0068. As the comments note,…
North Thurston Public Schools passes ‘Equity in Education’ resolution that singles out ‘White dominant culture’
On Feb. 20, 2021, North Thurston Public Schools passed “RESOLUTION NO. 2-20/21 EQUITY IN EDUCATION,” which mandated including “Ethnic Studies, Anti-Racism Education and Culturally Responsive Practices.”…