Anoka-Hennepin School District requires all 8th graders to read “Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You”
In March, 2021, Anoka-Hennepin notified parents that all ELA8 students “will begin reading selections from…Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You…the middle-grade version of Ibram X Kendi’s, Stamped from the Beginning.”…
Rochester Community Schools puts up Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion page; adopts framework to “redesign” the public school system
Rochester has created a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion page on their website and launched a District Equity Committee to “generate recommendations of goals for district-wide equity centered improvements”…
Eau Claire Releases an Equity Statement and Creates Equity Committee
The Eau Claire released an equity statement under their equity page where they acknowledge white privilege and systemic racism. They also have created an equity steering committee.
Mequon Thiensville School parents move to recall school board members for ‘abdication of voting rights’ and wasteful spending, including $42,000 for ‘equity’ training
In 2020, parents in Mequon, Wisconsin, launched a recall campaign against four school board members in the Mequon Thiensville School District, alleging that the board…
ONE AMERICA NEWS: Oregon Governor Signs Bill Ending Reading and Math Requirements for Graduations, Detracting Student Success
Real America – Dan W/ President of Parents Defending Education, Nicole Neily…
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…
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…
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…
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…