Equity Council Resources

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School Board and Governance Board Members as Equity Driven Leaders

Embracing Equity is the first of its kind to explicitly address equity across schools and geographic boundaries in an accessible, online learning platform and through in-person workshops.

NACA Inspired Schools Network works with fellows who are committed to ensuring education is supportive of Indigenous communities throughout the country.

NAFSCE is the first membership association focused solely on advancing family, school, and community engagement

NEP offers a unique equity framework and approach to leadership development, strategic planning, facilitation, coaching, and teaching

The National Inclusive Excellence Leadership Academy, is a real-time, 5-week, online leadership development program

Founded in 2018, NM Kids Can works to ensure education policies and practices enable our students to become the future community, civic and business leaders we need

NJJN comprises organizations across the country, all of which are spearheading tremendous reforms

More than 30 years after our founding, Rethinking Schools remains a nonprofit publisher and advocacy organization dedicated to sustaining and strengthening public education through social justice teaching and education activism

Teaching for Change provides teachers and parents with the tools to create schools where students learn to read, write and change the world

Teaching Tolerance’s mission is to help teachers and schools educate children and youth to be active participants in a diverse democracy

To create an equal society, we must commit to making unbiased choices and being antiracist in all aspects of our lives

Reading, Research, and Conversation Tools for Equity Councils

“White Racial Identity and Anti-Racist Education: A Catalyst for Change”

by Sandra M. Lawrence and Beverly Daniel Tatum

“Other People’s Children: Cultural Conflict in the Classroom”

by Lisa Delpit

“Moving Beyond Peace Education to Social Justice Education”

by Daisy Han and Trisha Moquino

“Beyond Heroes and Holidays”

by Enid Lee, Deborah Menkart, and Margo Okazawa-Rey

“Anti-Bias Education for Young Children and Ourselves”

by Louise Derman-Sparks and Julie Olsen Edwards

“Walk Toward Your Biases”

by Verna Myers

“The Danger of a Single Story”

by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

“Detour-Spotting for White Anti-Racists”

by Joan Olsson

Overview of the Development of Ethnic, Gender, Disability, and Class Identity and Attitudes in Children and Youth

(formerly Developmental Timeline)

Courageous Conversation About Race Protocol