For years, States and Districts have written “equity” into their ESSA and continuous improvement plans; and now they will be expected to include equity in ESSER plans as well. Yet what equity really looks like in schools is still a challenge we must understand more deeply if we want those plans to go into action.
We must figure how out how to Connect to the challenge, Include the right people at the table, and Create equitable opportunities in order to design better outcomes for kids.
At Education Elements, we are a team of seasoned educators, designers, technologists, and change management experts with a proven track record in our work with districts. The diversity of background of our team has given us insights on what some of the most forward-thinking industries are doing and how these proven strategies are paying off for them and will pay off for school districts too.
This school year, Portland Public Schools (PPS) launched a multi-year strategic plan for educational equity, inclusion, and excellence with the core belief that the student experience needs to be reimagined.
Schools and districts are looking for survey tools that give them a lens into the diversity, equity, and inclusion climate across their school communities. As a leading provider of research-backed K-12 surveys, we are ready to meet their needs.
I believe that ALL students, especially Black and Brown students, deserve an academically rigorous education that affords them opportunities and experiences that will prepare them to lead a successful life.
Education Elements works to dismantle systemic educational inequities using a three-part methodology: Connect, Include, Create. This guide focuses on the second component of that methodology: Include.
This guide is the beginning of part of a 3-part series on how school and district leaders might improve educational equity through deliberate actions, starting with connecting with their communities and others.
As districts design and implement plans for the next school year, we must redesign education with equity at the center. Explore this paper to reflect on the ways you can redesign for equity on a personal, cultural, and systemic level.
As states and businesses reopen, we know that schools will also reopen. But we cannot return to “business as normal.” We must define a new normal. Many communities have faced unprecedented trauma resulting from direct impacts loss resulting from COVID-19 or the economic insecurity due to job loss.
The equity strategies we have are built for brick and mortar schooling. While education has the power to address some of the causes of inequity, schools are often designed to address the effects of inequity. Schools create schedules that allow students...
