Schools are becoming more diverse in a multitude of ways.
As the student body changes, schools must consider diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) as they hire teachers, evaluate the curriculum, or build strategic plans.
This focus features school leaders, DEI practitioners, and educators sharing what they have done to advance diversity, inclusion, and equity efforts in their communities.
High School Principal Katie Gibson details how Georgetown Day School is working to shift the paradigm to normalize regular conversations about difference and identity.
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What does DEI look like in an urban elementary school? Nicole A. DuFauchard, Head of School at The Advent School, gives us a look inside.
READ MOREThe Boston school “busing” crisis garnered national attention in the early 1970s, but tensions over the racial segregation in Boston public schools date back to the late 1950s and early ’60s…READ THE FULL STORY.
These two roles are more parallel than one may think. Jadi Taveras, Head of School at Esperanza Academy, explains why.
READ MOREFor too long, it has long been understood that if you want to be a Head of School you should avoid being a Director of Diversity first, or at the very least limit your time in that role…READ THE FULL STORY.
As schools approach the busy hiring season, Brandie Melendez from the Berkeley Carroll School reminds us to review the hiring process through a DEI lens.
READ MOREHere we are, embarking upon the height of the independent school hiring season — February through mid-April. It’s a challenging time of year because we are busy not only with filling open positions but also with all other aspects of school life…READ THE FULL STORY.
The Co-founders of Teaching While White discuss the role of educators in conversations about race, especially among white students.
Read MoreIn our interviews with young people around the country for our Teaching While White podcast, we have seen firsthand an inability among white students to talk about race without exhibiting racial stress…READ THE FULL STORY.
Head of School Bernie Noe discusses building an inclusive community at Lakeside School in Seattle.
Read MoreLakeside School in Seattle, where I’ve been the head since 1999, celebrated its 100th anniversary this year. Looking back on the school’s history — especially its remarkable growth through all the trials and tribulations of the 20th century — is certainly fascinating for us…READ THE FULL STORY.
Noni Thomas López, Head of School at Gordon School, shares her school's long history of DEI work.
Read MoreIn many ways, the initial actions at Gordon School regarding diversity and inclusion were typical of many independent schools at the time — focusing on the number of students of color as the primary measure of diversity and ensuring greater financial assistance for families of color. But Gordon took that work only as a starting point for its evolution in thinking and practice…READ THE FULL STORY.
After spending the summer working with college admission offices, consultant Lawrence Alexander offers his advice to other institutions considering evaluating their admissions processes.
Read MoreIn our top colleges and universities — both public and private — our admissions process is highly biased. The question, then, is why aren’t more of our leading colleges and universities stepping up to fix it?…READ THE FULL STORY.
And what does it have to do with equity, inclusion, and justice? Allison Ewing, Upper School Social Studies Department Chair at Bullis School, explains.
Read MoreWorking on the curriculum for my class during the events in Charlottesville in 2017, I decided I’d ask my students two related and, I hoped, thought-provoking questions: “What would the cultural and physical landscape of the U.S. look like when and if these Civil War monuments and memorials didn’t exist? What would have and should have gone in their place?” From those questions and follow-up conversations, the remarkable “box project” came to fruition…READ THE FULL STORY.