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Show Highlights
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The Current State of Education
- Addressing negative education statistics
- Exploring the issues of underrepresented students and teachers of color
- Highlighting the need to consider the historical context of educational disparities -
Examining Historical Impact
- Discussing how the educational system was not originally designed for all students
- Exploring how historical factors have led to underrepresentation and mistreatment
- Addressing the impact of historical segregation on the current educational landscape -
Equity Assessment
- Outlining the importance of recognizing and addressing implicit bias
- Emphasizing the significance of understanding historical and social contexts within educational institutions
- Educating staff on concepts of bias, discrimination, and their effects on the educational system
- Supporting asset-based pedagogy to empower students at their current level -
Exclusionary Practices
- Identifying exclusionary behaviors, such as failing to decenter, overlooking student communication, and not creating inclusive learning environments
- Highlighting the importance of student communication as a form of behavior and needs assessment
- Exploring the impact of compliance versus communication in the classroom -
Creating a Sense of Belonging
- Recognizing the importance of acceptance, inclusion, and support for student belonging
- Encouraging educators to decenter themselves by allowing student feedback and creating inclusive learning environments
- Discussing the need for educators to understand the relative nature of students' realities and create learning that resonates with students' lives
Additional Resources
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20 Diversity Equity and Inclusion Activities
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- The Power of Persistence- Recognize how to endure challenges as they may arise.
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Leading Equity delivers an eye-opening and actionable discussion of how to transform a classroom or school into a more equitable place. Through explorations of ten concrete steps that you can take right now, Dr. Sheldon L. Eakins offers you the skills, resources, and concepts you’ll need to address common equity deficiencies in education.
