Equity & Diversity
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- Equity & Diversity Opinion Now That the Court Has Ruled on Affirmative Action, What Must School Leaders Know?Nothing in the Supreme Court decision keeps K-12 educators from working for racial equity, writes a teacher educator.Equity & Diversity Federal Officials Reiterate Protections for LGBTQ+ Student GroupsA federal law protects LGBTQ+ student clubs like gender and sexuality alliances, the U.S. Department of Education stressed.Equity & Diversity Explainer What Is Affirmative Action? How a Supreme Court Decision Could Impact K-12 SchoolsExperts talk about what affirmative action is, how it's worked, and what's at stake—including for K-12 schools.Equity & Diversity How One State Is Updating Its Guidance to Support Transgender StudentsNew York state's education department released guidance on how schools should support and affirm transgender and gender-expansive students.Equity & Diversity Video How LGBTQ+ Students Find Community and Comfort Outside of SchoolIn Arkansas, 3 of every 4 LGBTQ+ teens report experiencing discrimination at school. This after-school art program offers a safe space.Equity & Diversity Pronouns for Trans, Nonbinary Students: The States With Laws That Restrict Them in SchoolsUnder the laws, teachers aren’t required to use trans or nonbinary students’ requested pronouns.Equity & Diversity Meet the High School Student Helping Her City Study Reparations for Black ResidentsIn Kansas City, Mo., 17-year-old Madison Lyman serves on a 13-member commission studying reparations for Black residents.Equity & Diversity Moms for Liberty Rises as Power Player in GOP Politics After Attacking Schools Over Gender, RaceTo its members, it’s a grassroots army of “joyful warriors” who “don’t co-parent with the government.”Equity & Diversity Video A Native Community Revitalized a Language. Here’s How a School District Carries It OnNative students' well-being and grad rates improve when they're exposed to their cultural languages. How one district is making that happen.Equity & Diversity Most Americans Think Politicians Should Stay Away From Setting Schools' LGBTQ+ Policies, Poll FindsMost Americans think parents and teachers should have a major influence over such policies in schools, the survey also finds.Equity & Diversity Public Schools Are Still Segregated. But These Tools Can HelpData show that racial and socioeconomic segregation persist, but districts may be able to seek federal help to address it.Equity & Diversity Federal Rule on Trans Athletes Is Delayed. Here's What That Means for SchoolsThe U.S. Department of Education announced it will not release its new Title IX rules until October, a five-month delay.Equity & Diversity When Graduation Dress Codes Clash With Students' Cultural ExpressionStudents have sued to wear culturally significant items at graduation, and some states have also passed legislation protecting the practice.Equity & Diversity Laws on Trans, Nonbinary Student Pronouns Put Teachers in a BindUnder laws passed in nine states, teachers don't have to use students’ pronouns and names if they don’t align with their assigned sex.Equity & Diversity Schools Are Part of the Biden Administration's Plan for Combating AntisemitismThe call to action for schools is part of a first-of-its-kind federal strategy.