This School Board Policy on equity ensures access to educational opportunities for all students by minimizing or eliminating the impact of disparities in abilities, levels of preparation, available resources and socio-cultural differences in achievement and performance so that all students may perform at optimum levels.
Mt. Diablo Unified School District. 2012. Equity School Board Policy - BP 5001/Student. Concord, California: Mount Diablo Unified School District
Maynard and Weinstein use this text to encourage educators to create school cultures that rely on relationships, empathy, communication and restoration in place of punishment and exclusion.
Maynard, Nathan, and Weinstein, Brad. 2019. Hacking School Discipline: 9 Ways to Create a Culture of Empathy and Responsibility Using Restorative Justice. Highland Heights, OH: Times 10 Publications.
In this work, Stevenson describes schools where conflict is concealed and climates are fallaciously described as healthy.
Stevenson, Howard C. 2014. Promoting Racial Literacy in Schools: Differences That Make a Difference. New York: Teachers College Press.
In this article, esteemed scholars in equitable education Anne Gregory and Edward Fergus collaborate to investigate why focus on social-emotional learning does not ensure equity in school discipline.
Gregory, Anne, and Fergus, Edward. 2017. “Social and Emotional Learning and Equity in School Discipline.” The Future of Children 27, no. 1: 117-136.
