A guide designed to assist local and state leaders in initiating critical conversations within their schools and communities about disproportionality.
National Education Association (2007).
The authors analyzed the delayed identification of Black and Latinx students post elementary school and the disproportionate eligibility outcomes as compared to their white peers.
Cruz, R., and Firestone, A. (2022) Understanding the Empty Backpack: The Role of Timing in Disproportionate Special Education Identification. Sociology of Race and Ethnicity, Vol. 8(1) 95–113
This series of articles on Inequities in schools takes a close look at some schools and districts that are engaging in hard work of embracing the goals of equity and turning them into action steps that are benefiting students. The articles discuss that black, Hispanic or low-income students schools may not have the same advanced courses as white, more affluent peers, teachers with long track records of effective teaching or are more likely to face harsher discipline. Articles: 1. In Pursuit of Equity 2. Data Reveal Deep Inequalities in Schools 3. How Onw District is Raising Math Rigor and Achievement for Students of Color 4. Access to Quality PD Is an Equity Issue, Teachers Say 5. The Simple Policy Change That's Getting More Students of Color in Advanced Courses 6. The Art of Making Science Accessible and Relevant to All Students
Samuel, C.A., Schwartz, S., Blad, E., Gewertz, C. 2020. Uprooting Inequities in Schools. Bethesda, Maryland: Education Week http://e-news.edweek.org/hostedemail/email.htm?CID=41632109141&ch=555AE40C00CA2111F027762D339E115D&h=090c7478f5f0b706ad27de4da5c61b08&ei=7f7OBGlxN&st=04-MAR-20
Bastable, E., Meng, P., Falcon, S. F., & McIntosh, K. (2023). Using an Embedded Mixed Methods Design to Assess and Improve Intervention Acceptability of an Equity-Focused Intervention: A Methodological Demonstration. Behavioral Disorders, 48(3), 201–211. https://doi.org/10.1177/0198742919880486
Teachers—especially White teachers—rarely have opportunities to learn how to teach for racial equity. This study explored a teacher professional development model organized around EQUIP (https://www.equip.ninja/), a research-based classroom observation tool that generates quantitative data on equity patterns in students’ classroom participation.
Shah, N. Ph.D., Reinholz, D., and Harris, A. (2023) Using Equity Data from Classrooms to Support Teacher Learning for Racial Equity. California MTSS Research Consortium, UCLA Center for the Tran
In response to the racially and ethnically diverse classrooms of this century, Rodriguez, Bellanca, and Esparza use this volume to propose a framework for expecting and acquiring excellence from all learners.
Rodriguez, Eleanor Renee, Bellanca, James, and Esparza, Deborah Rosalia. 2017. What Is It About Me You Can′t Teach?: Culturally Responsive Instruction in Deeper Learning Classrooms. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin.
Experts in the field of education have long voiced concerns about racial and ethnic disparities in the application of school discipline, particularly in regard to the disproportionate number of office discipline referrals (ODRs) that Black students face. According to the American Psychological Association, these behaviors can have long-lasting impacts on students, causing them to have worse mental health and lower grades. A group of researchers are providing fresh insight into the matter by determining how a handful of educators in a single California school district more than doubled the disparity in student disciplinary outcomes between white and Black children.
Tamez-Robledo, N. (2023). When a Tiny Fraction of Teacher File Most School Discipline Referrals. EdSurge. Accessed March 25, 2024.
The book explores how racial identities manifest in public settings and how the expression of identity is received and understood by others. The book is useful for practitioners who seek to gain clarity on how to understand and talk about racial differences in honest and effective ways.
Tatum, B. Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? Basic Books: New York, 2003.
