Ensuring that all students have equal opportunities to learn and excel is essential to closing the achievement gap and preparing our children adequately for the future. The following resources address strategies to achieve educational equity and offer concrete illustrations of successful programs and organizations doing quality work in this area.
AWM encourages girls and women to embrace careers in the mathematics field, and provides resources for teachers, students, and parents.
The Education Reform Network, established by the National Institute for Community Innovations (NICI) and others, provides free and inexpensive professional development materials, technical assistance, research articles, and advice about a wide range of educational topics. The Web site address correcting technological inequities in the section entitled, "Digital Equity."
Here, users will find materials related to diversity in higher education as well as information about current research projects.
This Web site offers free academic research articles about teaching diverse learners, announcements about upcoming equity-related workshop and conference events, and a detailed list of useful links to external resources related to multicultural educational issues.
GDTI aims to improve education by maximizing technology's potential in reducing social inequities. Click on "Literature Review" for a bibliography of free, full text articles about topics related to equity and educational technology, browse through GDTI's many educational projects, or review the "Resources" section for lists of additional links to international and national organizations concerned about equity.
As part of the EDC, the Education, Employment, and Community Programs (EEC) aim to strengthen education by creating local, regional, and even international partnerships among personnel in schools, community organizations, and businesses. The Web site contains research publications, relevant reviews of literature, and descriptions of equity-related community and educational projects that are the focus of outcomes evaluations.
EAC, housed at New York University, strives to strengthen public education by providing technical assistance and professional development aimed at addressing discrimination issues in the schools. One of the nation's 10 Equity Assistance Centers, this EAC serves schools located in New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
The nation’s 10 regional equity centers provide schools with technical assistance and professional development to foster more equitable learning environments.
The Math Forum at Drexel University shares a variety of educational resources, including links to Web sites devoted to mathematical equity in the areas of gender, race, disabilities, and ELL. Visit http://mathforum.org/ for the main Math Forum Web site.
MAEC assists school systems and other educational organizations with creating learning environments free of race, gender, class, ethnic, and culture biases.
A consortium of 34 state agencies, NAPE supports efforts to implement the federal laws on vocational equity issues. As a nonprofit organization that "provides national research and training," NAPE seeks to replicate equitable classrooms and workplaces nationwide where diversity thrives and all have opportunities to excel.
NCEE comprises a partnership of educators serving children through college students. The Web site provides free full-text research articles on equity-related matters that have been published by participating faculty members, and also includes a list of publications for purchase. The Web site provides information about a recent but no longer active National Science Foundation project, the Equity in Mathematics Education Leadership Institute, that tackled equity issues among school leaders.
NCWGE is a consortium of over 50 organizations dedicated to improving education. The Web site contains information about current activities, resources, and current federal legislation.
This Web site contains links to the nation's Equity Assistance Centers, local and state equity resources in the Great Lakes region, and a list of non-governmental organizations working on a range of equity issues.
This U.S. Department of Education Web site provides an overview of the components of Title IX, the legislation that protects individuals from gender discrimination in schools. Visitors may download the report Open To All: Title IX at Thirty, which examines the enforcement of the law in college athletics."
(from the National Center for Education Statistics): This major report published by the National Center for Education Statistics, analyzes the educational status of girls and women in the United States. This extensive statistical report provides useful data on many aspects of education, such as grade retention rates, reading and mathematics performance, technology use, participation in extracurricular activities, and college aspirations.
The Women's Educational Equity Act (WEEA) Equity Resource Center was founded to support the education of girls and women. This national center offers technical assistance, conference or workshop planning services, online professional development courses, and shares research findings related to equity through research documents, working papers, and digests."
WestEd's work in the area of Language, Culture, and Equity has informed educators about a variety of equity topics, such as addressing aggressive or "hate-motivated" behaviors in schools, bridging cultures, and how schools can partner with parents of English language learners.