Equity in Education

We are committed to ensuring the benefits of public education extend to all students, with a special focus on correcting the under-education of students of color and students from low-income families. Public education is essential to America’s aspirational identity as a land of opportunity and a pluralistic democracy. In an equitable education system, all individuals can attain sufficient knowledge and skills to develop a healthy sense of self, prepare for the world of work, and prepare for American democracy and civic life.

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US Education Policy

United We Learn

State and local policymakers are making consequential decisions about the treatment of race and racism in schools. It is crucial to slow dow ...

BY Education and Society Program

Publication

10.21.2021
US Education Policy

THIS IS NOT A TEST, THIS IS AN EMERGENCY: Special Considerations for Assessing and Advancing Equity in School-Year 2020-21

This brief recognizes this conundrum and offers recommendations for state leaders regarding assessment in 2020-2021.

BY Education and Society Program

Publication

10.01.2020
US Education Policy

Supporting Students to be Independent Learners: State and District Actions for the Pandemic Era

New policy recommendations for a culturally and linguistically responsive approach to education that is essential to addressing the inequities that the COVID pandemic has laid bare.

BY Education and Society Program

Publication

06.17.2020
Racial Equity

Advancing Racial Justice Through American Education

As education leaders, we must all work to end racial injustice. Read our statement and recommendations.

BY Education and Society Program

Of Interest

06.11.2020
US Education Policy

Rural Education in America Roundtable

Rural school systems make up more than half of operating school districts in the United States, yet are often left out of larger conversations on education. They face a host of challenges: some of the highest principal turnover rates in the nation, persistent poverty, low college-going rates, and extreme racial disparities in student outcomes.

K-12 Education

Social and Emotional Development

Both equity and social, emotional, and academic development are currently receiving much-needed attention, but neither can fully succeed without recognizing strengths and addressing gaps in these complementary priorities.

BY Education and Society Program

Publication

05.09.2018
US Education Policy

Education Equity Commentaries

The Education & Society Program also partnered with Education Week to publish a COLLECTION OF COMMENTARIES offering a broad range of perspectives on the meaning of educational equity and how leaders from a variety of sectors and roles can work toward this vision.

BY Ross Wiener & 1 more

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06.07.2017
Why We've Got to Talk About Race If We Want to Achieve Education Equity

Our inability as a nation to engage in difficult conversations about race has left us with a lack of agreement on how to define equity.

Equity in Education

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