Equity
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Brown v. Board Fails: Resegregation is Accidentally on Purpose
By Julian Vasquez Heilig, Ph.D., @professorjvh on Twitter Since it’s inception the United States has enacted and supported racially discriminatory policies. On May 17, 1954, the ... -
Bloggers of color and culture: Make your voices heard
**The Edvocate is pleased to publish guest posts as way to fuel important conversations surrounding P-20 education in America. The opinions contained within guest ... -
Economy Improves, School Spending Continue to Fall – So What Gives?
As the news headlines regarding the current U.S. economy continue to improve, there is one area that is still feeling the squeeze from the ... -
Bilingual Education: 5 Reasons it should be Required
By Matthew Lynch This generation of K-12 students is growing up in a society that is increasingly bilingual. While foreign language requirements have long ... -
Allocating Resources to Improve Student Learning
Providing every child with an equal opportunity to learn has been a central challenge in public education. In fact, at its inception, universal public ... -
Diverse Conversations: Staying Afloat in Financially Turbulent Times
In these increasingly uncertain times, colleges and universities are forced to come up with innovative ways to deal with funding cutbacks and revenue shortfalls. ... -
Educational Change Starts with Equality
By Matthew Lynch Substantial educational change will never occur until we as a country decide that enough is enough and make a commitment to ... -
Why aren’t Most Minority High School Grads College-Ready?
It seems that graduating from high school is no longer the end goal of P-12 learning – earning a college degree has replaced it. ... -
What is Culturally Responsive Pedagogy?
The growing popularity of culturally responsive instruction is slowly causing traditional trends to be reversed, with the onus to adapt to the demands of ... -
Diverse Conversations: Learning to Lead
Many administrators in higher education rise from the faculty. However, when a faculty member is promoted to an administrative position, becoming a director, department ...
