Leading for Equity

Leading for Equity Framework: National Equity Project

Social Justice and Equity: Talking and Teaching

• When Hate Is in the Headlines: Resources for K-12 Educators (Webinar)
• There Is No Apolitical Classroom: Resources for teaching in these times (National Council of Teachers of English)
• Resources for Educators to Use in the Wake of Charlottesville (NPR)
• Resources from the National Association of School Psychologists
• Association for Education Service Agencies Resources
• Talking Race, Controversy and Trauma:  How to open space for reflection and conversation amid difficult events (Harvard Graduate School of Education)
• For Equity, Build Relationships (Harvard Graduate School of Education)
• Anti Defamation League Resources

Immigration Issues

• Teaching Tolerance resources for supporting students from immigrant families
• National Education Association Sample Safe Zones School Board Resolution to Create a Policy for Your School District
• Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General: Guidance on Immigration Status
• 60 Resources for Supporting Immigrant and Refugee Communities

For Elementary and Secondary Schools

School Resource Officers: This resource might help school districts to assess any gaps in knowledge around police in schools, and could help us to think about what a solid training for SROs would ideally include.

Here is a blog from Rethinking Schools that shares current context about DACA and some classroom resources like:

• “Qué es Deportar? Teaching from Students’ Lives” by Sandra Osorio: https://www.rethinkingschools.org/articles/que-es-deportar-teaching-from-students-lives

Set up your classrooms and schools to make space for conversation about these painful and often confusing topics.

• Four Guiding Principles for Difficult Conversations
• Fostering Civil Discourse: A Guide for Classroom Engagement

DACA ( Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals)

Actions on this program may impact many students in our region, including the younger siblings of DACA recipients who are enrolled in our schools. Below we've included links to some resources for educators and administrators.

• Amherst Pelham Regional School District Superintendent Michael Morris' letter to the community
• Letter from area Community College Presidents
• Letter from national business leaders) 
• Migration Policy Institute (MPI) Commentary: Julia Gelatt
• Migration Policy Institute Issue Brief: Legislative scenarios