Educators, check out:

• The 1619 Project Curriculum

• Equal Justice Initiative’s High School Lesson Plans on Lynching 

• DC Area Educators for Social Justice for additional curriculum resources for all grades.

Learn how to use an equity framework for culturally and historically responsive literacy with Dr. Gholdy Muhammad’s Cultivating Genius (includes sample lessons and unit guides).  Join our conversation with Dr. Muhammad on August 20th @ 1pm EST.

Supporting a Restorative Opening of US Schools is an excellent resource:

As school and district leaders prepare to start school—whether in person or virtually—their work should be grounded in two essential questions: How can we address the acute needs of young people, who continue to grapple with the dual impacts of COVID-19 and systemic racism? And how can we use this crisis as an opportunity to transform schools into nurturing communities that are committed to equity, diversity, and anti-racism?

Tax payers — Educators trying to implement equity in education need our support. It’s time to demand that the constitutional guarantee of an equal education to every child no matter what their race or ethic background be upheld.

See also, The Declaration of the Rights of the Child 1959 (United Nations General Assembly)

Principle 7

The child is entitled to receive education, which shall be free and compulsory, at least in the elementary stages. He shall be given an education which will promote his general culture and enable him, on a basis of equal opportunity, to develop his abilities, his individual judgement, and his sense of moral and social responsibility, and to become a useful member of society.

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The time for equity in education is NOW! Visit our School Accountability Letter for ideas on how to engage.