Tag: diversity

• Does Teach For America advocate for equity and access? Whistleblower says no, files lawsuit

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  November 1, 2017

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  Teach For America

  Is Teach For America really about equity and access? A new federal lawsuit filed yesterday by a whistleblower says no. I do want to say that there is often inside info rolling around inside my head and this is one of the stories that I couldn’t talk about until today. Here is yesterday’s press release: Forty-one…

  

• “Diversity is Hard”: Will Charter Schools In Your Locale Choose Equity?

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  November 11, 2013

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  Charter Schools, Dropout, KIPP

  I am not of the ilk that charters are all bad news (See all of Cloaking Inequity’s post on charter schools here). As I have mentioned previously, I am a charter school parent, currently serve on a charter school board, and was an instructor at an Aspire charter school. I realize that I have prominent friends and…

  

• A Quandary for School Leaders: Equity, High-stakes Testing and Accountability

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  January 11, 2013

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  Accountability, High-Stakes Testing

  Heads up on our brand new piece on accountability and high-stakes testing in the new Routledge publication entitled Handbook of Research on Educational Leadership for Equity and Diversity. (I don’t receive royalties, only a meager professor’s salary…) Citation for our contribution: Vasquez Heilig, J. & Nichols, S. (2013). A quandary for school leaders: Equity, high-stakes…