Look to Illinois School District 214 for ideas to make educational equity a reality in your district. SD 214 addresses educational equity through 5 pillars: Systemic; Employment and Retention; Professional Learning for Student Success; Student Voice, Climate, and Culture; and Family and Community Engagement.
This article from Equality Florida emphasize the need for each of us to advocate for safer schools where all young people are valued.
This toolkit helps schools be affirming places where all students are protected and empowered, and where they can learn, grow, and thrive. It includes guidance on articulating a shared vision of a LGBTQ+-inclusive future, navigating pushback during Pride month, and harnessing the power of youth voice.
Defending the Freedom of our LGBTQ+ Students to be Themselves Read More »
This report presents the need for both a rapid response and a long-term approach to reducing violence. By taking a comprehensive approach, there is continued caution, so that reform does not perpetuate the very inequities and conditions that have led to violence in our communities.
Cycle of Risk: The Intersection of Poverty, Violence, and Trauma; 2017 report Read More »
This brief article outlines seven concrete ways to create a school environment in which youth of color know they belong.
The Community Resilience (CR) Framework bridges cross-disciplinary research in social determinants, early childhood development, neurobiology, and disaster preparedness and response to analyze the complex interactions between public systems, policies, and community outcomes.
Illinois-based site for resources and information to support refugee/immigrant/asylee populations in communities.
The Child Opportunity Index (COI) measures and maps the quality of resources and conditions like these that matter for children’s healthy development in the neighborhoods where they live. Schools and community providers can use COI’s databases, which provide a composite index of children’s neighborhood opportunity that contains data for every neighborhood (census tract) in the U.S. from every year for 2012 through 2021. It is comprised of 44 indicators in three domains (education, health and environment, and social and economic) and 14 subdomains.
Catalyst for Educational Change (CEC) is a nonprofit consulting agency solving complex problems in educational systems and helps create long-term transformation in schools and districts by focusing on collaboration and capacity building. CEC helps schools and districts effectively diagnose their strengths and needs, set direction for their work, and choose the appropriate targeted supports, such as coaching and professional learning opportunities.
This is the third module of the Best Practices in Mental Health Screening training series about screening as a bigger part of a multi-tiered system of support system in schools and key pre-planning considerations. This module covers the topic of early intervention/treatment (Tiers 2 and 3).
Best Practices in Mental Health Screening: Early Intervention/Treatment (Tiers 2 and 3) Read More »
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