At the start of a new administration, we can all recommit to working for equity in schools. Members of the Teaching Tolerance Advisory Board suggest some ways to get started.
Romina Pacheco (she/ella) is the director of diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging at the Windward School. She is an educator who facilitates learning on issues of equity and social justice with professionals, students and community members of all ages. Romina has decades of experience in educational leadership, including serving as an internal and external DEIB expert in K-12, higher ed and nonprofit settings. Romina has a Ph.D. from New Mexico State University in curriculum and instruction and gender and sexuality studies and an M.Ed. in social justice education from the University of
In fiction, children with disabilities are often still segregated, labeled, lonely and lost. These titles will help bring your school’s library into the age of inclusion.
School discipline and classroom management do not have to be based in compliance. Learn more about restorative practices in this companion piece to the feature article “It Was Always About Control.”