Resources
Our collection of resources is designed to equip parents, educators, administrators, and practitioners with tools and guidance to promote diversity, foster school integration, and nurture inclusivity.
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Equity Scorecard™: A Collaborative Approach to Assess and Respond to Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Student Outcomes
Description: A Collaborative Approach to Assess and Respond to Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Student Outcomes. | The Equity Scorecard™, a nationally recognized and widely used organizational learning process designed to foster institutional change through the identification and elimination of racial disparities among college students, is described in this chapter. The effectiveness of this process and its potential impact are also discussed
Source: Frank Harris III, Estela Mara Bensimon in New Directions for Student Services
Fact Sheets on Protecting Access to Education for Migratory and Unaccompanied Children.
Description: Today, the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights and the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division jointly released two fact sheets, that highlight specific challenges some migratory children and unaccompanied children may face while accessing public education. The fact sheets explain where families can seek help and remind public schools of their responsibilities to migratory and unaccompanied children under federal civil rights laws.
Source: U.S. Department of Education
Family Leadership Design Collaborative
Description: A national-level participatory design-based research project aimed at re-centering non-dominant families in racial equity efforts through the synthesis and co-design of research, measures, and practice to transform educational systems. (2021)
Source: The Family Leadership Design Collective
For the Community: Learn and Know Your Rights
Description: All persons, including noncitizens have rights. Document created by Penn State Dickinson Law's Center for Immigrants' Rights Clinic. Last updated April 1, 2017.
Source: Center for Immigrants' Rights Clinic at Penn State
From Birth to Bias: 10 Guidelines
Description: Resources shared by Andrew Grant-Thomas of Embrace Race for families and educators about talking to young children about race.
Source: Embrace Race
Greg Smith Interviews Patricia Gándara on Immigration
Description: Lewis and Clark College Emeritus Professor of Education Gregory A. Smith interviews Patricia Gándara of UCLA about the impact of the immigration enforcement regime on U.S. schools. (2018)
Source: University of Colorado School of Education National Education Policy Center
Guide for Selecting Anti-Bias Children’s Books
Description: Based on “Ten Quick Ways to Analyze Children’s Books for Racism and Sexism.” Children’s books teach children about who is important, who matters, who is even visible. Consequently, carefully choosing quality children’s books is an indispensable educational and child-rearing task.
Source: Louise Derman-Sparks
Help for Immigrant Families: Guidance for Schools
Description: As a trusted institution in immigrant families’ lives, schools can play a critical role in ensuring immigrant families have access to important information and resources during these turbulent and scary times.
Source: Immigrant Legal Resource Center
How do you explain immigration law to a fifth-grader?
Description: My plan? Talk about Pokémon. | Elizabeth Keyes is an associate professor and director of the Immigrant Rights Clinic at University of Baltimore School of Law.
Source: Elizabeth Keyes, The World
How Do You Talk to Kids About Race? This Guide Can Help
Description: I've created a guide that taps my perspective of being a white kindergarten teacher and mother of two bi-racial daughters, having thought a lot about how to lead developmentally appropriate conversations about race with my students and my children, and having thought about what it means to be white in the context of talking about race.
Source: Madeleine Rogin for Good
Identity, Social Activism and the Pursuit of Higher Education
Description: The Journey Stories of Undocumented and Unafraid Community Activists (Critical Studies of Latinxs in the Americas) New Edition (2015). The topic of immigration has become increasingly volatile in U.S. society, and undocumented college students play a central role in mobilizing and politicizing a critical mass of activists to push forth a pro-immigration agenda, in particular the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act. The DREAM Act is the only federal legislation that would grant conditional citizenship and some financial aid assistance to undocumented students who have completed two years of college or enlist in military service. Since the DREAM Act failed to pass, undocumented students have moved from peaceful marches to acts of civil disobedience, seeking to disrupt the public discourse that positions undocumented students as living in the shadows of our system. Undocumented college students have created public forums in which they "come out" from these invisible images and pronounce themselves as "undocumented and unafraid."
Source: Susana M. Muñoz
Immigrant and Refugee Children: A Guide for Educators and School Support Staff
Description: A 2017 guide by the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) regarding immigrant and refugee students (includes description of immigration process for educators to learn more as well as guides about process to prepare in advance of any immigration enforcement activity).
Source: American Federation of Teachers
Immigrant Legal Resource Center: Community Resources
Description: Our Community Resources page is a prime embodiment of our commitment to bringing clarity to complicated immigration issues. Resources on this page include a wide range of downloadable tools produced for diverse audiences, from experienced advocates to directly impacted community members seeking answers about the complex world of immigration law.
Source: Immigrant Legal Resource Center
Immigrant Students’ Rights to Attend Public Schools - English-Spanish flyer
Description: This alert is a reminder that public schools, by law, must serve all children. The education of undocumented students is guaranteed by the Plyler vs. Doe decision, and certain procedures must be followed when registering immigrant children in school to avoid violation of their civil rights. English-Spanish PDF flyer.
Source: Intercultural Development Research Association
Immigrant Students’ Rights to Attend Public Schools eBook
Description: This alert is a reminder that public schools, by law, must serve all children. The education of undocumented students is guaranteed by the Plyler vs. Doe decision, and certain procedures must be followed when registering immigrant children in school to avoid violation of their civil rights. PDF eBook.
Source: Intercultural Development Research Association
International Children's Digital Library
Description: The ICDL Foundation promotes tolerance and respect for diverse cultures by providing access to the best of children's literature from around the world.
Source: University of Maryland
Know Your Rights: Anti-Muslim Discrimination
Description: Flyer that explains rights affecting Muslims in the United States, including clothing, school, workplace, law enforcement, and housing.
Source: American Civil Liberties Union
Know Your Rights: Immigrants' Rights
Description: Regardless of your immigration status, you have guaranteed rights under the Constitution. Learn more here about your rights as an immigrant, and how to express them.
Source: American Civil Liberties Union
Martin Luther King, Jr. at Rec Hall on Jan. 21, 1965
Description: On Jan. 21, 1965, Martin Luther King Jr. spoke to an estimated crowd of 8,000 people in Recreation Building on the Penn State University Park campus. He talked about the civil rights movement, America's legacy of slavery and segregation and the principles he believed would change the world.
Source: Penn State
Martin Luther King, Jr. Speech at Penn State (PDF)
Description: On Jan. 21, 1965, Martin Luther King Jr. spoke to an estimated crowd of 8,000 people in Recreation Building on the Penn State University Park campus. He talked about the civil rights movement, America's legacy of slavery and segregation and the principles he believed would change the world.
Source: Penn State
Maryland Equity Project
Description: The mission of the Maryland Equity Project (MEP) is to improve public education through research that supports an informed public policy debate about the quality and distribution of educational opportunities in Maryland and nationally. Through independent research, policy and data briefs, and seminars, MEP engages diverse communities around three areas of research: (1) the teacher workforce; (2) educational equity and access; and (3) The Blueprint for Maryland's Future, which is a comprehensive, multibillion-dollar reform that aims to transform our state's education system. MEP also provides University of Maryland undergraduate and graduate students with an opportunity to conduct policy-relevant investigations, learn how to make research more accessible and engage directly with stakeholders.
Source: University of Maryland
MLK Day and the danger of a “single story”
Description: Teachers all over the country are preparing to talk about Dr. King with their students. How many of us are asking ourselves if we are about to fall into the trap of telling a “single story”?
Source: Madeleine Rogin on Medium, for Ashoka's Start Empathy Initiative, via Embrace Race
MLK, Jr. Commemoration
Description: Information and events related to Penn State's annual commemoration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Source: Penn State
My Family Builders
Description: Transform playtime into a journey of creativity, empathy, and cultural awareness with the 16-Piece Multiracial Magnetic Friends Play Set. Perfect for kids aged 1 and up, this innovative toy lets children mix and match magnetic blocks to create diverse characters that reflect the world around them. Crafted from eco-friendly wood with non-toxic, water-based paints, this set is safe, durable, and endlessly engaging. Whether building families, friends, or neighbors, children learn valuable lessons about acceptance, inclusion, and emotional intelligence while having fun. This is more than just a toy—it’s a tool for nurturing kindness and creativity in every child.
Source: My Family Builders