Posts tagged as “equity”

Ohio State Professor: Schools In Disadvantaged Areas Help Reduce Inequality

April 10, 2021

Debbie Holmes, WOSU |

Some students from the most disadvantaged families may remain behind academically from those who are well-off, but a new book finds that schools in lower-income areas are doing their part to improve results.

WOSU: Ohio State Professor: Schools In Disadvantaged Areas Help Reduce Inequality

As Trans Bans Spread, Experts Weigh How to Balance Fairness and Inclusion in High School Sports

April 8, 2021

Kevin Mahnken, The 74 |

As legislation moves through statehouses around the country, students are facing an increasingly divided picture of athletic eligibility.

‘It’s So Hard’: As Trans Bans Spread, Experts Weigh How to Balance Fairness and Inclusion in High School Sports

Ohio lawmakers want to ban transgender athletes in women’s sports

April 2, 2021

Laura Bischoff, Dayton Daily News |

Lawmakers in more than 20 states, including Ohio, are pushing bills to block transgender athletes from participating in school sports.

South Dakota governor kills transgender bill, but orders ban

April 1, 2021

Stephen Groves, AP News |

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem on Monday killed a bill that would have banned transgender women and girls from female sports, then later issued weaker executive orders that include restrictions but which conservatives decried as political face-saving.

Read “South Dakota governor kills transgender bill, but orders ban” at AP News

Lawmakers in more than 20 states have introduced similar bans this year, with Republican governors in three states — Arkansas, Tennessee and Mississippi — signing them into law.

Pandemic disparities mirrored pre-existing conditions for low-income families, minorities, report shows

April 1, 2021

Susan Tebben, Ohio Capital Journal |

An annual report analyzing how children faired in the nation in the last year showed harrowing effects from COVID-19, but mainly found the same disparities that existed before the pandemic.

Pandemic disparities mirrored pre-existing conditions for low-income families, minorities, report shows – Ohio Capital Journal

Grants to help Centerville City Schools effort to mentor, attract diverse staff members

March 24, 2021

Tiffany Denen, WKEF/WRGT |

Centerville City Schools learned in the past week that it would receive the Diversifying the Education Profession Grant, which is a three-year grant totaling $65,000. It will allow Centerville Schools to offer additional professional development around DEI topics, as well as to expand its mentor program to include minority teaching students from the University of Dayton.

Opinion: Listening to parent voices key to closing achievement gap

March 21, 2021

Bruce Jeffrey, Opinion contributor – Cincinnati Enquirer |

When the pandemic swept across the United States a year ago, it laid bare the inequities and systems that prevent Black students from succeeding in the classroom. When a crisis hits, we know the drill; there is no shortage of nonprofit organizations and well-intentioned stakeholders who quickly jump in to help solve the most pressing problems.

Colorado District Uses High School Apprentices to Grow Its Own More Diverse Teacher Workforce

March 18, 2021

Asher Lehrer-Small, The 74 |

Leaders in Cherry Creek School District No. 5, in Colorado, developed an educator career pathway for high school juniors and seniors who are interested in pursuing a career in education. The program also aims to diversify the district’s workforce to better reflect the demographic makeup of the student body.

How do you recruit more Black male teachers? Cleveland principal wins $5,000 for her idea, ‘Read Like Me’

March 17, 2021

Emily Bamforth, cleveland.com |

Only 2 percent of U.S. teachers are Black men. In the Cleveland school system, that percentage is about 3% at the elementary level and 4% at the high school level, though the student population is about 66% Black.

That’s why Kidner came up with the program “Read Like Me,” which will pay Black male students to lead reading groups and programs for younger children in the district, after training them over the summer.

Great Oaks associates and Board member chosen for equity program

January 26, 2021

Great Oaks via The Clermont Sun |

The IAED Mentorship Program was created to further inclusion, access, equity and diversity in career-technical education.

Ramona Beck, Assistant Dean at Scarlet Oaks Career Campus and “AL” Long, Great Oaks Board member representing North College Hill, were among 32 educational leaders selected as mentors.

Minnesota Gov. Walz unveils education plan centered on pandemic and equity

January 26, 2021

Mohamed Ibrahim, AP News |

The plan, named the Due North Education Plan, attempts to address the pandemic’s toll on school systems statewide by expanding academic programs and mental health services starting in the summer of 2021 that will last throughout the following school year, and by providing a one-time investment to schools to prevent an impact due to enrollment loss during the pandemic.

Ohio coalition wants state budget to focus on education, stability of children

January 25, 2021

Susan Tebben, Ohio Capital Journal |

A coalition of groups from the children services, economic stability and education equity fields have come together to push budget priorities that focus on the youngest Ohioans.