What if every child could access quality K-12 education regardless of race, poverty status, or zip code?
On this page, you will find links to various organizations that are doing the work to turn this into a reality.
Culturally Responsive School Leadership Academy
BARR Same Students. Same Teachers. Better Results.
Helping Children of Color Heal From Collective Trauma
Choosing to see the racial stress that afflicts our Black students
Education Pioneers: Five Strategies for Advancing Racial Equity in Public Education
Acknowledging and Coping with Racial Trauma
How will you advance the conversation?
Explore some of the resources below to find out more about the various avenues to civic engagement, political participation, and racial justice work.
Join the call for action.
- Check out the Reimagine Minnesota initiative by the Association for Metropolitan School Districts. This initiative provides a comprehensive direction for schools to reimagine and reinvent themselves in ways that better support students and communities.
- Become part of Expanding the Vision of Reimagine Minnesota: A Collective Education Roadmap for Action–a partnership with the University of Minnesota providing evidence-based solutions to positively impact students to improve equity in the classroom.
- For advancing equity in the age of Covid-19 view the Implementing Reimagine Principles in Period of Remote Teaching and Learning guide.
Connect with policymakers
Consider contacting your representatives to let them know you want students impacted by racial trauma to be supported in the schools: click here for a guide on how to contact your elected officials, and click here for a guide on what to write to them.
Leverage the research
Draw from evidence-based practices to advance the conversation on racial trauma’s impact on students and find ways to overcome it.
How will you incorporate these lessons into your classroom?