Suggested Teacher/Parent Resources on Equity in Schools:

Books:

Kendi, Ibram X. How to be an Anti-Racist*

DiAngelo, Robin White Fragility*

Curtis, Linton, (2011) Equity 101- The Equity Framework: Book 1. Corwin.*

Cain, S. (2016). Quiet Power: The Secret Strengths of Introverted Kids. Puffin Books.*

Greenstein, Laura M. (2018) Restorative Assessment: Strength-Based Practices That Support All Learners. Corwin.*

Hammond, Zaretta. (2015) Culturally Responsive Teaching, and The Brain: Promoting Authentic Engagement and Rigor Among Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students. Corwin.*

Henderson, Anne T., Mapp, Karen L., Johnson, Vivian R., & Davies, Don. (2007) Beyond the Bake Sale: The Essential Guide to Family-School Partnerships. The New Press.*

Johnson, Ruth S. & Avelar La Salle, Robin L., (2010) Data Strategies to Uncover and Eliminate Hidden Inequities: The Wallpaper Effect. Corwin.*

Jung, Lee Ann, Frey, Nancy, Fisher, Doug, Kroener, Julie. (2019). Your Students, My Students, Our Students: Rethinking Equitable and Inclusive Classrooms. ASCD.*

Kay, Mathew R., (2018). Not Light, But Fire: How to Lead Meaningful Race Conversations in the Classroom. Stenhouse.*

Kendi, Ibram X. (2019). How to Be an Antiracist. One World.*

Khalifa, Muhammad, (2018). Culturally Responsive School Leadership. Harvard Education Press.*

Lewis-McCoy, R. L., (2014). Inequality in the Promised Land: Race, Resources, and Suburban Schooling. Stanford University Press.*

Minor, Cornelius. (2019). We Got This.: Equity, Access, and the Quest to Be Who Our Students Need Us to Be. Heinemann.*

Pinto, Laura E. (2013). From Discipline to Culturally Responsive Engagement: 45 Classroom Management Strategies. Corwin.*

Santana, Luz, Rothstein D, & Bain, Agnes, (2016). Partnering with Parents to Ask the Right Questions. ASCD*

Skrla, Linda., Mckenzie, Kathryn., & Joseph, James (2009). Using Equity Audits to Create Equitable and Excellent Schools. Corwin.*

Singleton, Glenn E.(2015) Courageous Conversations About Race: A Field Guide for Achieving Equity in Schools. Corwin.*

Steele, Claude M. (2011). Whistling Vivaldi: And Other Clues to How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do. Norton.*

Thompson, Gayle L. (2003). What African American Parents Want Educators to Know. Praeger.*

*available to borrow from IAR Equity Team

Articles:

Equity Work Should Start at the Top by Teaching Tolerance

No, I’m not ok. Thanks for asking. by Teaching Tolerance

Combating Anti-Blackness in Asian American Pacific Islander Communities by RE-Center

Protest is Patriotic by Teaching Tolerance

RACE: Restructure Your Organization to Actually Advance Racial Justice by Evelyn R. Carter, Harvard Business Review, June 22, 2020

How are Language Feeds Inequity by Robin Avelar La Salle and Ruth S. Johnson, Educational Leadership, April 2019.

Avoiding Racial Equity Detours by Paul Gorski, Educational Leadership, April 2019

Specific, Candid, and Helpful Responses to Expressions of Racism and Bias Tools for rehearsing responses to expressions of bias and racism in ourselves and others by: Rick Wormeli , Association for Middle Level Education (AMLE) Magazine, April 2020.

“Being an Anti-Racist is a verb” by NCTE

“How to be an Anti-Racist Educator” by Deena Simmons

Past IAR Teachers' Book Study Group Choices:

Gay, Geneva. (2010). Culturally Responsive Teaching: Theory, Research, and Practice, 2nd Ed. Teachers College Press.

Hollie, Sharroky, (2017). Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Teaching and Learning: Classroom Practices for Student Success. Shell Education.

Howard, Tyrone C., (2010). Why Race and Culture Matter in Schools: Closing the Achievement Gap in America’s Classrooms. Teachers College Press.

Ladson-Billings, Gloria. (2009). The Dream-Keepers: Successful Teachers of African American Children. Jossey-Bass.