Equity Resources

A short list of resources for learning about equity in advanced educational opportunities:

Books

Bright, Talented and Black, by Joy Lawson Davis, Ed.D.

If you want to give your principal any book on giftedness, this is it. A very good primer on the needs of advanced learners and thinkers PLUS the added perspective for Black families.

Twice Exceptional: Supporting and Educating Bright and Creative Students with Learning Difficulties, by Scott Barry Kaufman

Monroe County Library System has a copy. Includes chapters on THRICE exceptionality (3e) – that is, being twice exceptional (2e) AND a member of another underrepresented community.

Differently Wired: Raising an Exceptional Child in a Conventional World, by Deborah Reber

Recruiting and Retaining Culturally Different Students in Gifted Education, by Donna Y. Ford, Ph.D.

Grading for Equity, by Joe Feldman

Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain, by Zaretta Hammond

Websites

SENGifted.org Supporting gifted, talented, and 2e individuals

Tilt Parenting Podcast https://tiltparenting.com/giftedness/

Increasing Equity in Gifted Education Programs and Services NAGC - Nat'l Association for Gifted Children https://www.nagc.org/resources-publications/resources/timely-topics/including-diverse-learners-gifted-education-programs

Giftedness Knows No Boundaries – NAGC

http://www.giftednessknowsnoboundaries.org/welcome

Dr. Donna Y. Ford https://www.drdonnayford.com

We Are Gifted Too https://drjoylawsondavis.com

A list of additional researchers/scholars can be found at the Champions of Equity tab in this website.

If you’d like more resources, please don’t hesitate to ask!!

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