LibGuides: We Need To Talk : Education

The P-12 to Higher Ed : Evening the Playing Field Or Different Fields Altogether?

What a whirlwind year it's been for educators across the country. Unfortunately, challenges associated with education, were regularly questioned before COVID-19 knocked on any of our doors. Educational inequality is an ever present problem in a country of 332 million, not surprisingly, but the ways that that inequality shows up is definitely impacted by where you live, what you have, and who you are.

The definition of educational inequality is: the unequal distribution of academic resources, including but not limited to; school funding, qualified and experienced teachers, books, and technologies to socially excluded communities. These communities tend to be historically disadvantaged and oppressed.

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How Higher Ed Can Fight Racism: ‘Speak Up When It’s Hard’
The big thing that I’ve found really troubling is that our institutions of higher education are focusing on trying to walk away from the problem. They’re saying, “We are good. We have values. We are in solidarity with this community. But it’s not our problem.” And these are the “good” institutions that would actually recognize racism, and recognize white supremacy.
The Growing Need for Diverse Teachers in the Mountain West
This policy brief examines the racial and ethnic diversity of the public teacher workforce
in five Mountain West states, drawing on survey data from 1993 to 2016. Student diversity is generally outpacing teacher diversity in this region. This brief contains with recommendations to help Mountain West states with recruitment and retention of a diverse workforce.
The School to Prison Pipeline Explained
The difference between juvenile detention and school discipline is so surprising — the reason school discipline is seen as a growing concern — is that the two are connected, leading civil-rights advocates to talk about a "school-to-prison pipeline." Especially for older students, trouble at school can lead to their first contact with the criminal justice system. And in many cases, schools themselves are the ones pushing students into the juvenile justice system — often by having students arrested at school.
How to Support Students Who've Faced Disciplinary Actions
While Black and African American students represented approximately 15.4% of the student population enrolled in K-12 public schools during the 2015–2016 school year, they represented at least double the proportion of students who were subject to various disciplinary actions, including referrals to law enforcement, in-school suspensions and expulsions, according to 2015–2016 national estimations from the Civil Rights Data Collection.External link:open_in_new Of students who had been transferred to an alternative school, where they could continue their education while addressing behaviors that resulted in disciplinary action, Black students represented almost 45% of that population. Why is this?

The Impact of COVID-19

Bridging the Digital Divide

Pedagogical Perspectives From the Stacks

Conflict Recovery by Candice Dowd Barnes; Chayla Rutledge Slaton; Todd Scott Parker
Call Number: LC1099.3 .B37 2020
ISBN: 9781475854367
Publication Date: 2020-09-25
Redefining teaching competence through immersive programs : practices for culturally sustaining classrooms by Daniela Martin
Call Number: Ebook
ISBN: 9783030247881
Publication Date: 2019
The New Instructional Leadership by Rose M. Ylimaki (Editor)
Call Number: Book Chapter, p 32-48
ISBN: 9780415535182
Publication Date: 2013-11-01
SAGE Handbook of Mentoring and Coaching in Education by Sarah Judith Fletcher (Editor); Carol A. Mullen (Editor)
ISBN: 9780857027535
Publication Date: 2012-06-29
Global Co-Mentoring Networks in Higher Education by B. Gloria Guzman Johannessen (Editor)
ISBN: 9783319275062
Publication Date: 2016-02-10
Evaluating Campus Climate at US Research Universities by Krista M. Soria (Editor)
Call Number: Ebook
ISBN: 9783319948355
Publication Date: 2018-09-06