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Annotation: This guide defines educational equity and describes actions state education chiefs can take to create a more equitable education system in their state. Topics include setting and communicating an equity vision and measurable targets; focusing on the state education agency; creating accountability for equity; engaging local education agencies and providing tailored differentiated support; allocating resources to achieve fiscal equity; investing in the youngest learners; monitoring equitable implementation of standards and assessments; focusing on teachers and leaders; focusing on conditions of learning (school culture, climate, and social-emotional development); and ensuring families have access to high-quality educational options that align to community needs.

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Keywords: Accountability, Assessments, Communication, Educational change, Equal opportunities, Family centered services, Leadership, Learning, Measures, Policy development, Program development, Public education, Resource allocation, Schools, Standards, State education agencies, Students, Teachers, Teaching

Annotation: These resources provide evidence-based recommendations and findings about what works to promote health equity in the community. Topics include education programs and policies, culturally competent health care, and housing programs and policies. Presentation and promotional materials are included.

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Keywords: Cultural competence, Early childhood education, Low income groups, After school programs, Child development centers, Community based programs, Community development, Community health centers, Consumer education materials, Culturally competent services, Education, Educational attainment, Equal opportunities, Financial support, Health care delivery, Health education, Health promotion, Housing, Kindergarten, Patient education materials, Public policy, Recruitment, Research, Retention, School based clinics, Training, Translation, Work force

Annotation: This document for state leaders presents a framework for advancing equity in education through the implementation of the Every Student Succeeds Act. The framework identifies eight equity priorities and illustrates how states could leverage the federal law to improve equity in opportunity and outcomes for all students. Topics include closing funding gaps, improving low-performing schools, increasing access to effective teachers and leaders, supporting English learners, increasing access to advanced coursework, addressing disproportionate discipline practices, addressing students' social-emotional learning needs, and improving access to high-quality instructional materials.

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Keywords: Educational change, Equal opportunities, Federal legislation, Leadership, Learning, Mental health, Program improvement, Psychosocial development, Quality assurance, Students, Teaching

Annotation: This report for educators, researchers, policy influencers, and advocates examines provisions in the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) that can be used to advance equity and excellence in education for all students. The report reviews the provisions in the following four areas: higher-order skills for all students, multiple measures to assess school performance and progress, resource equity, and equity strategies and evidence-based interventions. Topics include standards and learning goals, assessments, opportunities to learn, school climate and student inclusion, equitable access to effective teaching, reporting school expenditures and tracking inequities, state plans' focus on equity, incentives for equitable funding approaches, how equity policy can leverage successes for new immigrant students, school improvement funding, early childhood education, community schools, and integration and school diversity.

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Keywords: Academic achievement, Barriers, Educational change, Equal opportunities, Intervention, Legislation, Low income groups, Measures, Public education, Resource allocation, Students, Systems development, Thinking, Underserved communities, Vulnerability

Annotation: This archived website provides documents related to President George W. Bush's New Freedom Initiative, an Administration blueprint for eliminating barriers to the full integration of people with disabilities in the United States. It includes news, progress reports, and related documents.

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Keywords: Barriers, Chronic illnesses and disabilities, Communities, Developmental disabilities, Disabilities, Educational opportunities, Inclusion, Programs, Special education, Technology

Annotation: This package, recommended for grades 8 and above, includes a documentary film exploring the historical struggle for equality through the eyes of today's young people, as well as an illustrated text and a teacher's guide. Eight adolescents tell stories about their own struggle as well as their ancestors' struggle with racial and sexual orientation-related discrimination. Topics include religious freedom; slavery, segregation, the Fugitive Slave Law; Native American's right to their ancestral home; immigrant laborers' struggles to obtain a fair days wage for a fair days work; suffrage; gender inequity in school sports; unjust laws aimed at immigrants of Japanese ancestry; and disability rights. The text concludes with suggestions for additional reading. The teacher's guide includes 13 detailed lesson plans to be used in conjunction with the text and the video.

Keywords: Audiovisual materials, Cultural factors, Discrimination, Educational materials, Equal opportunities, Ethnic factors, History, Homosexuality, Racial factors, Tolerance, Videotapes, Women's rights