The Equity Project

The Equity Project at IU provides evidence-based information specific to issues of school discipline, school violence, special education and education equality.

[Collab Classroom @CollabClassroom]

"Integrating SEL with our content lessons helps our students see others as thoughtful, engaged people. These skills give them the ability to interact, create knowledge together, and understand an individual’s role in our increasingly complex society." https://t.co/LvzJjDHuUV

[Nickie Wong @MissNWong]

I'm collecting ideas from Ss on how I can cheer them on in their own languages. I need to learn how to write them now. #Multilingualism #Translanguaging @edutopia

[National Head Start Association @NatlHeadStart]

Children have to be healthy enough to learn. That's something that all school districts can agree on. And mental health is part of overall health” - https://t.co/goysisHEBV via @MindShiftKQED

[The Equity Project @equityprojectiu]

Childhood #trauma is far more pervasive than previously believed and is often invisible. #SEL #edchat #education #KidsDeserveIt #traumainformed

[Karin Leveke (she/hers) @KarinLevekePBS]

Prolonged exposure to ACES has an effect on the brain. A brain under toxic stress goes into survival mode. Pathways in the brain shut down to make room for fight/flight. AKA - neural pruning. Symptoms are often seen as behavior, but are responses to trauma and stress. #ISMHC

[The Equity Project @equityprojectiu]

From @milliondlrhoods: From 2014-2017, LASPD issued 24% of its arrests, citations, and diversions to black students in LAUSD, even though they represent less than 9% of the district’s total student population #ClassroomsNotCuffs #edchat #equity #data https://t.co/mFp34U021I

[The Equity Project @equityprojectiu]

"When you consider the importance of social-emotional learning, you shift the focus away from simply holding kids and teachers accountable for narrow achievement gains, and you start asking questions like "What do we need to do to support this child so that he can learn?""

[Pedro Noguera @PedroANoguera]

My recent interview on social and emotional learning and why it is a critical equity issue.
https://t.co/jrnGG2oRX1

[The Equity Project @equityprojectiu]

@IIDCIU at Indiana University has a library with more than 6,000 books, videos, and kits are available that may be borrowed by anyone in Indiana. For more info go to: https://t.co/OtpZA701z1 #equity #CELL #education #SpecialEducation #Disability #IU

[Center on Education and Lifelong Learning @cell_iub]

Dr. Sandi Cole and Dr. Hardy Murphy provide testimony to Indiana House/Senate education committee on their inclusion research.
#Inclusion #INEdCommittee #CELL #IndianaUniversity #IU #CELL_IUB

[MSD Warren Twp PBIS @WarrenTwpPBIS]

Powerful message. How are the children? What is your answer? #PBISforum #PBIS2018

[Civil Rights Project @CRPatUCLA]

@losendan in @EdSource on key findings - despite narrowing racial gaps in lost instruction and fewer suspensions overall, time out of school remains highest and disparities remain widest in grades 7-8.
https://t.co/V7L2ejS8Si

[The Equity Project @equityprojectiu]

47 percent of school suspensions in MA were meted out for minor infractions, such as dress code violations #ReThinkDiscipline #kidsdeserveit #education #edchat #equity #data

[BBA Access to Justice @BBA_A2J]

New report from @LawyersCom_MA: In the 2016-17 school year in MA, Black students lost more 3 times the number of instructional days to discipline as white students did, and Latino students missed 2.6 times the number.
https://t.co/0ZViVj4xAD

[Fry Professional and Personal Development, LLC @fryppd]

This is it, my friends. . . The data that ignited my passion for Restorative Practices. How can we feel good about suspending/expelling preschool students? #RestorativePractices #iirp #preschool #socialemotionallearning #schooldiscipline #betterthancarrotsandsticks

[The Equity Project @equityprojectiu]

"When it comes to people of color—particularly poor people of color—we choose the most restrictive possibility,” sending students to “the most segregated and punitive spaces in the public-school system.” #spedchat #SpecialEducation #traumainformed #equity https://t.co/GSRkAnoMcL

[The Equity Project @equityprojectiu]

“Trauma affects children in so many different ways. Some kids are reactive while others are reserved. It is key to know the students’ stories in order to know how to support them.” #kidsdeserveit #traumainformed #equity #education #edchat

[National Head Start Association @NatlHeadStart]

“If you’re not addressing the trauma, and the students are distracted, checked out, and falling increasingly behind, even the best curriculum won’t matter,” - https://t.co/bnjfJNzeYB via @edutopia #traumainformed

[The Equity Project @equityprojectiu]

Webinar from @CollabClassroom on student agency and student discipline practices posted: https://t.co/DkWfayXCst #ReThinkDiscipline #kidsdeserveit #edchat #education #EducationForAll

[The Equity Project @equityprojectiu]

"Educators must consider themselves and their own care in order to prevent burnout or "compassion fatigue." Working with high-needs populations can take a toll on you physically and emotionally. Creating a school culture of reciprocal adult support is imperative for success."

[Collab Classroom @CollabClassroom]

Why Adults Need Social and Emotional Support, Too https://t.co/wvRGWb1rX5

[The Equity Project @equityprojectiu]

He builds relationships with not just parents and students, but his teachers too. This principal is in classrooms, in the lunchroom, in the hallways, and finds ways to bring the school to his students. He's a warm demander of his students and parents- and it's working. #edchat

[NYU Metro Center @metronyu]

Lessons In Leadership: How a tattooed, skateboarding principal flipped the script in Northern Virginia #schoolleadership
https://t.co/aFPl4TfZ9h via @EducationDive

[NCES @EdNCES]

JUST RELEASED: In the 2015–16 school year, 1.4M students, or about 3% of students in U.S. public schools, were reported as homeless.

Read more from the Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics’ NEW report: https://t.co/aD1SuLbpYj @childstats