Diversity Toolkit: A Guide to Discussing Identity, Power and Privilege (WEBSITE)
The website provides facilitators with a series of activities to help participants contemplate and discuss the topics of race, identity, power, and privilege. Educators can use these activities to better understand themselves and deepen their grasp of and empathy for their diverse populations of students. USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work. 2017. Diversity Toolkit: A Guide to Discussing Identity, Power, and Privilege. https://msw.usc.edu/mswusc-blog/diversity-workshop-guide-to-discussing-identity-power-and-privilege/ (accessed April 4, 2018).
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The website provides facilitators with a series of activities to help participants contemplate and discuss the topics of race, identity, power, and privilege. Educators can use these activities to better understand themselves and deepen their grasp of and empathy for their diverse populations of students. USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work. 2017. Diversity Toolkit: …
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Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) Topic Brief and Links to Discussion Guides, Disproportionality and Overidentification (WEBSITE)
Click on each of the regulation titles to find questions for leading dialogue.
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Click on each of the regulation titles to find questions for leading dialogue.
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(The) IRIS Center for Training Enhancements (WEBSITE)
A national, federally funded center that provides high-quality resources for college and university faculty and professional development providers about students with disabilities; also provides free, online, interactive training enhancements that translate research about the education of students with disabilities into practice, including training modules, briefs, and materials on diversity, differentiated instruction, progress monitoring, collaboration, behavior, MTSS and more.
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A national, federally funded center that provides high-quality resources for college and university faculty and professional development providers about students with disabilities; also provides free, online, interactive training enhancements that translate research about the education of students with disabilities into practice, including training modules, briefs, and materials on diversity, differentiated instruction, progress monitoring, collaboration, behavior, …
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Local Education Agency Reports (WEBSITE)
Short summaries of outcome data for special education programs and students in California school districts.
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Short summaries of outcome data for special education programs and students in California school districts.
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DataQuest (WEBSITE)
Searchable database makes available California district-level annual performance report measures for special education. Contains data collected from each indicator and performance measures but not the local compliance determination. Any inquires from the general public regarding local district determinations should be directed to the local school district.
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Searchable database makes available California district-level annual performance report measures for special education. Contains data collected from each indicator and performance measures but not the local compliance determination. Any inquires from the general public regarding local district determinations should be directed to the local school district.
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(The) Technical Assistance Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS)
A national, federally funded center that provides capacity-building information and technical assistance for identifying, adapting, and sustaining effective school-wide disciplinary practices. Includes valuable tools and materials for school use.
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A national, federally funded center that provides capacity-building information and technical assistance for identifying, adapting, and sustaining effective school-wide disciplinary practices. Includes valuable tools and materials for school use.
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OSEP Symposium on Significant Disproportionality (WEBSITE)
The OSEP Symposium on Significant Disproportionality explored why this is an important topic for all of us as we work to ensure that children with disabilities, regardless of race or ethnicity, are provided educational services and accommodations that enable and prepare them for post-school education and career opportunities. The Symposium presentations highlighted the key topics from a national perspective, framed the importance of this issue for all OSEP grantees, and provided some examples of practices and strategies that help address significant disproportionality. In addition to the live event, numerous resources related to significant disproportionality have been posted for participants to use as they prepared for the event and as resources to improve services and conditions for children with disabilities in States, districts, schools, and programs.
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The OSEP Symposium on Significant Disproportionality explored why this is an important topic for all of us as we work to ensure that children with disabilities, regardless of race or ethnicity, are provided educational services and accommodations that enable and prepare them for post-school education and career opportunities. The Symposium presentations highlighted the key topics …
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Center for Leadership Equity and Research: CLEAR (WEBSITE)
Dr. Magdealeno and his colleagues at Center for Leadership Equity and Research (CLEAR) have scripted a new phrase for practitioners, that is, “The Acknowledgment Gap.” The Acknowledgement Gap exists when educational leaders neglect to recognize and intervene even though it is evident that race and ethnicity, social class, and customs and culture all affect school environments. The CLEAR website provides information and resources on the use of Restorative Justice, Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports, Social-Emotional Learning, and Trauma Informed Practices to promote progress toward equitable schools. Magdealeno, K. Center for Leadership Equity and Research. 2018. CLEAR. http://clearvoz.com/homepage/ (accessed April 17, 2018).
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Dr. Magdealeno and his colleagues at Center for Leadership Equity and Research (CLEAR) have scripted a new phrase for practitioners, that is, “The Acknowledgment Gap.” The Acknowledgement Gap exists when educational leaders neglect to recognize and intervene even though it is evident that race and ethnicity, social class, and customs and culture all affect school …
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Special Education Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity (WEBSITE)
This website allows users to quickly identify patterns of special education identification for students in California overall, and by individual counties throughout the state. Using multiple formats, it shows data disaggregated by race and ethnicity, disability category, and by multiple-year trends. Kidsdata.org: A Program of Lucille Packard Foundation for Children’s Health. 2016. Special Education Enrollment, by Race/Ethnicity. www.kidsdata.org (accessed April 17, 2018).
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This website allows users to quickly identify patterns of special education identification for students in California overall, and by individual counties throughout the state. Using multiple formats, it shows data disaggregated by race and ethnicity, disability category, and by multiple-year trends. Kidsdata.org: A Program of Lucille Packard Foundation for Children’s Health. 2016. Special Education Enrollment, …
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EduColor (WEBSITE)
EduColor began as a support group for educational advocates of color and has developed into a forum for people of color to communicate about social justice and equity in public education. EduColor’s recommended resources include books, films, articles, and websites related to educational justice. EduColor. 2012. http://www.educolor.org/resources/ (accessed April 4, 2018).
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EduColor began as a support group for educational advocates of color and has developed into a forum for people of color to communicate about social justice and equity in public education. EduColor’s recommended resources include books, films, articles, and websites related to educational justice. EduColor. 2012. http://www.educolor.org/resources/ (accessed April 4, 2018).
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