Viewing Courses in Equity & Cultural Competence

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Achievement Gaps: The Path to Equity
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Today’s schools are challenged with bringing underachieving students up to satisfactory levels of performance while continuing to provide enriching instruction for students already ideally placed on t... More
An Introduction to a Whole Child Education
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The demands and challenges of the 21st century require innovations on the part of teachers, administrators, schools, and communities to fully prepare students for college, career, and beyond. The ASCD... More
Classroom Management: Understanding Diverse Learning Needs, 2nd Edition
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In Classroom Management: Understanding Diverse Learning Needs, 2nd Edition, you will investigate some of the diverse needs today's students may be facing. Through readings and reflection, you will ide... More
Embracing Diversity: A Look in the Mirror
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Americans are a diverse collection of faiths, creeds, and colors. Intolerance has, unfortunately, always been part of the American experience. Schools have always been vulnerable to this societal dile... More
Embracing Diversity: Effective Teaching, 2nd Edition
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In Embracing Diversity: Effective Teaching, you’ll consider the importance of building respect for racial and multicultural diversity, as well as combating gender and sexual bias through curriculum. Y... More
Embracing Diversity: Global Education, 2nd Edition
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In Embracing Diversity: Global Education, you’ll develop an understanding of the role of global awareness as an important skill for students in the 21st century. Through video examples, in-depth readi... More
Embracing Diversity: Managing Diverse Schools and Classrooms, 2nd Edition
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In Embracing Diversity: Managing Diverse Schools and Classrooms, you will explore the importance of promoting diversity and tolerance at both the classroom and school level.... More
FIT Teaching in Action for Instructional Leaders
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This course helps instructional leaders—administrators, mentors, or teacher leaders—support teachers’ professional growth and practice using the Framework for Intentional and Targeted (FIT) Teaching® ... More
Fostering Resilient Learners
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Each year, schools are encountering more and more students who are entering the classroom burdened by the overwhelming stress of trauma or psychological scars of neglect and abuse. After taking this c... More
Turning High-Poverty Schools into High-Performing Schools
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In this course, you will gain new understandings of families living in poverty and the concrete steps that high-poverty, high-performing (HP/HP) schools have taken to improve outcomes for all students... More