DEI blog
In the Community – Lafrancis Hardiman Elementary School, Wyandanch, NY
After a brief break, we are pleased to resume our monthly support for DonorsChoose, a site that curates projects in need of funding that are submitted by public school teachers from across the country. Recently, Nilofer Ali, Resources Manager, chose two projects that were particularly meaningful for her. Below is one of them, with a…
Read MoreIn the Community – Josiah Quincy Elementary School, Boston, MA
Name/Location of School: Josiah Quincy Elementary School, Boston, MA DonorsChoose.org project name: Diverse Books for Little Readers Teacher’s Name: Ms. Switzer Grade Level: PreK – 2 Subject (if applicable): Cultural Diversity Project description: Ms. Switzer works with kindergarteners from a broad diversity of backgrounds, has six different languages represented in her classroom, and has students with disabilities in…
Read MoreLessons from Lee & Low
by Nilofer Ali, Resources Manager In a world where perspectives of scarcity infiltrate nearly every area of our lives, the DEI space is one that has a stronger tendency towards a perspective of “plenty.” Collaboration and information-sharing with a growth mindset is the norm, and folks working toward diversity, equity, and inclusion uplift and support…
Read MoreWhat Does the Classroom Look Like Today?
by Nilofer Ali, Resources Manager In the first article in this series, I outlined what diversity, equity, and inclusion mean to Westchester Education Services. In the next few articles, I’ll explore why DEI in educational publishing is important. To establish the context for those upcoming discussions, let’s start by taking a peek at the demographics…
Read MoreReading Assessment 2019
by Anne Riccio, Senior Supervising Editor, Literacy & Humanities Between January and March 2019, 150,600 fourth-graders from 8,300 schools and 143,100 eighth-graders from 6,950 schools participated in the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) reading assessment — and the results were not good. Approximately 35% of the 4th graders and 34% of the 8th graders…
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