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AERA Names Dr. Tabbye Chavous as New Executive Director

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Chavous The American Educational Research Association (AERA) announced Monday that Dr. Tabbye M. Chavous, currently vice provost for equity and inclusion and chief diversity officer at the University of Michigan, brings more than 25 years of experience as a scholar, researcher, and academic administrator to the position.

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New Tool to Measure DEI Efforts Introduced

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Leshchinskaya is part of a team from Brooklyn College and the University of Florida looking to change that with the creation of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Institutionalization (DEII) assessment, a new instrument that allows colleges and universities to measure their DEI work at the institution level.

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Scholars of Urban Education Gather for Solutions-Based Conference

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Over 270 sessions were offered at the conference, including a keynote address by Dr. Gloria Ladson-Billings, one of the world's most prolific educational researchers. Jamal Watson and included. Lewis, and Drs. Jerlando F.

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Lifting As They Climb

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The American Educational Research Association (AERA) was no exception. Dr. Linda Darling- Hammond The leadership of the national research society that strives to advance knowledge about education and currently boasts a membership of about 25,000 scholars — remained exclusively white until the 1990s.

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Anti-Racist Teachers: Disrupting Resegregation [Overrepresentation] in Special Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

To frame it any other way dismisses both the historical and contemporary contexts and centrality of race and racism in decisions to remove these specific students from the general education system, forcing them into a system that suppresses their opportunities and contributes to miseducation. curriculum and instruction, and assessment).

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"We Know More Than What Those Damn Tests Claim to Measure”: How Tests are Inequitable for Black and Other Minoritized Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

I am determined to guide educators in becoming culturally competent professionals for Black males in p-12 and higher education. Middleton : My first encounter with test bias was in elementary school. Curriculum and instruction must be rigorous and relevant. My personal experiences continue to inform me professionally.

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Small course modifications that can help all students succeed

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Be explicit about the importance of diverse perspectives in the classroom and acknowledge your goal of cultivating an inclusive learning environment. Acknowledge the full range of backgrounds that your students bring to class. Establish classroom community norms by explicitly discussing them on the first day. Consider using blind grading.