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She has a Ph.D. in Counseling and Educational Development from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (1996), an MEd in School Counseling from the University of Virginia, School Counseling (1989), and a B.S. in Early Childhood Education from the University of Virginia (1986).
Selling diversity: Immigration, multiculturalism, employment equity, and globalization (U of Toronto Press, 2002), DEI in Canada online; see symposium on the book at Canadian Ethnic Studies 55.1 (2023): 125–145. Anand, Rohini. Leading Global Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (2021), for multinational companies; Anderson, Terry H.
[19] With the Race to the Top grant program, "Many advocates of multicultural education quickly found attention to diversity and equity being replaced by attention to standards and student test scores". [5] Multicultural education focuses on an "intercultural model that advances a climate of inclusion where individual and group differences are ...
Teaching for Change is a non-profit organization founded in 1989 and based in Washington, D.C., with the motto of "building social justice, starting in the classroom." [citation needed] This organization uses publications, professional development, and parent organizing programs to accomplish this goal.
Culturally relevant teaching is instruction that takes into account students' cultural differences. Making education culturally relevant is thought to improve academic achievement, [1] but understandings of the construct have developed over time [2] Key characteristics and principles define the term, and research has allowed for the development and sharing of guidelines and associated teaching ...
Equity is a term sometimes confused with equality. [2] Equity and inclusion policy provide a framework for educators and academic administrators that guides training and delivery of instruction and programming. [3] School boards use equity and inclusion principles to promote the use of resources that reflect the diversity of students and their ...
Cleveland County Schools is a PK–12 graded school district serving Cleveland County, North Carolina. The system was formed from the merger of Kings Mountain City Schools, Shelby City Schools and the former Cleveland County Schools system in 2004. Its 29 schools serve 16,417 students as of the 2010–2011 school year.
Historically, support for modern multiculturalism stems from the changes in Western societies after World War II, in what Susanne Wessendorf calls the "human rights revolution", in which the horrors of institutionalized racism and ethnic cleansing became almost impossible to ignore in the wake of the Holocaust; with the collapse of the European ...