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[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 ...
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 ...
Following the murder of George Floyd in 2020, some companies made substantial commitments to racial equity by establishing dedicated diversity, equity, and inclusion teams. [70] In early 2024, the Washington Post reported that there is a trend in corporate America to reduce DEI positions and delegate the work to external consultants. [ 70 ]
The IJME was founded in 1999 as Electronic Magazine of Multicultural Education. [1] It offers a forum in which scholars, practitioners and students of multicultural education share ideas to promote educational equity, cross-cultural understanding and global awareness in all levels of education.
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 ...
Education equity can include the study of excellence and equity. [3] Educational equity's growing importance is based on the premise that a person's level of education directly correlates with their quality of life [2] and that an academic system that practices educational equity is thus a strong foundation for a fair and thriving society. But ...
Inclusion has different historical roots/background which may be integration of students with severe disabilities in the US (who may previously been excluded from schools or even lived in institutions) [7] [8] [9] or an inclusion model from Canada and the US (e.g., Syracuse University, New York) which is very popular with inclusion teachers who believe in participatory learning, cooperative ...
The Women's Educational Equity Act authorizes grants “…to develop nonsexist curricula, personnel training programs, and vocational and career counseling.” In addition to these grants, the improvement of physical education programs is also included. These funds helped education facilities to meet the requirements of Title IX. [2]