No matter a teaching staff's racial, ethnic, gender, or socioeconomic status, culturally responsive teacher training is crucial for
schools addressing disproportionality, says David Kirkland, executive director of the NYU Metropolitan Center for Research on Equity and the Transformation of Schools.
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addressed to U.S. Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos, requesting that the U.S. Department of Education stay on track to implement new data tracking rules that would standardize how states identify
school districts with «significant
disproportionality,» or high rates of students from particular racial or ethnic groups that are placed in restrictive settings or are subject to discipline.
The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, A + Colorado, and 111 other organizations signed a letter
addressed to U.S. Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos, requesting that the U.S. Department of Education stay on track to implement new data tracking rules that would standardize how states identify
school districts with «significant
disproportionality,» or high rates of students from particular racial or ethnic groups that are placed in restrictive settings or are subject to discipline.
In December 2015, Congress passed the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), [1] which requires states and districts to determine whether low - income students and students of color in Title I
schools are served at disproportionate rates by ineffective, out - of - field, or inexperienced teachers, and take steps to
address any identified
disproportionalities (i.e., gaps in equity).