Education with an Equity Lens on Racial and Economic Justice

Articles, Op-Eds, writings focusing on issues of equity in education as well as racial and social justice. The NUA has reached tens of thousands of educators, community stakeholders/leaders and students (k-16) coast-to-coast through workshops, in-school training professional learning, conferences, institutes, and the media.  Our work is focused on developing equity consciousness and instructional interventions that change hearts and minds.  The NUA develops instructional coaches in the districts it partners, as well as creating and advocating for the administrative and organizational arrangements required for institutionalization and sustainability.

The Impact of the Two Pandemics: COVID and Structural Racism – Zoom event, 10/27/2020 at 5:30 PM Central Time – Yvette Jackson, Senior Scholar, National Urban Alliance for Effective Education; Gloria Ladson-Billings, President, National Academy of Education Katie Sample, founder and executive director of the African American Academy for Accelerated Learning

“All Children Can Achieve, Even if They are Poor” (Eric J. Cooper)

“Challenge to All Students” (Eric J. Cooper)

“Suburban Schools the Next Integration Battleground” (Eric J. Cooper and Myron Orfield)

“Superman Can’t Fix Our Problems Alone” (Eric J. Cooper)

“Fierce Urgency to Close Gaps” (Eric J. Cooper)

“From ‘Just a Teacher’ to Justice in Teaching” (Eric J. Cooper)

“Making All Children Winners Confronting Social Justice Issues to Redeem America’s Soul” (Excepted from: Normore, A., Rodiguez L., & Wynne, J., “Making All Children Winners: Confronting Social Justice to Redeem America’s Soul,” Journal of Educational Administration. Volume 45, Number 6)

“New Year and ‘Great’ Goals for Schools” (John J. Ramos Sr.)