Racial Equity
Topic Editor: Denise Bennett
denise.bennett@unc.eduRacial equity is the condition that would be achieved if one's racial identity no longer statistically predicted how one fares in life. To achieve racial equity will require seeing differently, thinking differently, and doing the work differently. Racial equity is about results that make a difference and last. These resources focus on the myriad and far-reaching implications of racial inequities in early childhood special education and early intervention. They contribute to individual growth and systems change efforts that center racial equity by highlighting policies, practices, and strategies that can bring about equitable outcomes for children and families.
See also: ECTA Racial Equity Statement
On This Page
Data
- Annie E. Casey Foundation: 2017 Race for Results Index: Building a Path to Opportunity for All Children
- Opportunity Index: Data and Scoring
- County Health Rankings and Roadmaps
- Additional Resources for Step Up to Lead for Equity: Using Child Outcomes to Promote Equity
Early Education Anti-Racism
- Alliance for Early Success: Racial Equity and Advocacy
- Head Start-Early Childhood Learning and Knowledge Center: Advancing Racial and Ethnic Equity in Head Start
- NAEYC: Equity
- National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), Early Childhood Education Assembly (ECEA): Racial Equity and Anti-Racist Teaching in Early Childhood Education
- Teaching is Intellectual: Racism
- Anti-Bias Leaders in Early Childhood Education: Reflecting on Anti-bias Education in Action: The Early Years
- What Racism Looks Like
- Start with Equity: 14 Priorities to Dismantle Systemic Racism in Early Care and Educationli>
- Addressing Harsh Discipline and Disparities: What We Know, What We Don't Know, and What We Should Do About It
- Expanding Inclusive Learning, For Children with Disabilities: What We Know, What We Don't Know, And What We Should Do About It
- Expanding Access to Bilingual Learning, For Dual Language and English Learners: What We Know, What We Don't Know, and What We Should Do About It
- The Leadership Academy: Equity Leadership Dispositions
- Topics in Early Childhood Special Education
- Confronting Racism and Bias Within Early Intervention: The Responsibility of Systems and Individuals to Influence Change and Advance Equity
- Reaching for Excellence: Using Resources of Early Childhood Partners to Address Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
- Implicit Bias Test, Harvard
- The critical role white parents play in shaping racism — and eradicating it
- How Not to Be an Ally: Common missteps and advice for effective allyship
- Why Raising Kids To ‘Not See Color’ Doesn't Help Fight Racism
- In My Skin
- Black Boys Matter: Cultivating Their Identity, Agency, and Voice
- Things to Know If You Love a Multiracial Child
- The Impact of Racism on Child and Adolescent Health
- Experts answer your kids’ tough questions about race and racism
- Talking With Children About Racism, Police Brutality and Protests
- Resources to Support Children’s Emotional Well-Being Amid Anti-Black Racism, Racial Violence, and Trauma
Language and Terminology
Organizational Culture and Change
- Transforming White Privilege: A 21st Century Leadership Capacity
- Annie E. Casey Foundation Resource: Race Equity and Inclusion Action Guide
- CounterPart Consulting HOME
- Learning for Justice (K-12) Frameworks
Policy (State and National)
- Anti-Bias Leaders in Early Childhood Education: Reflecting on Anti-bias Education in Action: The Early Years
- Early Childhood Iowa: Equity Guiding Principles to Address Race, Ethnicity, Culture, and Language
- Michigan Department of Education, Michigan's Early Childhood System Racial Equity Leaders Cohort: A Preschool Development Grant Birth Through Five Renewal Project
- The Center for Law and Social Policy: Equity Starts Early: Addressing Racial Inequities in Child Care and Early Education Policy
- NAEYC: Advancing Equity in Early Childhood Education (2019)
- Equity Starts Early: Addressing Racial Inequities in Child Care and Early Education Policy – (Clasp) (2017)
- A History of Federal Indian Policy
- A Pandemic within a Pandemic: How Coronavirus and Systemic Racism Are Harming Infants and Toddlers of Color (Clasp) (2020)
Professional Development
Articles
- NAEYC: Equity Resources: Living the Statement
- Urban Wire: Policymakers Can Redesign the Early Childhood and Education System to Root Out Structural Racism
- Situating my positionality as a Black woman with a dis/ability in the provision of equity-focused technical assistance: a personal reflection – Seena M. Skelton
- Equity Is Fundamental to Implementation Science – Audrey Loper, Beadsie Woo and Allison Metz
- The Curb-Cut Effect – Angela Glover Blackwell
Books
- Coates, Ta-Nehisi. (2015). Between the World and Me.
- Diangelo, R. (2018). White fragility: Why it’s so hard for white people to talk about racism.
- Dunbar-Ortiz, Roxanne. (2014). An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States.
- Iruka, I., Curenton, S., Durden, T., & Escayg, K.-A. (2020). Don't look away: Embracing anti-bias classrooms.
- Kendi, I. X. (2019). How to be an antiracist.
- McGhee, Heather. (2021). The Sum of Us.
- Oluo, Ijeoma. (2018). So You Want to Talk About Race.
- Singleton, Glenn. (2015). Courageous Conversations About Race: A Field Guide for Achieving Equity in Schools.
- Venet, Alex Shevrin. (2021). Equity-Centered Trauma-Informed Education.
Podcasts
- Seeing White
- The Accessible Stall, Episode 86: A Conversation on Systemic Racism and Ableism with D'Arcee Charington Neal
- Dismantling Racism and Ableism with Lydia X. Z. Brown
- Be Antiracist with Ibram X. Kendi
Tools
Webinars
- Leadership with an Equity Mindset: Using Preschool Special Education Data (2023)
- DEC, ECTA: In Pursuit of Equity in Early Intervention/Early Childhood Special Education (2021)
- NCPMI: Creating Anti-Racist Early Childhood Spaces (2020)
- Children's Equity Project: Start with Equity Webinar Series (2020)