Diversity Without Divisiveness: A Guide to DEI Practice for K-12 Educators provides frameworks and tools to help you move beyond the buzzwords and truly practice DEI by fostering a shared vision for inclusive education.
Diversity Without Divisiveness: A Guide to DEI Practice for K-12 Educators provides frameworks and tools to help you move beyond the buzzwords and truly practice DEI by fostering a shared vision for inclusive education.
Written by two educators with rich backgrounds in DEI practice and training, this book shows how to promote inclusivity without falling into partisan promotion of prescribed beliefs. Hoyt and Ham address common misunderstandings, explain the crucial interaction between DEI and SEL, and provide language for addressing parents concerns about DEI. The authors also invite educators to tackle DEI challenges in K-12 education: Should students be assigned to affinity groups? How can DEI be integrated into curricula? What are some tools for DEI professional development? How can we mitigate objections from those feeling threatened by DEI values?
The book offers a plethora of tools to ensure that DEI is not just an ideal to strive for but a tangible reality within every classroom. There are also firsthand accounts from educators who are actively engaging with DEI in impactful ways. With Hoyt and Hams tangible solutions, youll be able to chart a course for a more inclusive and equitable school.
Introduction: Youve Got to be Carefully Taught Part 1: Misconceptions
and Clarifications about DEI in Education
1. No One is Anti-DEI
2. A
Framework for Diversity Without Divisiveness
3. Reconciling Contested Issues
Toward Positive Parent-School Partnership
4. DEI Integrity Part 2: Praxis:
Touchstones & Tools You Can Use Part 3: Praxis Pointers: Real-World
Applications from a Educators in the Field
Carlos Hoyt, PhD, LICSW, provides consultation, training, and support on matters related to social identity, social bias, and social justice to people and places wishing to create inclusive environments, and psychotherapy for children, adults, couples, and families. Carloss first book, The Arc of a Bad Idea: Understanding and Transcending Race, was published in 2016. He has numerous published works, has presented a TEDx Talk, and appeared on several podcasts. More about Carlos can be found at carloshoyt.com.
Minna Ham, M.S.Ed, works as a lower school director at an independent school in Rhode Island and has been in elementary education and administration for over 20 years. She has presented at conferences and consulted with schools throughout New England on diversity, equity, and inclusivity topics.
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