Toolkit
Guidebooks
Explore underlying causes and how to make change in your system

Guidebooks

Dig deeper into your diagnostic results by probing the underlying causes of challenges in your school system and considering ways to improve students' experiences in school.

These guidebooks are designed to help district leaders — in collaboration with school leaders, teachers, community members, advocates, students, and families — reflect on your diagnostic results and unpack diverse perspectives. The guidebooks provide a structure for identifying the root causes of your school system’s challenges and choosing promising actions that are based on the distinct needs of students in your community.

  • Dimension 1: School Funding
  • Dimension 2: Teaching Quality & Diversity
  • Dimension 3: School Leadership Quality & Diversity
  • Dimension 4: Empowering, Rigorous Content
  • Dimension 5: Instructional Time & Attention
  • Dimension 6: Positive & Inviting School Climate
  • Dimension 7: Student Supports & Intervention
  • Dimension 8: High-Quality Early Learning
  • Dimension 9: Learning-Ready Facilities
  • Dimension 10: Diverse Classrooms & Schools

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Education Resource Equity in 2020-21
Child learning on laptop

School can unlock every child’s power to live a life of their choosing.

And for those that believe every child can reach high levels with the right combination of supports, living our values means directing resources where they are needed most this school year.

America is grappling with an ongoing pandemic, an economic recession, and renewed national recognition of systemic racism. COVID-19, in particular, has exacerbated the barriers that students of color and students with higher needs face to access excellent learning opportunities. Therefore, schools must provide those students who have been impacted with different levels and combinations of support. This puts schools, systems, families, communities, and education advocates at a critical juncture. Together, as we embark on the 2020-21 school year, we must do what we have not been able to do before these crises: to mobilize the right combination of resources that create high-quality learning experiences and meet the distinct needs of every student. That idea —education resource equity — is what we need to ensure that school unlocks every child’s power to live a life of their choosing.

In this together,

The Alliance for Resource Equity Team