ANTI-RACISM + ANTI-BIAS
African American Policy Forum (AAPF)
Resources for educators and advocates seeking to push back against attacks on critical race theory and the teaching of truth: messaging guides; know your rights guides; media and curricular toolkits.
Albert Shanker Institute (ASI)
Lessons to improve teaching and learning about diversity, equity, and inclusion for teachers and students. Topics include accessibility, civil rights, exploring identity and bias, and intersectionality, among others.
Anti-Defamation League (ADL Education)
K-12 lesson plans that promote critical thinking and learning through the lens of diversity, bias, and social justice. Tips, strategies, and discussion guides to promote anti-bias and culturally responsive learning.
Aspen Institute Education & Society Program=
Materials to help educators gain deeper understanding of the empirical research on teaching about race and racism in schools, and to address questions about teaching about race and racism in schools.
Black Teacher Project
Offers cohort-based fellowship for Black teachers who have the desire, influence, and capacity to support systems-level change through enhanced educational leadership capacity.
CRT Forward
Database of anti-CRT measures and trends across all levels of government. Articles and reports identifying and analyzing measures aimed at restricting access to truthful information about race and systemic racism.
Diversify Our Narrative (DON)
Resources to help educators teach social justice topics and implement anti-racist curricula: lessons plans, mini lessons, and other pedagogical tools. Mailing list highlights educator facing events, webinars, and networks.
EduColor
Resources for educators seeking to raise the issues of equity, anti-racism, and justice with students in the classroom: comprehensive book lists, articles, and other literature; links to key groups working in this space.
Freedom to Learn (F2L Network)
Resources to oppose attacks on educational curricula against intersectionality, critical race theory, Black feminism, queer theory, and other frameworks that address structural inequality.
Intercultural Development Research Association (IDRA)
Lesson plans for all grades, instructional best practices, and historical resources to support educators in promoting culturally sustaining schools and fighting harmful censorship policies.
Kids in Need of Defense (KIND)
Guide and fact sheet for educators on how to support unaccompanied immigrant children and youth students in U.S. schools. Includes comprehensive resource list for engaging newcomer students.
Learning for Justice
Anti-bias teaching resources to help foster shared learning and reflection for educators and others on identity, diversity, justice, and action: articles; guides; lessons; films; webinars; frameworks, and more.
National Black Justice Coalition (NBJC)
PreK-12 cultural competence work focuses on improving educator capacity to support Black LGBTQ+/SGL students, staff, and families through enhanced policy, curriculum, and professional development programs.
NEA EduJustice
Justice in public education: checklists, guides, and toolkits for fostering social and racial justice in classrooms.
National Equity Project
Resources for educators and school/district leaders to help reimagine and redesign systems for equity: articles, tipsheets, messaging guidance, research, and curricula for creating culturally responsive classrooms.
National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition
Database of educational resources on the history of Native education and on U.S. Indian Boarding Schools: trauma-informed curriculum for teachers to use with students; professional development opportunities.
Partnership for the Future of Learning
Resources that enable equitable, high-quality public education: toolkits for countering toxic narratives; messaging guidance on teaching truth; a playbook on building a strong and diverse teaching profession.
Race Forward
Resources for educators and school leaders working towards racial and social equity in public schools: toolkit for district-level equity-based policies; campaign planning toolkit; reports; organizing guides and more.
Second Step
Resources to help educators implement social-emotional learning in a way that builds on students’ cultural assets, critically examines systems of power, and develops better ways of teaching, learning, and being.
Share My Lesson
Curated collection of lesson plans on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for all grade levels, covering a variety of topics that span the curriculum, current events, and professional development. Includes keyword search function.
Teaching for Change
Lessons and other curated resources to help classroom teachers supplement K–12 curricula in the following areas: Anti-Bias Education, Black Lives Matter at School, Challenge Islamphobia, Civil Rights Teaching, etc.
Teaching with Testimony
Classroom activities for middle school and high school educators seeking to provide students with tools to develop empathy, employ critical thinking, and counter hate and respond to injustice.
Truth Matters for Students
Toolkits for different stakeholders, including educators, for teaching truth; a curated list of anti-bias education materials and resources; and articles, research, and reports on the impact of anti-CRT legislation on educators.
Zinn Education Project
Annual Teaching for Black Lives study groups provide a forum for educators to explore how to teach about racism, resistance, and joy in free, teacher-led professional learning communities. Apply today for AY 2023-2024.
