Topic: Social, Emotional and Academic Development

Rhetoric & attacks on LGBTQ+ students take a toll on their well-being & safety; Project 2025 aims to further these attacks.

The lack of Indigenous representation and humanity, the whitewashing of history, can deter Native students from learning.

Education leaders need high-quality, equity-focused assessments to ensure adequate support for students’ well-being.

Schools should use assessments to measure whether they are meeting students’ social and emotional development needs.

When teachers develop inclusive curriculum, the most powerful mirrors can magnify, helping students see and define themselves while gaining a sense of self.

Books with disabled, neurodivergent, or autistic characters are often stereotypes. Students need more accessible representation.

How a new state ban on DEI initiatives at public colleges is impacting student organizations.

LGBTQ books for children help students understand diverse gender identities, experiences, and families. They need authentic representation.

There are almost 2 billion Muslims around the world, but represent only 1% of the youth literature published.