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Teachers:

Do you find it difficult to teach a diverse group of students?

Do you believe that emotional connections are needed in order for your students to experience success in your class?

How are you ensuring that your curriculum is relevant to a diverse student population?

Has your personal bias affected your ability to connect and engage students academically?

Do you believe that students must assimilate to your curriculum or should your curriculum be adjusted to reflect the diversity of your students?

Students:

Do you feel that your teachers consider your cultural experiences when creating lessons?

Do you feel a sense of belonging in your classes?

Do you put more effort into classes taught by teachers of your own race?

Does your inability to relate to your teacher impact your desire to be successful academically?

Does your classroom environment represent your background or culture?

Do you feel that teachers favor certain races over others?

Do you believe that students of color are given the same opportunity to be successful?

Is your culture represented within the curriculum (subject courses, or elective courses)?

Do you feel students of color are given the same opportunity to take advanced courses?

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Do you consider race and diversity when hiring teachers?

Do believe that professional developments can help make teachers culturally aware?

What leadership beliefs and strategies constrain your DEI efforts or goals?

Do you hold teachers accountable for creating a diverse lesson plans? If so, how?

Do you review data on student achievement within classes led by White teachers versus teachers of color?

Do you review data on whether White teachers reprimand teachers of color at a higher rate than White students?

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I would like to gather data from teachers to understand their mindset about being culturally responsive to all students. I want to understand if teachers have intrinsic motivation to reach a diverse student population.

I want to understand if students feel a sense of belonging within their classes. This means considering their classroom environment, literature, and other curriculum materials.

Data comparing student achievement by race.

Examine grade point averages of students with White teachers versus teachers of color.

Examine whether White teachers reprimand (refer) students at a higher rate than teachers of color. *This may prove there is a lack of understanding therefore students spend more time out of class and it leads to a decrease in academic achievement.

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Enid Lee, Equity & Equality

Gloria Ladson-Billings, Critical Race Theory

Moses, Contemporary Liberal Theory

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Student Surveys

Teacher Surveys

Administration Surveys

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More effort required to create a diverse lesson plan.

More effort to develop an understanding of cultural characteristics exhibited in the classroom.

Sense of confidence to reach all students

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Black Lives Matter Movement- has it changed your view on how you should be creating your curriculum?

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Article

We are outraged by the countless deaths of Black people at the hands of police officers and citizens caused by a system that treats Black people as expendable.

Words alone cannot do justice to the centuries of trauma and violence that racism has inflicted, and continues to inflict, upon Black people and communities in the United States. However, we also recognize that silence is itself a message, and this moment compels us to speak out and state our beliefs.

As many students across the nation and world engage as citizens and leaders in protesting violence against Black communities, we affirm their rights and freedoms to peacefully protest. We stand in solidarity with these students and support their work to end systemic racism in this country. Students who exercise their rights by peacefully protesting will not have their chances of admission compromised.

Words are best accompanied by action, and we are encouraged by the work that alumni(ae), students, faculty, staff and other affiliates of Harvard University are doing to move us further toward equity for Black people and other marginalized groups. We acknowledge that this work has gone on for far longer than the current moment, and has become catalyzed by these recent tragedies. As the Admissions and Financial Aid Office of Harvard College, we will continue to champion the profound importance of diversity in higher education, and advance educational equity and access, while also humbly acknowledging that there is always more to do.

We commit to engaging more deeply in anti-racism work to support our work in admissions and financial aid and in hiring, professional development, and promotions within our office. This will include supporting the ongoing availability of anti-racism and implicit bias training in addition to resources and space for staff to engage in meaningful conversations around racism and the role of equity, diversity, and inclusion in our work. In addition, we remain committed to inclusive admissions and financial aid committees.

We stand with the families of Ahmaud Arbery, Rayshard Brooks, George Floyd, Robert Fuller, Tony McDade, Nina Pop, Toyin Salau, Derrick Scott, Breonna Taylor, and the countless others. We stand with our Black alumni(ae), our Black faculty, our Black staff, our Black students, and other Black members of the Harvard community. We stand with Black people around the nation, and we unequivocally state our belief that Black Lives Matter.

To learn more about the experiences of the Black community and show your solidarity, we encourage you to visit the anti-racism resources on the Harvard Office for Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging website.

In solidarity,
The Harvard College Office of Admissions & Financial Aid

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We are outraged by the countless deaths of Black people at the hands of police officers and citizens caused by a system that treats Black people as expendable. Words alone cannot do justice to the centuries of trauma and violence that racism has inflicted, and continues to inflict, upon Black people and communities in the United States.

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Decrease in academic achievement.

They lack of sense of belonging within the school culture.

No human connection with their teachers therefore they do not feel supported.

There is a lack of engagement in class and the curriculum is not relevant to the students.