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Equitable, Responsive Education for All

The Great Lakes Equity Center was established by Dr. Kathleen King Thorius and colleagues in 2011 at the Indiana University School of Education, as an Equity Assistance Center (formerly Desegregation Assistance) funded by the United States Department of Education. As of 2016, the Great Lakes Equity Center re-structured as an organizational hub for an array of research, technical assistance, and educational resource development projects, including the Midwest and Plains (MAP) Equity Assistance Center. Collectively, we are committed to school and system transformation toward racial, disability, and other forms of educational justice: the MAP Center provides three-tiers of technical assistance related to race, sex, national origin, and religion desegregation to K-12 public education agencies in a 13-state region free-of-charge; the Great Lakes Equity Center continues to partner with community, non-profit, and private organizations across the U.S. on equity-driven systemic transformation, professional learning, and collaborative inquiry projects.

Midwest and Plains (MAP) Equity Assistance Center

Celebrating 100 Systemic Equity Partnerships! We are proud to announce a major milestone for the Region III MAP... read more

Episode three of the MAP Center’s Antiracist Vodcast Series focuses on A Conversation with Antiracist Leaders. In this episode, we... read more

During this Equity Connect! session, our guest district, Community Unit School District 308 (Oswego, IL) discussed how they leveraged their... read more

Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of season one of Real World, Paramount Plus launched a reunion, bringing the seven cast members back... read more

This Equity by Design brief highlights equity issues that arise in the process of reopening schools during a global pandemic. The authors... read more

This episode of our Anti-Racist Vodcast, The 20-Minute Talk, features guest speakers Perry Wilkinson, M.Ed., Education Equity & Systems Data... read more

In this issue of Equity Digest, we explore why it is important for school community stakeholders to recommit to equity work. In order to further your... read more

Re-committing to equity work means that equity-oriented educators must reflect on the impact of historical and systemic inequities on minoritized... read more

Pose is an FX series about the transgender community of color in 1980s New York City. In Episode 3 of That's All Folx, Katy,... read more

Expanding on the Racial Opportunity Cost framework, as presented in a previous Equity Spotlight Podcast, Dr. Venzant Chambers invited a... read more

Celebrating 100 Systemic Equity Partnerships!

We are proud to announce a major milestone for the Region III MAP Center and former Region V Center—we have just reached a total of 100 systemic equity partnerships! We owe this achievement to our regional partners throughout the Midwest and Plains. Because of our partners’ initiative, drive, and intensive work with us, we have reached this incredible milestone for the first time in our history as an Equity Assistance Center.

To commemorate this achievement, we are celebrating! For the next 100 days, we will be posting our partners’ favorite MAP Center resources, along with a notable equity quote, on our social media platforms. Start your day off right with some inspiration from the MAP Center.

We appreciate each and every one of our partners, and we are so proud of this milestone. We invite you to join us as we celebrate our systemic equity partners over the next 100 days!

Sincerely,

MAP Center Executive Team

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