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7 Ensure Access and Inclusion so that every child, regardless of race, color, national origin, home language, gender, economic circumstance or disability, attends a good school, has opportunities to learn and appropriate support for success Imagine > But Currently > What must be done > What we can do together

What we can do together …

• Hold schools accountable to respect, implement and enforce all laws regarding non-discrimination.
• Partner and collaborate with local civil rights groups and organizations to support greater access and inclusion across groups.
• Conduct local community-school audits to ensure the highest level of access and inclusion of diverse families.
• Recommend appropriate changes in policy and practices to break down local barriers to access and success for all students.
• Host and participate in local dialogues and meetings that value diversity and promote working across groups to create access and inclusion for all children and families.
• Examine your personal biases and practices and those of your family and children that are preventing access, inclusion or valuing of differences.
• Embrace a belief about valuing the importance of others that disallows the exclusion of others for any reason.
• Demand that your schools adopt and use curricula that is equitable, inclusive and non-biased.
• Encourage teachers and administrators to pursue diversity training and implement practices that reflect that training.