Y.E.S. program members Ashley Johnston, Patricia Yango, and Sareya Taylor. Y.E.S., which stands for Youth Equity Stewardship, is now present at all six Chandler high schools and at the Perry fall staff meeting in October, Y.E.S. sponsored and hosted a student panel for the faculty.
Students, staff, community deeply torn on ‘Equity’ training
Anna Myers, Features Editor
Equity program’s aim is that “every student can be successful,” and is not political, district says
Are you legal? Oh. You’re planning on going to college? These kinds of questions are a common weekly occurrence for senior Sareya Taylor. Taylor is Native American, and this story is not an unusual one. Over the past two years, the Chandler Unified School District has been working to submerge itself into creating equitable learning environments for students in order to decrease the...
Q&A with CUSD director of equity, Dr. Adama Sallu
Dr. Adama Sallu is the director off equity and inclusion at the district. The Precedent staff got to have the following question and answer session with her on the topic of Deep Equity. ANNA MYERS: Who wrote/created the program? DR. ADAMA SALLU: Corwin through the work of Dr. Gary Howard developed the Deep Equity learning materials utilized. AM: Why have the schools chosen to adopt it? AS:...
Large crowd attends CUSD governing board meeting to discuss Deep Equity
From being applauded as a program, “designed to address opportunity gaps...achievement gaps in academics…[and] discipline gaps,” as described by a Kyrene School District parent, or a program that is “attacking students on the basis of their skin color,” according to Fox News reporter Tucker Carlson, the Deep Equity program has faced its fair share of criticism and praise nationwide. To kick-s...
Perry teachers sound off on Deep Equity policy
The recently introduced Deep Equity program has been met with both approval and criticism from Perry staff members. Here’s what your teachers have to say about the new policy. The Precedent editorial staff chose to keep the teachers’ names anonymous in order to protect their identity. PRO: The Deep Equity professional development trainings that the teachers have been required to...
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