Caregiver Involvement

• Adolescent and School Health: Parent Engagement in Schools | CDC (new window)
• Early Childhood Services and Resources for Families | Mass.gov (new window)
• Engage Parents to Promote Healthy Schools | CDC (new window)
• Family Engagement | CDC (new window)
• Parent and Community Education Involvement: Advisory Councils | MA DESE (new window)

Health Equity and Inclusive Practices

• New! 2024 Annual Report of the Racial Imbalance Advisory Council (RIAC): Racial Segregation in Massachussets Schools (new window)
• Build Healthy Places Network: Tools & Resources (new window)
• Building Coalitions To Promote Health Equity: A Toolkit for Action | Campaign for Action (new window)
• Civil Rights Data Collection from the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (March 2014)
  • Data Snapshot: School Discipline (PDF)
  • Data Snapshot: Early Childhood Education (PDF)
  • Data Snapshot: College and Career Readiness (PDF)
  • Data Snapshot: Teacher Equity (PDF)
• Cultural Respect | National Institutes of Health (NIH) (new window)
• Cultural Responsiveness and Equity - Resources | NASN (new window)
• Data resources for researching students' social contexts:
  • Child Opportunity Map | Diversity Data Kids (new window)
  • Data Profiles | American Community Survey | U.S. Census Bureau (new window)
  • Massachusetts Data Sets | County Health Rankings & Roadmaps (new window)
  • PLACES: Local Data for Better Health | CDC (new window)
• District Analysis and Review Tools (DARTs) | MA DESE (new window)
• Educator Effectiveness Guidebook for Inclusive Practice | MA DESE (new window)
• The Future of Nursing 2020-2030: Charting a Path to Achieve Health Equity (new window)
• Health Equity Tools | Prevention Institute (new window)
• Living Language Guide (new window)
  • This is an ever-changing glossary of diversity and inclusion-related terms curated by BU's Diversity & Inclusion Team.
• MDPH: Making Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) Happen | Mass.gov (new window)
• Moving Beyond Florence: Why We Need to Decolonize Nursing History by Kylie Smith (new window)
• National Collaborative for Health Equity (NCHE) (new window)
• A Nurse Educator's Perspective About Institutional Racism and White Supremacy in Nursing Education by Amy Harding (new window)
• Nursing a Radical Imagination: Moving from Theory and History to Action and Alternate Futures edited by Jess Dillard-Wright, Jane Hopkins-Walsh, & Brandon Brown (new window)
• ONL: A Tool Kit for Addressing Racism in Nursing and Healthcare (PDF)
• Our Racial Reckoning Statement | American Nurses Association (ANA) (PDF)
  • See also: A Black Nurse’s Reaction to the ANA Apology by Lucinda Canty (new window)
• Racial Equity and School Health | Mass.gov (new window)
• Racial Justice Competency Model (RJCM) – For Public Health (new window)
• Statement on Racism in America | National Association of State School Nurse Consultants (NASSNC) (PDF)
• What is Health Equity? | Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) (new window)

Homelessness

• Guidance on Fixed, Regular, and Adequate Housing: Identifying Family and Youth Homelessness | MA DESE (new window)
• NEW! Guidance on Supporting Homeless Students During the State of Emergency | MA DESE (Word Doc)
• Guide: School Enrollment for Students in Temporary Housing | Switchboard (PDF)
• Horizons for Homeless Children (new window)
• Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless (new window)
• McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Assistance Act | Children’s Law Center of Massachusetts (new window)
• McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Assistance Act | MA DESE (new window)
• McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Assistance - Advisories | MA DESE (Word Doc)

Immigration and Refugee Population

• New guidance: Enrolling and Supporting Newcomer Students in Massachusetts Schools & Districts - Frequently Asked Questions | MA DESE (Word Doc)
• Educational Resources for Immigrants, Refugees, Asylees and other New Americans | U.S. Department of Education (new window)
• Health Care For All – Advocates for Health Justice (hcfama.org) (new window)
• How to talk to your children about conflict and war | UNICEF (new window)
• Immigrant Child Health | American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) (new window)
• Massachusetts Adult Literacy Hotline for adult family members who may benefit from free, state-approved adult education programs (new window)
• MDPH: Refugee health information for health care and public health professionals | Mass.gov (new window)
• Refugee Children in U.S. Schools: A Toolkit for Teachers and School Personnel | BRYCS (new window)
• Refugee Trauma | The National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) (new window)
• Resources for Supporting Immigrant and Refugee Students | MA DESE (new window)
• Resources from our training on "Welcoming refugee students: An introduction to refugee student health for MA school nurses" (PDF)
• Supporting Youth Affected by the Violence in Israel and Gaza: Tips for Families and Educators | National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) (new window)
• Welcoming Newcomer and Refugee Students & Families | MA DESE (Memo from Commissioner Riley, March 8, 2022) (new window)
• From Switchboard: Connecting Resettlement Experts:
  • Archived Webinar: Accessing Federal Student Aid for Newcomer Youth and Adults: The Latest Guidance from the U.S. Department of Education (new window)
  • Archived Webinar: Welcoming Afghan Newcomer Students Back to School (new window)
  • Evidence Summary: What works to help students in immigrant and refugee families complete secondary education? (new window)
  • Toolkit: Supporting Afghan Students in Schools & Youth Programs in the United States (new window)