The Biden Department of Education's $244 million "Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion" push
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On his first day in office, President Biden issued Executive Order 13985 (Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government), directing all federal agencies to commit to critical race theory-aligned notions of "racial equity.
Although the Department of Education has already issued significant "equity-focused" grants prior to 2021, the agency enshrined its commitment to this objective through its "Equity Plan". Since 2021, the Department of Education has issued over $244 million in grants focused on "diversity, equity, and inclusion" in the education system. The grants are intended to further to department's goal to "embed equity throughout its operations and mission."
Below is a breakdown of these grants issued from 2021 to 2023:
School Board Of Broward County (Florida): $13,359,074
Purpose: Equity For Instructional Performance (EQUIP)
Year: 2021
School Board Of Miami-Dade County (Florida): $12,000,000
Purpose: Teachers Creating High-Impact Opportunities For Innovation, Collaboration And Equity (Teachers CHOICE): Transforming Professional Learning From Compliance To Agency
Year: 2021
Community Training & Assistance Center Inc (Massachusetts): $11,126,000
Purpose: Advancing Achievement And Equity Through STEM Instruction And Leadership (AdvanceSTEM)
Year: 2021
State Council Of Higher Education For VA (Virginia): $10,583,178
Purpose: Promoting Access And Equity For Underserved Youth: The Gear Up Virginia, 2021-2028 Application
Year: 2021
Aging And Rehabilitative Services, Virginia Department For (Virginia): $9,236,300
Purpose: Pathways To Careers Using Partnerships, Apprenticeships And Equity
Year: 2021
Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools (North Carolina): $7,057,877
Purpose: Building An Equity-Centered Teacher And School Leader Pipeline
Year: 2021
Educational Service Center Of Cuyahoga County (Ohio): $6,898,552
Purpose: Networked: Creating Communities Of Equity And Opportunity In Northeast Ohio
Year: 2021
School Board Of Broward County, The (Inc) (Florida): $6,315,229
Purpose: Achieving Career Equity For Students
Year: 2022
San Antonio Independent School District (Texas): $6,150,642
Purpose: Equity-Centered Educator Pipeline Initiative
Year: 2021
Lansing School District (Michigan): $6,103,227
Purpose: CLEAR - Choice, Learning, Equity & Academic Rigor!
Year: 2022
Lee County School Board (Florida): $5,745,816
Purpose: The Increasing Diversity And Achievement Through Rigorous And Engaging (I-DARE) Programs Phase II Project
Year: 2021
National Board For Professional Teaching Standards, Inc. (Virginia): $4,811,540
Purpose: From The Margins To The Center: Supporting Teacher Diversity, Quality, And Retention (M2C)
Year: 2022
Georgia State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Georgia): $4,447,469
Purpose: Cross-Institutional Collaboration And Reimagining Toward Equity, Access, And Teacher Effectiveness: Expanding And Sustaining Project Create
Year: 2022
Education Development Center, Inc. (Massachusetts): $3,999,826
Purpose: Improving Equity In AP Computer Science Principles: Scaling Beauty And Joy Of Computing
Year: 2021
Orange County Superintendent Of Schools (California): $3,964,304
Purpose: Building Toward Computer Science Equity And Inclusion: Developing An Ecosystem Of Supports
Year: 2021
University Of Kansas: $3,894,756
Purpose: Supporting Effective School Leaders Through Professional Learning And Resources For Equity Leadership & Educator Well-Being
Year: 2022
University Of Wisconsin System: $3,273,047
Purpose: Teaming Up For Equity In Science: Supporting NGSS Three-Dimensional Learning And Achievement Through Actionable Assessment
Year: 2023
Trustees Of Indiana University: $3,263,312
Purpose: EAC Region III--Midwest And Plains Equity Assistance Center
Year: 2022
Center For Leadership And Educational Equity (Rhode Island): $3,220,795
Purpose: Equity Leader Accelerator Project (ELAP)
Year: 2022
WestEd (California): $3,216,874
Purpose: EAC Region IV--Western Educational Equity Assistance Center
Year: 2022
Mid-Atlantic Equity Consortium, Inc. (Maryland): $3,181,776
Purpose: EAC Region I--Center For Education Equity (CEE)
Year: 2022
San Diego Community College District (California): $2,995,603
Purpose: Mesa College - Project Stem E3: Equity, Excellence And Exito Reduces Equity Gaps And Increases Academic Success, Retention, Graduation, And Transfer Rates Of Hispanic And Low-Income Students In Stem
Year: 2021
University Of La Verne (California): $2,995,451
Purpose: Increasing Degree Completion In Stem For Hispanics Through: Justice, Equity, Diversity, And Inclusion
Year: 2021
California State University San Marcos Corp (California): $2,995,261
Purpose: Building An Effective Ecosystem For Equity In STEM Careers
Year: 2021
Louisiana Division Of Administration (Louisiana): $2,953,137
Purpose: Testing What's Taught: Equity In Test Design Project
Year: 2022
Morgan Community College (Colorado): $2,945,345
Purpose: STEM Preparacion, Equidad Y Equity
Year: 2021
State Board Of Community Colleges And Occupational Education (Colorado): $2,941,185
Purpose: STEM Edge (Excellence In Development, Student Growth And Equity)
Year: 2021
LEARN (Connecticut): $2,925,471
Purpose: Leaders For Equity & Achievement Through Partnerships (LEAP)
Year: 2022
Mount Mary University, Inc. (Wisconsin): $2,905,987
Purpose: Proyecto Descubrir (Project Discover)-Academic And Student Support As A Foundation For Full Inclusion Of Hispanic And Low-Income Women In The STEM Workforce
Year: 2021
University Of Houston System (Texas): $2,370,576
Purpose: Supporting Diversity In STEM Careers
Year: 2021
Monterey Peninsula Community College District (California): $2,364,557
Purpose: Enhancing Diversity In STEM Through Magnified Resources, Completion Support , And Career Preparation (E=Mc^2)
Year: 2021
National Center For Teacher Residencies, Inc. (Illinois): $2,263,823
Purpose: Centering Equity: Building & Scaling Teacher Residencies
Year: 2022
Trustees Of The University Of Pennsylvania: $2,196,795
Purpose: Increasing Educational Equity Through Culturally Responsive Schooling
Year: 2021
California Department Of Education (California): $2,100,000
Purpose: California Department Of Education - Partnerships For Effective Practices In Transition And Inclusion
Year: 2022
New Mexico Department Of Higher Education: $2,000,000
Purpose: New Mexico Longitudinal Data System (NMLDS): Improving Data And Decision-Making To Increase Equity And Access In Education And Workforce Systems
Year: 2022
Los Angeles Community College Dist (California): $2,000,000
Purpose: Closing Equity Gap By Providing Access To Allied Health And STEM Programs And Services
Year: 2023
University Of Maryland Eastern Shore: $1,815,181
Purpose: Center For Inclusive Excellence: Fostering A Promising Future For Teacher Diversity And Student Success
Year: 2022
Research Foundation Of The City University Of New York: $1,799,995
Purpose: STEM Success Collaborative: Advancing Equity For Hispanic And Low-Income Students Through An Innovative Model Of Academic, Student Support, And Institutional Resource Integration
Year: 2021
Technical College System Of Georgia: $1,798,911
Purpose: Project Cafe (CGTC Action For Equity)
Year: 2021
The University Of Texas At Arlington: $1,790,447
Purpose: Increasing Teachers' Capacity For Integrating Mathematics, Social-Emotional Learning, And Equity (Math + SEL +E)
Year: 2022
Lindsay Unified School District (California): $1,719,230
Purpose: Lindsay Unified Teacher Quality Partnership-Cultivating Opportunities In The Redesign Of Equity In Education (CORE)
Year: 2023
Lamar Community College (Colorado): $1,574,807
Purpose: Within And Beyond The Pandemic: Ensuring Equity And Access In The Rural Digital Divide Through Expanded Remote Instruction And Distance Learning
Year: 2021
Nevada System Of Higher Education: $1,566,645
Purpose: Equity In Early Childhood Education At The College Of Southern Nevada
Year: 2021
Chemeketa Community College District (Oregon): $1,544,971
Purpose: Chemeketa College Credit Now: College-Going Access And Regional Equity For Students
Year: 2021
Framingham State University (Massachusetts): $1,341,866
Purpose: Remixing Open Textbooks Through An Equity Lens: Culturally-Relevant Open Textbooks For High Enrollment General Education Courses, Career And Professional Courses At Six Public Massachusetts Colleges
Year: 2021
Alder Graduate School Of Education (California): $1,318,254
Purpose: Promoting Equity By Building Sustainable Pipelines Of Diverse, Effective Educators
Year: 2022
Kansas State University: $1,229,203
Purpose: Project RAICES (Re-Envisioning Action And Innovation Through Community Collaborations For Equity Across Systems)
Year: 2023
The Columbia Basin College Foundation (Washington): $1,200,000
Purpose: Closing Equity Gaps Through Faculty Professional Development, Completion Coaching, And An Equity Center
Year: 2022
University Corporation At Monterey Bay (California): $1,200,000
Purpose: Building An Effective Ecosystem For Equity In STEM Careers
Year: 2022
San Jacinto Community College District (Texas): $1,180,742
Purpose: Title V Project: Positioning For The Future With Equity Focused Strategies
Year: 2022
Regents Of The University Of Minnesota: $1,169,599
Purpose: Project Aware: Advancing Well-Being And Reifying Equity
Year: 2023
Board Of Education Of City Of Chicago: $1,132,557
Purpose: Pre-Service Teaching Equity Project (P-Step)
Year: 2022
Coppin State University (Maryland): $1,107,998
Purpose: Pathways To Professions: Building A Promising Future For Teacher Diversity And Student Success
Year: 2022
Merced Community College District (California): $1,100,000
Purpose: Merced College - Developing Hispanic Serving Students Through Acadmic Supports And Equity Integration
Year: 2022
Spelman College (Georgia): $1,095,804
Purpose: Spelman College STEM Equity Research Hub
Year: 2022
University Of Utah: $1,070,486
Purpose: The Advancing Pathways Toward Equity And Excellence With Educators Of Multilingual Learners
Year: 2021
American Institutes For Research In The Behavioral Sciences (Virginia): $1,069,675
Purpose: Increasing Equity In Advanced Course Taking Through Automatic Enrollment And Automatic Notification
Year: 2021
University Of Wisconsin System (Wisconsin): $1,047,408
Purpose: Rural Educators Self-Reflecting And Practicing Equity-Centered Teaching (RESPECT) With English Learners
Year: 2021
University Of Kentucky Research Foundation: $1,045,628
Purpose: Project EXCEL (Expertise For Classroom Equity Through Literacy)
Year: 2021
Board Of Trustees Of Community College District #508 (Illinois): $1,000,000
Purpose: Malcolm X College Initiatives For Minority Male Mentoring And EMT Diversity And Inclusion
Year: 2023
The University Corporation (California): $1,000,000
Purpose: Global HSI Equity Innovation Hub At CSU Northridge
Year: 2022
The University Corporation (California): $1,000,000
Purpose: Advancing Equity And Innovation In Entertainment And Information Media
Year: 2023
Riverside County Office Of Education (California): $1,000,000
Purpose: Riverside County Early Education Workforce Expansion, Equity, And Engagement (E3) Project
Year: 2023
University Of California, Santa Barbara: $987,020
Purpose: Project Teams: Collaboration To Train Special Education And School Psychology Scholars To Advance Equity In The Study Of Mental Health Among Students
Year: 2021
Arizona State University (Arizona): $982,766
Purpose: Leadership For Equity And Diversity In Special-Education-Administrators (LEADS)
Year: 2021
Rector & Visitors Of The University Of Virginia: $980,171
Purpose: Development And Validation Of The Culturally- And Racial Equity-Sustaining (CARES) Classroom Assessment System
Year: 2022
Fort Lewis College (Colorado): $973,560
Purpose: Digital Learning: A Pathway To Equity, Access And Success For Low-Income, First-Generation, And Indigenous Students
Year: 2023
Broward College (Florida): $949,986
Purpose: Broward College'S Navigating For Equity And Transformation (NET) Project
Year: 2023
University Of Alabama: $906,742
Purpose: Promoting Mental Health Services And Equity (Promise)
Year: 2023
Tillamook Bay Community College (Oregon): $900,000
Purpose: Reimagining Equity In Services For Holistic Advising And Pathway Expansion (RESHAPE)
Year: 2021
State Board For Community Colleges And Occupational Educational System (Colorado): $897,273
Purpose: Arapahoe Community College's Pathways To Equity, Access To Knowledge (PEAK) Project
Year: 2021
Germanna Community College (Virginia): $896,197
Purpose: Advancing Instructional Equity And Student Achievement
Year: 2021
Minnesota State Colleges & Universities: $890,127
Purpose: Equity-Informed Guided Pathways For Adult Learners
Year: 2021
University Of North Carolina At Greensboro (North Carolina): $880,938
Purpose: School Counseling Access, Leadership, And Equity: Upgrading The Pipeline (Scale Up)
Year: 2023
East Carolina University (North Carolina): $871,815
Purpose: Project EDPIRATE (Educator Pipeline In Rural Action For Teaching Equity)
Year: 2022
West Virginia University: $850,941
Purpose: Strengthening Potomac State College By Investing In Course Evaluation And Redesign, Academic Advising, Career Services, Diversity Programming, And Endowment Funds
Year: 2021
University Of California, Santa Barbara: $832,677
Purpose: Preparing Professionals To Promote Justice, Equity, Diversity, And Inclusion In Mental Health Services At School
Year: 2023
Rowan University (New Jersey): $829,592
Purpose: Training, Equity, And Access To Mental Health
Year: 2023
University Of Oregon: $797,322
Purpose: React Initial Efficacy: Testing The Effects Of A Promising Intervention To Achieve Equity In School Discipline
Year: 2023
North Carolina Central University: $795,587
Purpose: Research Institute For Scholars Of Equity (RISE): Conducting Mixed Methods Research To Improve Academic Outcomes Among pk-20 African American And Latino/A Children, Youth And Young Adults
Year: 2021
Wright State University (Ohio): $794,146
Purpose: A Chance For Hope Inspired By Equity & Valuable Education
Year: 2022
Virginia Department Of Education: $723,344
Purpose: Equity In Virginia's Public Education System: A Longitudinal Examination Spanning The COVID-19 Shutdown
Year: 2021
Prairie View A&M University (Texas): $721,863
Purpose: Leading Equity Across Diverse Environments With Revolutionary Synergy (LEADERS): A Comprehensive Approach To Teacher And Leaders Residency And Induction Program
Year: 2022
Regents Of The University Of Colorado: $614,117
Purpose: Project ASPIRE: Advancing School Psychology Innovative Training To Recruit Equity-Focused Practitioners
Year: 2023
San Diego Community College District (California): $604,000
Purpose: Mesa College's Project: Equity, Empathy & Excellence: Is Designed To Reduce Equity Gaps & Increase The Academic Success, Retention, Graduation, And Transfer Rates Of Aanapisi & Low-Income Students.
Year: 2021
Texas Woman's University: $599,650
Purpose: Reimagining And Improving Student Equity (RISE) In Nursing
Year: 2023
University Of Massachusetts: $599,454
Purpose: Centering Relationships, Equity, And Access For Teachers Of English Learners (CREATE)
Year: 2022
University Of Washington: $599,205
Purpose: Project TELL-Equity Teaching English Language Learners-Equity
Year: 2022
Western Michigan University: $599,188
Purpose: Project Teaching For Equity And Achievement Of Multilingual Students (TEAMS)
Year: 2022
San Diego State University Foundation (California): $598,021
Purpose: Project LEAL - Leadership, Equity And Access For Languages
Year: 2022
University Of Alabama At Birmingham: $597,111
Purpose: EMPOWER: Equity For Multilingual Learners By Providing Opportunities For Family Engagement Through Web Access And Educational Resources
Year: 2022
University Of Arkansas System: $592,706
Purpose: ELEVATE - Ensuring Learner Equity Via Advocacy And Teacher Education
Year: 2022
Oregon Department Of Education: $586,635
Purpose: A Study In Equity: Oregon's Ninth Grade Transition
Year: 2021
Kansas State University: $579,282
Purpose: RESPETAME: Reimagining Educational Systems By Practicing Equity And Translanguaging And Accessing Multiliterate Experiences
Year: 2022
Sistema Universitario Ana G. Mendez, Incorporado (Puerto Rico): $572,126
Purpose: Proyecto Abrazo: Embracing Diversity, Inclusion And A Sense Of Belonging Through Academic, Real-Life Skills And Cultural Enrichment
Year: 2023
University Of Pittsburgh - Of The Commonwealth System Of Higher Education (Pennsylvania): $570,324
Purpose: East Asia And Global Transformation: Expanding Knowledge, Creating Equity, And Securing The Future (NRC)
Year: 2022
Virginia Community College System Office: $558,597
Purpose: Appeal: Asian Pacific Pedagogy For Equity, Achievement And Learning
Year: 2021
University Of South Carolina: $548,034
Purpose: Scaling Capacity: Developing Residents And Educators Around Equity-Centered MTSs (SC-DREAM)
Year: 2023
Regents Of The University Of Colorado: $547,569
Purpose: Equity, Engagement And Endorsement (E3)
Year: 2022
Southwestern Adventist University (Texas): $538,979
Purpose: Enriching The Diversity Of The Nursing Faculty Workforce: A Project To Build A Culturally Sensitive Curriculum, Recruit, Retain & Graduate Hispanic & Other Minority Graduate Nursing Students.
Year: 2023
North Carolina State University: $531,230
Purpose: Sustaining Pre-K Gains Into Elementary School: Exploring The Role Of School-Based Pre-K In Equity, Continuity, And Collaboration
Year: 2022
Eastern Michigan University: $528,362
Purpose: Matter Of Equity 2.0: Closing The Excellence Gap In Southeast Michigan
Year: 2022
Rutgers, The State University Of New Jersey: $500,000
Purpose: The Educational Equity And Excellence Collaborative (E3C); Build Capacity Across The Institution, Community Stakeholders, Share Best Practices And Support Cutting-Edge Research On Educational Equity
Year: 2022
Research Foundation Of The City University Of New York: $500,000
Purpose: Supporting Digital Equity For Low-Income College Students
Year: 2023
University Of Oregon: $500,000
Purpose: Interdisciplinary Diversity Equity And Accessibility (IDEA)
Year: 2021
Lowell Public Schools (Massachusetts): $499,175
Purpose: Scaling For Equity: Toward A Districtwide Community Schools Strategy In Lowell, Massachusetts
Year: 2023
Batavia School District (New York): $488,761
Purpose: Batavia Community Schools: Equity, Opportunity, Family
Year: 2023
Florida Atlantic University: $484,293
Purpose: Supporting Talent Through Recruitment, Inclusion, Diversity And Equity (STRIDE)
Year: 2022
University Of Massachusetts: $480,702
Purpose: Advancing Equity In The Implementation Of Comprehensive Behavioral Health Supports For Youth With Or At Risk For Disabilities
Year: 2023
Ohio State University: $475,000
Purpose: Race, Inclusion And Social Equity (RAISE) Initiative At The Ohio State University
Year: 2022
George Washington University (District Of Columbia): $452,898
Purpose: Encouraging Diversity And Inclusion In East Asian Studies: Scholarship, Curricula, And The Next Generation Of Specialists
Year: 2022
University Of Connecticut: $443,920
Purpose: Project EASS-E: Expanding Approaches To School Screening With Equity
Year: 2022
Western Iowa Tech Community College Foundation: $438,562
Purpose: Pathways To Student Success: Strengthening Transfer And Building Equity
Year: 2022
Wayne State University: $408,908
Purpose: Sustaining Community Knowledge And Language Practices For Educational Equity: Developing Pathways For Teachers Of Bi/Multilingual Students (SEED)
Year: 2022
University Of Kansas Center For Research, Inc.: $399,773
Purpose: Promoting English Learners' Academic Achievement And Cultivating Educational Equity Through Professional Development
Year: 2022
University Of Missouri System: $393,824
Purpose: Partnership For Antiracist Counselor Training (PACT)
Year: 2023
University Of Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania): $375,756
Purpose: East Asia And Global Transformation: Expanding Knowledge, Creating Equity, And Securing The Future (FLAS)
Year: 2022
Baldwin Wallace University (Ohio): $350,000
Purpose: Establishment Of Health Equity Research & Education Institute (HERE I) To Facilitate Community-Relevant, Interdisciplinary, And Applied Research, Training, And Services To Address Inequities In Health
Year: 2022
Trustees Of Boston College (Massachusetts): $320,294
Purpose: Centering The Whole Child: Understanding The Role Of Comprehensive Student Support In Promoting Student Learning And Equity In Indiana
Year: 2023
The Rand Corporation (California): $312,466
Purpose: Using Colorado Longitudinal Data To Address Food Insecurity And Support Equity In Postsecondary Education And Training
Year: 2023
Kean University (New Jersey): $261,878
Purpose: Promoting Equity In Student Access To Educational Resources And Opportunities
Year: 2022
University Of Oregon: $250,000
Purpose: Project INSPIRE (Investing In New Special Educators With Innovations To Realize Equity)
Year: 2022
George Washington University (District Of Columbia): $214,312
Purpose: Encouraging Diversity And Inclusion In East Asian Studies: Scholarship, Curricula, And The Next Generation Of Specialists
Year: 2023
School District No.1J Multnomah County Oregon): $200,473
Purpose: Advancing Student Mental Health By Increasing The Number And The Cultural And Linguistic Diversity Of School Psychologists
Year: 2023
Regents Of The University Of Colorado: $199,834
Purpose: Equity-Focused Preparation Of Inclusive Early Childhood Educators And Leaders
Year: 2023
Trustees Of The University Of Pennsylvania: $179,999
Purpose: Sustainable Development In Post-Apartheid South Africa: Interface Between History, Environmental Justice And Social Equity
Year: 2023
Lincoln University (Pennsylvania): $175,000
Purpose: Development Of A Center For Excellence In Equity & Inclusion at Lincoln University
Year: 2022
The University Of Iowa: $157,982
Purpose: Teacher Education For Equity Through Partnerships
Year: 2023
Rutgers, The State University Of New Jersey: $157,410
Purpose: Teachers Becoming Learners Of Cultural And Linguistic Diversity In South Africa
Year: 2022
Eastern New Mexico University: $133,046
Purpose: Open Online Course Design For Enhancing Cultural Awareness And Diversity
Year: 2023
Leland Stanford Junior University, The (California): $103,711
Purpose: Supporting Equity-Focused, Interdisciplinary, And Responsive Research In Early Childhood Care And Education: The Equity In Early Education (E3) Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
Year: 2022
Recenter Race & Equity In Education Inc (Connecticut): $99,992
Purpose: Congressionally Funded Community Projects
Year: 2022
University Of South Carolina: $99,973
Purpose: Indigenous And Disenfranchised Persons In Central America And The U.S.: A Cross-Cultural Comparison Of Language, Cultural Identity, And Educational Structures In Support Of Diversity-Enriched Pedagogy
Year: 2021
Northern Illinois University: $93,372
Purpose: Research On Social Justice, Education Equity, And Diversity Through The Lens Of Taiwan's National Civic Literacy And Efficacy Initiative - Project SEED
Year: 2021