July 1, 2021 By Patrick F. Bassett, President, NAIS (retired), and Sanje Ratnavale, President, OESIS Network In some private schools the hunger for redemption regarding historic racism has unleashed a
September 19, 2023 It was 2004 when a teacher of color was sent by the girls’ school at which he taught to Hawaii for the People of Color Conference (POCC).
February 12, 2025 The following webinar, attended by nearly 100 independent school leaders on February 11, explores the implications of the Trump Administration’s Executive Orders and approach towards discrimination and
March 6, 2025 Several weeks ago, when President Trump suggested DEI initiatives may have led to a plane crash, I was disoriented. The claim was nonsensical, difficult to parse, as
The last time I heard of an independent school student justifying murder was just 12 months ago (see video). It was at a DEI conference- the Student Diversity Leadership Conference
September 25, 2023, and September 26, 2024 A backlash to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion was inevitable, much like the backlash to the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and ’60s.
June 17, 2022, and July 24, 2024 Depending on your viewpoint, you may need to breathe a sigh of relief or exasperation regarding the next statement: In general, very little
October 19, 2023, February 24, 2022, and July 23, 2024 For Desmond Tutu and Thich Nhat Hanh “Spiritual bypassing,” a term coined by the American Buddhist teacher, John Welwood, is
November 22, 2023, and July 17, 2024 Change always involves a dark night when everything falls apart. Yet if this period of dissolution is used to create new meaning, then chaos
September 16, 2024 The Brown v. Topeka Board of Education decision can reasonably stand as the beginning of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (Justice). The path winds through the Civil Rights