Diversity

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Superintendent of Schools

Our vision statement is: Together, we will empower each student to become a passionate learner and achieve his or her highest potential. I am absolutely convinced that we have taken another important step in achieving this goal by placing specific focus and energy behind our diversity initiatives.”

Dr. Marsha Chappelow, Superintendent

Commitment to Excellence

“The goal of our diversity initiative is to promote an inclusive school environment that upholds high academic standards for all students through culturally responsive classroom instruction, professional development, and sustainable relationships with all community stakeholders in an effort to support student learning in our school district. The Ladue School District is such a special place that fosters a very diverse student population and school community. We feel that every student will learn and will achieve academic success.”

Director of Education Services for Equity & Achievement
Dr. Derrick L. Wallace
dwallace@ladueschools.net
(314) 983-5335

District Diversity Committee

Mission Statement:
The mission of the Ladue School District Diversity Committee is to ensure an equitable and inclusive educational experience for students, parents, faculty, staff and community.

While the District’s Diversity initiative encompasses many individual efforts, one of the primary drivers is the Ladue School District Diversity Committee. This group has worked for years to promote and support cultural respect and inclusiveness in the classroom. Most recently, the group has focused its efforts on providing S.E.E.D Training to individual staff members and parents. “S.E.E.D.” stands for Seeking Educational Equity and Diversity, and provides a platform for training educators, parents and members of the community, so that they, in turn, can train others.

Book Resources

The Global Achievement Gap
By Tony Wagner (ISBN 0465002293)

The African American Student in an Affluent Suburb
By John U. Ogbu (ISBN 1410607186)

Using Equity Audits to Create Equitable and Excellent Schools
By Skrla, McKenzie, and Scheurich (ISBN 9781412939324)

Closing the Achievement Gap: A Vision for Changing Beliefs and Practices
By Belinda Williams (ISBN 0871202735)

Culturally Responsive Teaching: The Theory, Research, and Practice
By Geneva Gay (ISBN 0807739553)

Other People’s Children: Cultural Conflict in the Classroom
By Lisa D. Delpit (ISBN 1565841808)

Creating Culturally Responsive Classrooms
By Barbara J. Shade, Cynthia Kelly, and Mary Oberg (ISBN 1557984077)

Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria
By Beverly Daniel Tatum, Ph. D (ISBN 0465083617)

The Dreamkeepers: Successful Teachers of African American Children
By Gloria Ladson-Billings (ISBN 0787903388)

Closing the Achievement Gap: Reaching and Teaching High Poverty Learners
By Tiffany Anderson, Ph. D (ISBN 978059534780)

The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down-A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures
By Anne Fadiman (ISBN 0374525641)

Beyond Heroes and Holidays: A Practical Guide to K-12 Anti-Racist, Multicultural Education and Staff Development
By Enid Lee, Deborah Menkart, and Margo Okazawa-Rey (ISBN 1878554174)

Through Ebony Eyes
By Gail Thompson, Ph. D (ISBN 0787970611)

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
By Michelle Alexander (ISBN 9781595581037)

Race and Reality: What Everyone Should Know About Our Biological Diversity
By Guy P. Harrison (ISBN 9781591027676)

Website Resources

National Center for Culturally Responsive Educational Systems (www.NCCRESt.org)
Teaching Diverse Learners (www.alliance.brown.edu/tdl/index.shtml)
Teaching Tolerance (www.tolerance.org)
Center for Research on Education, Diversity, and Excellence (CREDE.Berkeley.edu)
Midwest Equity Assistance Center (www.MEAC.org)
The National Conference for Community and Justice-St. Louis (www.NCCJSTL.org)
Hispanic Heritage Month (www.hispanicheritagemonth.gov)
Minority Student Achievement Network (www.MSAN.WCERUW.org)
National Center for Educational Statistics (www.NCES.ED.gov)
Missouri Department of Higher Education (www.DHE.MO.Gov)
National Council on Educating Black Children (www.NCEBC.org)
Diverse Issues in Higher Education (www.DiverseEducation.com)
The Journal of Educational Research (www.JSTOR.org)
Center for Multicultural Education University of Washington (http://depts.washington.edu/centerme/home.htm)