Key Resources for DEIB Professionals
Curated by Leaders in Progressive Education and Data-Informed Inclusion
This resource library supports DEIB professionals, educators, and school leaders committed to creating measurable, meaningful change. Many of the tools and insights below reflect the evolving work of progressive education, including contributions from Kalyan Balaven, a national thought leader and author of The Inclusion Equation.
Featured Book: The Inclusion Equation: From Data to Impact
By Kalyan Balaven | Hutton Press, 2024
This foundational text introduces the concept of “Belonging as the Music” and offers educators the tools to measure and optimize equity through progressive pedagogy.
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Articles and Publications
- Cost of Protest – Net Assets, Fall 2024
- How Can Neuroscience Strengthen Leadership – NAIS Magazine, June 2024
- An Educator’s Recipe for Depolarizing Schools and Selves – NAIS, March 2023
- Optimizing Reach – The Yield, Enrollment Management Association, June 2022
- Developing Inclusivity and Community Go Hand-in-Hand – Montecito Journal, May 2021
- A Seat at the Table: Building an Inclusion Budget – NAIS, January 2021
- Measuring Inclusion: A Dashboard Approach – NAIS, Sept 2018
- Eureka: The Inclusion Dashboard – ATLIS Journal, April 2018 (search “Inclusion Dashboard”)
- The Other Kalyan Balaven – Giving List Santa Barbara, 2022
- “Mapping the Margins” by Kimberlé Crenshaw – Stanford Law Review, 1991
- The Importance of Diversity and Inclusion in Higher Education – Journal of Diversity in Higher Ed, 2020
- Understanding the Impact of Unconscious Bias – Harvard Business Review
- Greenhills School DEIB Action Plan
- Lawrenceville School DEI Strategic Plan
- Overlake School Strategic Plan
- Envisio Examples of Public Sector DEIB Strategic Plans
- Inclusion Dashboard Consortium Overview
- What Makes Diversity Good – Scientific American
Books for DEIB Leaders & Progressive Educators
- The Inclusion Equation by Kalyan Balaven
- Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain by Zaretta Hammond
- The Inclusion Toolbox by Jennifer A. Kurth & Megan Gross
- Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People by Banaji & Greenwald
- Decolonizing Higher Education by Heidi Safia Mirza
- De-Facing Power by Clarissa Hayward
- 3 Key Challenges to Whole Student Education – Inclusion Factor Press
Podcasts
- The Whole Student Podcast – Hosts: Kalyan Balaven and Mo Pritzker | Guests include Glenn Close, Isiah Thomas, J.B. Pritzker and more
- Net Assets Podcast – 2024 Episode – Guest: Kalyan Balaven
- The Inclusion Lab Podcast – Host: Kalyan Balaven
- The Enrollment Spectrum Podcast – Episode 104 – Guest Appearance
- New View EDU – Episode 30 – How Equity and Well-Being Work Together in Our Schools
DEIB Measurement Tools and Dashboards
Education Case Studies:
- Indiana University Bloomington’s DEIB Dashboard
- University of Michigan MyLA Dashboard
- Virginia Department of Education Inclusive Practices Guide
- Smart Data for Schools
- Agile HR Analytics DEIB Dashboards
Videos & Dashboards to Explore