Carlos Hoyt (NASW Member) with Minna Han—Diversity Without Divisiveness: A Guide to DEI Practice for K-12 Educators

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Diversity Without Divisiveness

DIVERSITY WITHOUT DIVISIVENESS:
A GUIDE TO DEI PRACTICE FOR K-12 EDUCATORS
Carlos Hoyt (NASW member) with Minna Ham
Routledge, November 11, 2025
Hardcover: $180.00, Paperback: $34.99, eBook: $31.49
Hardcover ISBN 13: 9781032822518
Paperback ISBN: ISBN 9781032822518
eBook: ISBN 9781003510673

Hoyt reports:

Diversity Without Divisiveness: A Guide to DEI Practice for K-12 Educators provides frameworks and tools to help readers move beyond buzzwords and practice Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) by fostering a shared vision for inclusive education.

I was fortunate to have the support of Minna Ham in writing this book. She is a friend and former colleague with whom I worked at a Pre-K-8 independent school in Massachusetts. Both of us brought a combination of academic, DEI, Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) skills, curriculum-building, and administrative experience to our work.

Carlos Hoyt

Translating our previous collaboration into writing our book was seamless and rewarding. Our goals included clarifying currently fraught questions and controversy about DEI and supporting educators to tackle DEI challenges in K-12 education: Should students be assigned to “affinity groups?” How can DEI be integrated into curricula? What tools foster DEI professional development? How can we mitigate objections from those feeling threatened by what they perceive DEI to be?

We received terrific support and encouragement from our editor and a great team at Routledge. We are very grateful to have gotten contributions for the “Praxis Pointers” part of the book from educators in the field who have made real, practical, and effective use of the material we describe in the book. We hope that this information will give readers a good window into how they can adopt or adapt the touchstones and tools we provide to their own contexts.

We hope readers will recognize that our approach to DEI is non-partisan. We also hope that educators, parents, policy-makers and everyone invested in providing excellent education, care, and connection for young people who face many challenges as they make their way through childhood and adolescence to becoming adult citizens and leaders will see our book as a common ground space with answers, guidance, and tools that are available for everyone. DEI is not just an ideal to strive for; it can be a tangible reality in every classroom.

Contact info:

Carlos Hoyt, 617.823.8642, hoyt.carlos@gmail.com, https://www.carloshoyt.com/
Book: Diversity Without Divisiveness: A Guide to DEI Practice for K-12 Educators
Media inquiries: Lauren Davis, Routledge, Lauren.Davis@taylorandfrancis.com

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