Creating Classrooms Where Every Student Belongs and Thrives

Research-backed strategies for STEM educators to foster belonging, identity, and academic excellence

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Transform Your Classroom Culture

The Conditions of Belonging course empowers STEM educators with practical, research-grounded strategies to create learning environments where all students—especially those from underserved and underrepresented communities—develop strong academic identities and thrive.
Move beyond theory to implement actionable practices that enhance student engagement, confidence, and achievement.

Our comprehensive approach addresses five interconnected dimensions that create powerful learning environments where students feel valued, challenged, and inspired.

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Educator Benefits
Student Benefits
EDUCATOR BENEFITS

What You'll Gain

"This isn't just another professional development course. You'll complete this journey with:

Engaging and effective training

Ground your learning with interactive videos, e-books, pause points for reflection and application, real life classroom examples, and interviews with educators and students. Unlike traditional PD, our approach respects your expertise while expanding your toolkit through meaningful, engaging learning experiences.

Practical classroom strategies 

No more theory without application. Each module provides ready-to-implement strategies that integrate seamlessly with your existing curriculum. From discussion protocols to assessment frameworks, you'll gain concrete tools to foster belonging immediately.

The ability to transform academic outcomes

Research consistently shows that when students feel they belong, academic performance improves. Our evidence-based approaches help you create environments where students—especially those historically underserved and underrepresented in STEM—develop confidence, persistence, and achievement.
STUDENT BENEFITS

What THEY'll Gain

This course delivers concrete belonging strategies for meaningful classroom transformation. Your students and their learning experience will be meaningfully impacted. 

Being Seen, Heard, and Valued

Students experience learning environments where their unique identities, cultural backgrounds, and perspectives are recognized as assets. This validation builds confidence and creates authentic connections to STEM content and careers.

From Passive to Connected Learners

When curriculum connects to students' lives and interests, engagement soars. Our strategies help transform students from passive participants to active, curious learners who see themselves and one another as capable contributors to the STEM community.

Building Skills Through Belonging

Students develop a growth mindset and resilience in the face of challenges. With high expectations paired with supportive feedback, students gain the confidence to take intellectual risks, persist through difficulties, and achieve at higher levels.

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Ensure your students are seen, understood, and have the opportunity to realize their full potential.

Equal Opportunity Schools (EOS) partners with school districts across the country to ensure every student is seen, engaged and resourced. We support districts to operationalize their commitments to access and opportunity. Our unparalleled set of tools, data insights and coaching is proven to increase the number of students who take, pass and belong in advanced academics such as AP, IB and Dual Credit coursework.
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ACROSS

Justice

We are committed to the core principles of fairness, equity, and justice for our students, our partners, and our employees. We work to change the policies, practices, and mindsets that stand in the way of equity and justice.

Service

We pursue our mission with courage and urgency. We hold ourselves to high standards and embrace ambitious goals to serve our clients—and the students they serve—with an unwavering belief in the power of change.

Learning

We believe in innovation, creativity, and risk-taking in order to reach our highest potential. We embrace opportunities to learn and improve continuously, striving to be better as individuals, as teams, and as an organization.

Community

We are committed to being in true and lasting relationships with voices that have been marginalized and with the communities with which we partner. We believe that we are stronger together, with a shared vision and common goals. We treat each other with respect and dignity. The moral owners to whom the board feels accountable are students, schools, EOS staff, and EOS donors.