by Sarah Diem (Author), Anjalé D. Welton (Author) Anti-Racist Educational Leadership and Policy helps educational leaders better comprehend the racial implications and challenges of the current educational policy landscape. Each chapter unpacks a policy issue such as school choice, school closures, standardized testing, discipline, and school funding, and analyzes it through the racialized and market-driven lenses of the current leadership context. Full of real examples, this book equips aspiring school leaders with the skills to question how a policy addresses or fails to address racism, action-oriented strategies to develop anti-racist solutions, and the tools to encourage their school community to promote racial equity. This important book demystifies a complex policy context and prepares current and future teacher leaders, principals, and superintendents to lead their schools towards more equitable practice. 2021 Winner of the AESA Critics' Choice Book Award. Author Biography Sarah Diem is Associate Professor of Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis at the University of Missouri, USA. Anjalé D. Welton is a professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis at the Univeristy of Wisconsin-Madison, USA. Number of Pages: 160 Dimensions: 0.4 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN Illustrated: Yes
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I was completely unprepared to teach. In this post, I want to share 5 tips for other white teachers who want to do better for our students of color.
What does fighting racism have to do with art education? Everything. I’m taking the oath to do what’s right. As an art educator, I have the power to see COLOR, to VALUE all students, to create a safe SPACE, to FORM a more fair and just future, to step beyond the LINE and learn to SHAPE new perspectives through art education. We recognize the TEXTURE of human life. A future without racism can begin in the art classroom. You can be part of the change. Join me in becoming an ally! Meet the Anti-Racist Art Teachers: Paula Liz @ms.paulaliz: https://www.instagram.com/ms.paulaliz/ https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Making-Art-With-Ms-Paula-Liz Nylah Khan @nylah.khan: https://www.instagram.com/nylah.khan/ https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Iluvcuppycake-Art-Teacher Francesca Levy @mslevyteachesart: https://www.instagram.com/mslevyteachesart/ https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Ms-Levys-Art-Class
Blogger Danielle Moss Lee examines the evidence that some teachers are still treating students of color differently.
Here are some ideas for making your teaching practices anti-racist. If you have your own suggestions, share them in the comments!
I was completely unprepared to teach. In this post, I want to share 5 tips for other white teachers who want to do better for our students of color.
It's June 2020, and I'm a white educator doing self-reflection on where I need to grow, what I need to learn, and what parts of my curriculum and classroom need to change. I'm not trying to position myself as an expert on anti-racist education in this post. In fact, at first I hesitated to write this post at all, because 1) I was afraid of being or seeming performative and 2) hesitation to take up space in this conversation. However, educators with any extent of an online community, including myself, cannot be silent - so I'm here to uplift some of the articles, videos, people, and blog posts that I have found most helpful this month, in the hopes that they may be helpful to some of you as well. The links in this post are not sponsored in any way; they range from having an anti-racism focus to ones that more generally help diversify and/or decolonize a curriculum or bookshelf. These are also merely a starting point for me, and this list is not intended to be comprehensive. To be honest, I don't know what changes are coming to my classroom yet in response to what I'm learning - mainly because, as of the time of this posting, I do not have a clear picture of what funds my school has left for new books next year and what I can purchase or fundraise by myself. But the point is that I'm on the journey, and I hope you'll consider coming with me and/or furthering my education. Feel free to drop a suggested website or resource in the comments. Two Great Starting Places First, a great definition of anti-racism from Jason Reynolds, the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature: And here is my single favorite place to start (thank you for the recommendation, @thedaringenglishteacher): 21 Day Racial Equity Habit Building Challenge (by Eddie Moore Jr.) Readings for Teachers: More Starting Points A Guide to Equity and Antiracism for Educators (Hedreich Nichols) What Anti-Racist Teachers Do Differently (Pirette McKamey) 5 Affirmations for Anti-Racism in Secondary ELA (Danielle Hall and Dr. Sheila Frye) Miss Lang Presents: What White Teachers Need to Know (on Instagram TV) Summer reading lists for young people at a time of crisis (feat. Jason Reynolds) How to Talk to Kids about Race Relations in America (Today Show feat. Jason Reynolds) Books to Read Since I'm still reading several books (and waiting on more to arrive from my bookstore and/or library), I'm sharing some big-publisher suggested lists for now. For Teachers: Summer Reading During Turbulent Times (by Marissa King, Robin Harris) Antiracist Book List (for multiple age groups) An Antiracist Reading List (by Ibram X. Kendi) Classroom Libraries & Text Changes 50 KidLit and YA Books with Black Protagonists (by Rachel Werner) 18 Children's Books to Prompt and Further Conversations on Race (Brittany Smith) Rethinking the Classics: Supplements & Updates for 10 Core Texts (by Danielle Hall with Dr. Sheila Frye) Big List of Diverse Texts for Secondary ELA (by Danielle Hall) Teaching the Harlem Renaissance with Intention (by Danielle Hall) 3 Tips to Prevent Challenges to Your Curriculum (by Tracee Orman) Building & Maintaining a High-Interest Classroom Library (by Tracee Orman) 10 Diverse Books to Add to your Classroom Library (Fall 2018) - (by Danielle Hall) Instagrammers to Follow Again, while not a comprehensive list, here are a few Instagrammers who I already learn a lot from or who I started following this summer. They are teachers, book reviewers, policy specialists, literacy advocates, and more. Please recommend more in the comments. In no order: Rachel Cargle, @rachel.cargle S. Brown, @teachfortheculture The Conscious Kid, @theconsciouskid Britt Hawthorne, @britthawthorne Esther Brunat, @estherbrunat Vera Ahiyya, @thetututeacher Education with an Apron, @apron_education Mrs. Hall's Literacy Scholars, @mrshallscholars Tanesha B. Forman, @love.tanesha Dr. Courtney Rose, @drcourtneyrose C. Forte, @melanatedreader Tamara Russell, @mrsrussellsroom Derrick Carlson, @blackandbrightin2nd Tamara, @ifpencilscouldtalk Danielle Alanna, @hotmessteaching Alexis Shepard, @theafroteacher Vennieta Grant, @loveteachrepeat Corinne, @teachingwithaflair Eli Oldham, @thebooksupplier Nnenna, @scsreads Naomi O'Brien, @readlikearockstar Juanita E. Johns, @juanitaejohns Shyra, @middleschool_magic Darrian Tanner, @teachmstanner Samantha, @secondaryurbanlegends Alyssa Gray-Tyghter, @alyssagtyghter Miss A, @lit_and_love Rikki Carter, @wildflower_classroom Ms. Green, @greenbeanlovesela Ryse T, @teachingwithmxt Ana, @literaryxqueen Kim, @kimbookwyrm WhittyReads, @whittyreads Sajda, @sajdareads Bree, @falling4romance Leslie, @coffee.books.convo Book Lists from this Blog (Again, while not an expert, I have learned a lot from the book recommendations of my English teacher peers as we collaboratively made these blog posts over the last two years.) 15 YA Books that Celebrate Diversity 16 Books that Build Empathy for Refugees, Immigrants, and Marginalized Voices (See all book posts on this blog) This list might be updated this summer. This post was last updated on 6/26/2020.
An essential step toward becoming an anti-racist educator is uncovering your own implicit biases. This exercise will get you started.
In this post, I'm getting transparent and real with my journey to becoming an anti-racist teacher. This is my journey wrestling with my implicit biases and decolonizing my music room.
Ages 2-10. Download and print two (2) copies of this PDF for a beautiful memory game. Print one (1) copy for use as sorting cards or story prompts. Features handmade illustrations of children of varying ages, sizes, genders, skin tones, clothing style, etc. Opens opportunities for natural conversations about diversity and inclusion! \\ Story Prompt Examples: \\ "How do you think that person is feeling?" "Where do you think they are going?" "Tell me a story about how these two kids met."
A move to a school in my Brooklyn neighborhood has me questioning my role as a white teacher of young, Black writers — and what my former role was as a white teacher of white students.
When I was first approached to contribute to this blog series, I was a bit intimidated. I love teaching American history and encouraging critical thinking skills in my students. I like to think I’ve been doing the work to my lessons more anti-racist – still, I know that I’m not an expert. Also, I’m white […]
Resources and actions to take to work on becoming actively anti-racist.
I was completely unprepared to teach. In this post, I want to share 5 tips for other white teachers who want to do better for our students of color.
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by Molly Zhou (Editor), Terrell Brown (Editor), James Thompson (Editor) This book topics include anti-racist policies, pedagogical and curricular activity designs, and practices to address the current issues in education. Author Biography Dr. Molly Zhou is the endowed chair and professor in the School of Education at Dalton State College. Dr. Zhou received her bachelor's degree in English. She earned her master's degree in educational administration. She has published articles, chapters, and books on culture and diversity, technology, assessment, sustainability as they relate to teacher education and teaching and learning. Dr. James M. Thompson I is an Associate Dean and Assistant Professor in the Eriksson College of Education at Austin Peay State University. He has over 15 years of experience serving in rural and urban K-12 school settings. He has over 15 years of experience serving in rural and urban K-12 school settings. Dr. Terrell Brown has taught for 11 years in the Oklahoma City Public Schools District before coming to UCM. He earned his MEd in Urban Education from Langston University, and his PhD in Instructional Leadership Academic Curriculum from the University of Oklahoma. He also serves on the Board of Directors for the Association of Teacher Educators. Number of Pages: 296 Dimensions: 0.67 x 9 x 6 IN
An anti-racist magazine for children 3-12 and the grown-ups who love them. Our mission is simple -- to help you as a parent, educator or caregiver guide your child as they journey towards being actively anti-racist. We use decolonized history and culture interwoven with our anti-bias educational goals to help you guide your child in a developmentally appropriate way. Ditto Kids magazine is published twice a year and includes activities, conversation prompts, and worksheets to help your child explore anti-bias and anti-racism in a concrete and accessible way. ISSUE ONE: This debut issue explores belonging and what that means through the lens of Mexican and Mexican American history and culture. Your child will be encouraged to love and respect themselves as well as others, to see similarities with others, and celebrate our differences! With your child or student, you'll be able to communicate and learn about sometimes tricky to talk about things like race, culture, refugees, immigration, and family separation through a decolonized perspective. The magazine contains tone-appropriate activities for kids to help them better understand what they're learning. This issue is 64 pages in length, 8.5"x11" in size, and features a perfect bound, matte soft-touch cover. Check out all Ditto Kids issues!
What do you do when one of your students has racist beliefs? We asked experienced teacher to weigh in with their best advice.
It’s not enough to say, “Well, I’m not a racist” or “I’m teaching my kids to not see color” (which is a terribly flawed philosophy, even with the best intentions). We have to be proactively anti-racist.
Parler du racisme avec ses enfants, qu’ils soient racisés ou non, est délicat. Pourtant, c’est crucial pour les éduquer à la différence. Beaucoup de parents pensent, malheureusement à tort, qu’être ouvert suffit pour que ses enfants ne soient pas racistes. Que l’on ne naît pas raciste. Selon l’Académie américaine de pédiatrie, les bébés sont capables […]
A free workbook + PPT that is geared toward conversations about anti racism. "Anti-Racism + You", is a two day virtual workshop. "The goal of this educational two day workshop is to create a space for people to unlearn their personal, familial and or communal prejudices in order to align with anti r...
Oregon Department of Education held professional development training with the lens of critical race theory which claimed that White people need to be re-conditioned.
If you’re looking for anti-racist books for kids ages 8 – 12, these middle grade choices can help build empathy and teach kids about prejudice,...
Are you looking to foster an anti-racist classroom? Promote equity and antiracism in your school with these resources and strategies.
Teaching children to be anti-racist is critical. Use this Black Lives Matter printable coloring and tracing sheet to start the discussion.
Grassroots groups, teachers and councils helping to update syllabus after young people demand change
All to often, our list of Black poets and artists gets limited to the writers who have been anthologized over an over again. I see Langston Hughes “Harlem” and Gwendolyn Brooks’ “We Real Cool” and Maya Angelou’s “Still I Rise” over and over again. These poets, phenomenal poets, are often reduced to
Teachers must recognize and empower students with backgrounds different from their own, including their voices in the conversation and validating their experiences and perspectives.
Tips for teachers who are ready to talk about race and racism in their classrooms. Anti-racism lesson plan included in addition to book recommendations.
