bias
Ava Duvernay’s ‘When They See Us’ Is Unfolding Right in Our Schools
When you see them, they may be laughing, talking loudly, listening to music that is not your music. They may be dressed in clothes that are not your clothes, speaking words that are not like yours....
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Having a Mock Slave Auction Isn't Teaching Students About Slavery, It's Just Racist
As an educator, I am sometimes left with more questions than answers. One question that I have is how come conducting a mock slave auction is a popular way to teach slavery to elementary students?...
student achievement
If Your Students Seem Unmotivated, Maybe It's Time to Go Deep on Why
Most of us don’t think about motivation on a day-to-day basis. It’s when we want to change habits or accomplish something new and bold that we once again become conscious of what it means to be...
Achievement Gap
The Discomfort of White Adults Should Never Take Priority Over the Success of Our Black and Brown Students
“I didn’t come here to teach those kinds of kids.” It’s alarming to think that adults charged with helping students of color succeed in school would hold such thoughts, much less say it aloud. But...
Achievement Gap
Forget Implicit Bias, Let’s Talk about Explicit Bias in Education
Last month I kicked off a training on ways to use language as an asset to unleash the critical thinking potential of English learners with a question: Why do so many educators struggle to teach...
bias
Kanye Is Wrong About a Lot of Things But He Might Be Right About This
Outrage: The Constitution Doesn’t Care About Black People I think Kanye is suffering from that middle child syndrome where he feels like he’s not getting enough attention from his parents so he does...
