Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Education is based on the following principles: building on students’ cultural and linguistic resources by accessing prior knowledge and relevant experiences; helping students examine curriculum from multiple perspectives to develop a critical consciousness that allows them to challenge the status quo of the various forms of the dominant culture; using a variety of assessment practices that promote learning; educator has a willingness to form relationships with students while honoring their cultural and linguistic backgrounds and displaying vulnerability to share their own; and making the culture of the classroom inclusive of all students.