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Cultural Proficiency
Cultural Proficiency
Continuing Conversations
Courageous Conversations
Courageous Conversations
This interactive workshop will help staff explore strategies for facilitating courageous conversations with students, colleagues, and members of our community. Staff will engage in personal reflection and examine some common beliefs and biases that can affect our ability to engage in productive conversations. Staff will learn strategies for creating supportive learning environments that encourage risk-taking during these conversations. Staff will also explore practical strategies for accomplishing academic and social-emotional goals side by side, and will discuss learning conditions that honor all identities and reflect diversity, equity, and justice. Finally, staff will investigate methods of teaching about implicit bias, race, and other critical topics.
Why is this work important?
Why is this work important?
By Christina Torres August 14, 2019
By Christina Torres August 14, 2019
As educators, we don’t just teach content; we teach life lessons. Here are changes we can make to ensure we are breaking down racist beliefs and systems of white supremacy in our own classrooms:
- Educate ourselves about anti-racism work.
- Reflect on the voices we're sharing.
- Don’t be afraid to discuss current events—and ask for help, too.
By Gary Orfield, Civil Rights Project/Proyecto Derechos Civiles, University of California–Los Angeles
By Gary Orfield, Civil Rights Project/Proyecto Derechos Civiles, University of California–Los Angeles
BY BRENDA ÁLVAREZ
By Larry Ferlazzo on September 17, 2019
By William Wan - August 2
By William Wan - August 2
By Lauren Camera from U.S. News
Segregation & Education
Segregation & Education
By Alana Semuels - 2019
"In 1966, a group of Boston-area parents and administrators created a busing program called METCO to help desegregate schools. They thought of it as a quick fix to a passing problem. But the problem hasn’t passed, and METCO isn’t enough to fix it."
By Jelani Cobb - September 2019
The current clashes over the New York City school system, which has been undergoing reform since its founding, are shot through with questions of race and equity.
For those who thought segregation was a problem of the past, a new report from the Boston Globe on the racial make up of Boston Public Schools is a rude awakening. However, for many who have kids in the school system, it’s a pattern they’ve been watching for years.
By Cory Turner - September 2016
Majority Minority & Education
Majority Minority & Education
By Sabrina Tavernise - 2018
By Matthew Yglesias - 2018
The fractured politics of a browning America
The fractured politics of a browning America
The US is getting more diverse. As more Americans realize this new future, it is changing how cultural and political divides take shape.
We've Reached the End of White Christian America
We've Reached the End of White Christian America
The United States is no longer a majority white, Christian country, and that is already beginning to have profound social and political implications. At 45 percent of the population, white Christians are a shrinking demographic—and the backlash from many members of the group against the increasing diversification of America has been swift and bitter. “People fight like that when they are losing a sense of place, a sense of belonging, and a sense of the country that they understand and love,” says Robert P. Jones, the author of 'The End of White Christian America,' in this animated interview. “How do they reengage in public life when they can’t be the majority?”
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