5 Steps Toward Cultural Competence in Schools
This article explores the habits and actions of culturally competent educators and administrators. The author provides a good overview of what it means to be culturally competent and then provides detail on 5 things culturally competent educators do, including growing their own knowledge, setting measurable goals, collaborating and sharing, and being comfortable with vulnerability. This… Read More ›
Black Lives Matter in Schools Week of Action Resources
This set of resources was compiled by DC Educators for Social Justice, a network of educators who seek to strengthen and deepen social justice teaching. In February 2020, DC area educators participated in the Black Lives Matter Week of Action. This site brings together all the resources from that week, including lessons, teaching ideas, book… Read More ›
Project Implicit
Project Implicit is a collaboration between researchers interested in implicit social cognition – thoughts and feelings outside of conscious awareness and control. The goal of the organization is to educate the public about hidden biases and to provide a “virtual laboratory” for collecting data on the Internet. The cornerstone of their work is the Implicit… Read More ›
31 Days of IBPOC
#31DaysIBPOC is a blog challenge that took place in May 2020 to feature the voices of indigenous and teachers of color as writers and scholars. Each day a IBPOC educator shared their unique story. This website provides an archive of all of the posts from both May 2020 and May 2019. It features many powerful… Read More ›
Diversity Talks
Diversity Talks is a Rhode Island organization dedicated to bringing students to the forefront of conversations about race and equity. This group, founded by two students and a teacher, trains students to lead teacher professional development around race and diversity. The founders believe that to help schools address issues of inequality in education, students’ own voices… Read More ›
Resources for Understanding and Supporting #BlackLives Matter
This resource list curated by Dr. Tia C. Madkins from the College of Education at the University of TX at Austin offers a huge number of anti-racism resources. The resources are divided by categories that range from popular press articles and podcasts to culturally responsive education and resources for children. The author also provides extensive… Read More ›
Unboxing Equity
Teacher2Teacher is a community of teachers, for teachers. It offers opportunities to share resources, learn from one another and solve the big problems that only fellow teachers know how to tackle. This section of the website focuses on equity in education. It includes stories, reflections and advice from teachers wrestling with this huge issue. Teachers… Read More ›
Online Teaching Can Be Culturally Responsive
This article explores what culturally responsive education (CRE) looks like during remote education. The article outlines the ways in which a fifth-grade teacher is building relationships and empowering students, important building blocks of culturally responsive teaching while teaching online. Teachers of any grade level can gain ideas from this article and from Teaching Tolerance’s website… Read More ›
Antiracism Resources for all Ages
This reading list compiled by Dr. Nicole A. Cooke from the School of Library and Information Science at the University of South Carolina, offers a wide-range of resources focused on anti-racism. They range from articles to children’s books on the topic. Any stakeholder will find great reads to further educate themselves. Source Organization: School of Library… Read More ›
19 Black Teachers on Instagram to Listen To and Learn From
This article features excellent black educators of all subjects and grade-levels. It includes a short description of each teacher, an important article they have recently written and a link to their twitter feeds. This site will help educators connect with each other and gain ideas to promote equity in their classrooms. Source Organization: We Are… Read More ›
How We Go Back to School
District and school leaders are confronting difficult, high-stakes decisions as they plan for how and if they will reopen school buildings this fall as the global pandemic rages on. Many of the options and requirements for reopening schools will upend some of the most effective aspects of teaching and learning. Following public health protocols will… Read More ›
SEL Strategies to Support Teachers of Students with Learning Differences During the Pandemic
This EdSurge series consists of three articles focused on ways that social-emotional learning (SEL) strategies can help educators serving students with disabilities during remote teaching and learning. The authors explore ways in which SEL strategies can help reframe and address challenges in a remote learning environment in ways that will benefit all students now and… Read More ›