Professional Development Schools Network: CRE

Blog by Cornelius Minor, a frequent keynote speaker for and staff developer at the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project.

Author Matthew Kay has spent his career learning how to lead students through the most difficult race conversations. He not only makes the case that high school classrooms are one of the best places to have those conversations, but he also offers a method for getting them right.

The Brave Educator equips you with accessible and refreshingly useful tools for real conversations about race that prepare students for the world beyond the school walls. More than a toolkit, this book is a personal conversation exploring the journey from being stuck in the belief that we should already know how to lead conversations about race to learning how to actually have the conversation. It’s companionship for educators, leaders, and teachers facing overwhelming daily responsibilities and searching for open-hearted support.

While challenging the teacher as hero trope, We Got This shows how authentically listening to kids is the closest thing to a superpower that we have. Cornelius Minor identifies tools, attributes, and strategies that can augment our listening, allowing us to make powerful moves toward equity by broadening access to learning for all children.

Lessons on Culturally Responsive Teaching (Edutopia)

Embrace Race has assembled a book list that highlights resistance, resilience, and activism. The collection is diverse in both its representations of people and the acts of anti-racism the titles depict. The list was curated by two critical literacy organizations, The Conscious Kid and American Indians in Children's Literature.

Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices is a live-action collection of twelve five minute episodes featuring prominent Black celebrities and artists reading children's books from Black authors that highlight the Black experience.

This collection of resources was developed by NJASL to provide avenues for people to explore issues of racism and social justice and to create opportunities for learning for educators, students and parents. If you would like to contribute to this resource please fill out this form: https://forms.gle/KukbAqsyrkTHWa9L9.

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Posted - Monday June 1, 2020

This LibGuide presents resources on the topics of Race, Gender, and Social Justice.