By: Camellia Lee This Black History Month, let’s learn the history of Culturally Responsive Teaching and Critical Race Theory. What do these acronyms have in common besides the same letters? What’s the difference? Read on to find out. Culturally Responsive Teaching Geneva Gay published Culturally Responsive Teaching: Theory, Research, and Practice in 2000. You may…
Traditional paper-based standardized tests have haunted all of us as students and continue to haunt students in schools everywhere. There need to be better testing solutions, but putting the clear environmental worries aside for a minute, there are other tangible, negative effects that this form of testing can have on student experiences and results. From…
Current and recent events that fill our timelines and headlines are doing a great job at reminding the world about what BIPOC have been asking for all along: “Why are we note having conversations about race?” As important as it is to show solidarity and support, whenever a new movement pops up or an old…
Headlines both current and not-so-recent in the news have brought to light time and time again many of the struggles faced by the diverse people in our communities struggles that many of us are learning about and that many other of us already know all too well. These conversations that take over our social media…
It seems that, just about every other day, a new video is released of an unnecessarily violent police altercation, or of an irrationally angry shopper slinging slurs in the produce aisle, or of a certain individual touting a certain symbol a little too proudly. While these instances are infuriating, it’s important to note that they…