At the June 15 TAGT Leadership+ Equity Conference, Brandi Marroquin, Javetta Jones Roberson, and Erinn Wilcots joined me in a panel discussion about how to create culturally responsive classrooms and anti-racists classrooms. The biggest takeaway for educators wanting to start their journey to develop a culturally responsive classroom is that it is a journey–not a checklist!
If you are ready to start your journey to be an anti-racist educator, here are some of our favorite resources that came up during the panel discussion–plus a few extra treats we squeezed onto the list!
Resources for Personal Paradigm Shift
–How to Be an Anti-Racist (Ibram X. Kendi): https://www.amazon.com/How-Be-Antiracist-Ibram-Kendi/dp/0525509283
–Stamped (Ibram X. Kendi–there’s also a student/young adult version of this book with Jason Reynolds!): https://www.amazon.com/Stamped-Beginning-Definitive-History-National/dp/1568585985
–What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Blacker (Damon Young): https://www.amazon.com/What-Doesnt-Kill-Makes-Blacker/dp/0062684302
–Girl, Gurl, Grrrl (Kenya Hunt): https://www.amazon.com/Girl-Gurl-Grrrl-Womanhood-Belonging/dp/B083Y626RF/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Girl%2C+Gurl%2C+Grrrl+%28Kenya+Hunt%29&qid=1624982988&s=books&sr=1-1
–Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?: And Other Conversations About Race (Beverly Tatum): https://amzn.to/2U84kD7
–PBS series on Asian America and Native America
–High on the Hog TV show: https://www.netflix.com/title/81034518
–Amend TV show: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13973320/
–The 13th TV show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6IXQbXPO3I
–Nice White Parents podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nice-white-parents/id1524080195
–Code Switch podcast series: https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510312/codeswitch
Resources for Pedagogical Paradigm Shift
–We Want to Do More Than Survive: Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom (Bettina Love): https://www.amazon.com/Want-More-Than-Survive-Abolitionist/dp/0807069159
–Finding Joy in Teaching Students of Diverse Backgrounds: Culturally Responsive and Socially Just Practices in U.S. Classrooms (Sonya Nieto): https://www.amazon.com/Finding-Teaching-Students-Diverse-Backgrounds/dp/0325027153
–Culturally Responsive Teaching (Geneva Gay): https://www.amazon.com/Culturally-Responsive-Teaching-Multicultural-Education/dp/0807750786
–Culturally Responsive Teaching in Gifted Education: Building Cultural Competence and Serving Diverse Student Populations (Matthew Fugate, Joy Lawson Davis, Wendy Behrens): https://www.amazon.com/Culturally-Responsive-Teaching-Gifted-Education/dp/1646320891
–Culturally Responsive School Leadership (Race and Education) (Muhammed Khalifa): https://www.amazon.com/Culturally-Responsive-School-Leadership-Education/dp/1682532070
–Black Ants and Buddhists: Thinking Critically and Teaching Differently in the Primary Grades (Mary Cowhey): https://www.amazon.com/Black-Ants-Buddhists-Critically-Differently/dp/1571104186
–Culturally Responsive Teaching and The Brain: Promoting Authentic Engagement and Rigor Among Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students (Zaretta Hammond): https://www.amazon.com/Culturally-Responsive-Teaching-Brain-Linguistically/dp/1483308014
–Culture, Class, and Race: Constructive Conversations That Unite and Energize Your School and Community (Brenda Campbell Jones): https://www.amazon.com/Culture-Class-Race-Constructive-Conversations/dp/1416628320
–How to Be an AntiRacist Educator article by Dena Simmons: http://www.ascd.org/publications/newsletters/education-update/oct19/vol61/num10/How-to-Be-an-Antiracist-Educator.aspx
–Harkness Method: https://www.teacher.org/blog/what-is-the-harkness-discussion-why-ive-embraced-this-method-and-how-its-worked-for-me/
–Learning for Justice: https://www.learningforjustice.org/
–Thinking Routines: https://pz.harvard.edu/thinking-routines
–Facing History: https://www.facinghistory.org/
–Student Centered Classroom: https://inservice.ascd.org/six-design-tips-for-a-student-centered-classroom/
–Social Contracts: https://barkleypd.com/blog/learning-social-contract-teacher-student/
Educator Resources for Culturally Responsive Paradigm Shifts PDF
