The Education for Liberation Playlist is a lyrical and visual exploration of what education for liberation can look like, feel like, and sound like. Both a personal reflection and an […]
I really appreciated your post Lucy. It reminded of a panel hosted by the NYC Alliance for School Integration and Desegregation a few years ago where they were discuss the needs for, benefits of, and barriers to […]
In a nation divided by race and reality, efforts to advance anti-racist, culturally responsive, and equitable approaches to education face great opposition from an emboldened coalition of white militants, […]
One particular section from the Yasso piece that caught my attention was when they were discussing how epistemic oppression along with white and upper/middle class-centered notions of capital value shaped policy […]
Hey Fatima! Your reflection on the idea of resiliency, similar to other discussions of concepts like “grit” and the use of “strong” as a character trait, resonated with me. Like these other terms and descriptors, […]
Freire’s assertion that we should be listening to and honoring all voices and dispense with the notion that some voices are more valid than others based on a specific status (i.e. education level, assumed […]
One of the ideas from this week’s reading that really stuck with me was that of “armed love”. Freire (2005) notes that there must be a “lovingness” both towards students, but also for the work or practice […]
The final assertion made by Lomotey(1993) about educating African-American students made me think of Dr. Gholdy Muhammad’s historically responsive equity framework for literacy instruction. They […]
I was on a panel last week with Suny New Paltz focused on Black Lives Matter in Teacher Education and one of the number one obstacles that both parents and teachers uplifting in implementing anti-racist pedagogy […]
Something else that exacerbates the disparities cause by inequitable school funding models is that families in wealthier districts are also able to be more financially active through the PTA (i.e. fundraisers and […]
Just wanted to co-sign your feeling of being tired. I am also tired. I led a wellness event for Black Educators, school support staff and school mental health professionals for the BLM at School […]
“Possession—the act necessary to lay the basis for rights in property—was defined to include only the cultural practices of Whites. This definition laid the foundation for the idea that whiteness—that which W […]
