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Making SEL Culturally Competent
From Edutopia: "Teaching students about oppression and critical consciousness is a vital component of social-emotional learning."
How To Be An Anti-Racist Educator
From ASCD: "Educators have an obligation to confront the harm of racism. That is why we must commit to becoming antiracist educators and to preparing our young people to be antiracist, too."
Supporting Racial Equity with Culturally Responsive Pedagogy and SEL
From Committee for Children: "The United States education system is marked by racial inequities. Drawing on student strengths has particular importance in racial equity considerations."
For Educators Aspiring Toward Allyship: Starting in the Classroom
From Committee for Children: "...allyship is aspirational, self-directed, and lifelong. It’s aspirational because “ally” is never a term one can give to oneself."
Start With A Conversation (But Don’t Stop There)
From the Imagine Neighborhood: "...an important first step is talking to your kids about race and injustice. Below are some resources that might help you start these conversations."
How To Start The Conversation About Racism (podcast)
From The Imagine Neighborhood: "we're going to learn about how kids, and their grown-ups, can have some important conversations about what’s going on in the world right now. Which can be hard, and maybe a little scary."
Teaching Black History All Year: Educators Speak
From Facing History and Ourselves (Facing Today Blog): a multiracial group of Facing History teachers from around the U.S. share their thoughts on Black History Month, weigh in on how they approach teaching Black history, and share some of their cherished classroom...
Black History Books By Black Authors
From The Conscious Kid, an education, research, and policy organization dedicated to equity and promoting healthy racial identity development in youth.
Confronting Anti-Blackness: Books By Black Authors for ages 0 – 18
From The Conscious Kid, an education, research, and policy organization dedicated to equity and promoting healthy racial identity development in youth.
Bridging Differences Playbook
From Greater Good (Berkeley.edu): Learn research-based strategies to promote positive dialogue and understanding.