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…my co-worker — for So You Want to Talk About Race, by Ijeoma Oluo. Because we do want to talk about race, even if we might not get it right…
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…talk about race, actually, we can very much talk about race. All white people are concerned about whiteness, which is our race. If we have to check a box there’s…
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…being not racist meant that you didn’t talk about race and you wouldn’t say that race didn’t matter, right? And I no longer believe that. But it’s still really common…
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…mean it or not. You don’t want to be treated differently. You don’t want people to kind of talk down to you because they think somehow that’s helpful. I don’t…
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…You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo, and this idea that being anti-racist and fighting racism isn’t a destination. It’s about the journey. And it’s that daily actions…
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…also have a race. And so I think that it’s not inappropriate to engage with race and talk about race. What is inappropriate is to single out and other the…
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…it’s The Depression, and they’re losing their home. I’m also reading Race Talk and the Conspiracy of Silence: Understanding and Facilitating Difficult Conversations on Race, by Derald Wing Sue. Very…
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…if our measure is only in the Dow. I want us to measure economic progress by how many children are living in poverty. I want to know the number of…
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…you want to highlight another story from Dreadful Young Ladies. I want to talk briefly about the novella at the end as well. Sarah: That sounds wonderful. This is the…
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…sit in a row and in a seat and start learning the same thing all at the same time. Talk about assessment! Literally just look at somebody learn to talk,…
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…your book, so thank you for that. I want to talk pedagogy a little bit. And I want to talk about Vermont. You’re probably not familiar with our Act 77,…
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…you can say or do but this is the place where if you want to write your legislator, let’s do it. If you want to, you know, go talk to…
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…encourage them that they can talk to one another about this and especially talk to a trusted adult when something just doesn’t feel right, you know? Kids have pretty darn…
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…such an important piece. But. The way I feel like we tend to talk about it in middle grades work — myself included — is that we talk about it…
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…most pleasant way when I heard him say, one: put it out there. You know: race, the R word. We know we want to run from that! And then he…
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…about how Bushwick is changing. Do you want to talk more about that? Meg: I’d love too. She’s seeing it change right before her very eyes. And what she’s noticing…
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…off of it. Jeanie: Yeah. A can of worms if you will. Well, I want to open that door a little bit. I want to start with another quote because…
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…not in this book.) But again, I want them to know that who they are is going to impact what they think is the right answer. I want them to…
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…we would talk about race, people would say, “Oh, but our school is mostly white so we don’t really need to deal with race.” And then I would have them…
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…kids to be? What kind of white folks do we want our graduates to be in the world? If we never talk about race, if we don’t equip students with…
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…school. So that’s my vision is to really make schools places where kids want to be and where parents want to send them. And I don’t mean to say that…
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…talk with me about The Dark Fantastic: Race and the Imagination from Harry Potter to the Hunger Games, by Ebony Elizabeth Thomas. We reflect on what we read growing up,…
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…don’t see color”. Or “We’re all the same race: the human race.” But then they would also hold stereotypes about Black people. And they also saw any mention of race…
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…participated in discussions of Ijeoma Oluo’s excellent book So You Want to Talk About Race? Now, I believe in the power of dialogue about racism to help lay the foundation…
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…About Race Episode #38 -Complete transcript of You Want To Talk About Race with Life Legeros The 21st Century Classroom · #vted Reads: The Hate U Give Episode #37 –…
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…non-heteronormative family. Do we want to talk a little bit about his family circumstances? Annie: Sure. So, his mom, Astrid is not in a relationship with anybody. She goes in…
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…Right? Jeanie: Absolutely. If I said something like that, I would want to be called out on it. Kathleen: Yes, absolutely. Jeanie: I would want to be reminded to be…
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…hard to see from anyone’s perspective in the school because students are like, “Well, I want to know what the expectations are in a class. I want to know my…
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…to use this book in the classroom is to kind of do it in collaboration with some art. And to talk about collaging and figuring out how students may want…
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…excited to talk to you about this book. We talk about books all the time. One of the questions I asked my guest is what book are they reading now….
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…going to say that there are two equal sides to that and you want both sides to be heard and want young people to make up their minds? No, you’re…
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…now I am listening to So You Want to Talk about Race by Ijeoma Olou and it is a profound, moving, angst-inducing book about systemic racism and its impacts. (Also…
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…the queer spectrum over the past few years talk about: while there are more and more books that do this, they often want a book that is not just about…
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…to talk about The Benefits of Being an Octopus, by Ann Braden. We talk glitter and posterboard, coffee and peanut-butter smoothies, and using the Equity Literacy Framework to dismantle inequality…
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…lot to do about Black identity, especially in Vermont. I can imagine those essays fitting in in a class that has anything to do with diversity and race — like…
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…want to talk with them about what’s going on, and how it’s affecting them as learners. How they can affect the situation themselves, as participating members of this society. But…
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…Test on race. watching and reflecting upon Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Danger of a Single Story Ted Talk about stereotypes. examining their social and author influencers and asking “who are we…
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…the group wants to… they want to do that education piece in their community. They want to see the atmosphere, the climate change. That’s been one of their goals. I…
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…out her TED Talk, Bodies as Resistance: Claiming the political act of being oneself (and shout-out to Rhiannon Kim & Erika Saunders who introduced me to her work!). Next up…
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…It involves the self work: how do I look at my own race, my own implicit bias, and then use this learning to address and dismantle systems of oppression and…
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…uncomfortable talking about race, and so I’m just going to not really talk about it.” Students are leading these conversations and growing their agency, voice and understanding of critical issues…
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…In a recent article, Tony Winger and Kimberly Race trace the costs of grading, which include teachers acting as gatekeepers for success, the proliferation of fixed mindsets, and the toll…
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If you want to know what an organization prioritizes, examine its budget. If you want to know what educators care about, look at their curriculum. Curriculum is perhaps the most…
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…personalization, so I’m not going to. But I am going to take this moment to talk about a few things that are really, really important to me, as you take…
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…and begin to understand the world. Need norms? Proctor School’s Courtney Elliott for the win: https://twitter.com/MsElliott345/status/1169782441457987585 Resources for difficult conversations about current events Let’s Talk: Talking about race, racism and…
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…dialogue is so very important, especially in our schools. We want to model for our students that adults can talk about hard things, and it’s essential for a thriving democratic…
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When we talk about a student in an intervention meeting, we often start with what is amazing about that student. Teachers and caregivers who know the students deeply rattle off…
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…sending a message. That message is that some people don’t belong, are not intelligent, or that school has no relevance to their lives. CRP asks us to name culture, talk…
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…great value in this work, but we also need to be mindful of the ways that equity, race, and socioeconomic status can impact this view. We want this work to…
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…Alex’s brilliance, compassion, and experience. The 21st Century Classroom · #vted Reads: Equity-Centered, Trauma-Informed Education Then there are those books that you just need. Like when you need to talk…
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