by reDesign | Aug 26, 2020 | Blog, Cultural Responsiveness, Curriculum, Pedagogy
While the goal is for all learners to have access to text and materials that represent, affirm, and sustain their diverse identities, it is most often not the reality. Often classrooms are limited in their resources and students are stuck with textbooks that are not...
by reDesign | Aug 19, 2020 | Blog, Cultural Responsiveness, Leadership, Pedagogy, School Design
Our world and communities have been hugely disrupted by COVID-19 and the illness, death, fear, isolation, and racism that have been heightened in its short powerful presence. Communities of color have been hit hardest of all by far too many measures: illness and...
by reDesign | May 31, 2019 | Adult Develpment, Blog, Cultural Responsiveness, Pedagogy
Student accuses teacher of lying. Student is right. Nothing is done. Sounds like an event of a distant past? Nope. King Johnson’s recent note to his teacher this month reminds us, telling lies is not an aberration in schools, but a regular occurrence: I suspect...
by reDesign | May 1, 2019 | Blog, Cultural Responsiveness, Curriculum
In an October blog post, Everything I’ve Ever Needed to Know About Teaching, I Learned From Black Women: A Recommended Reading List, Akosua Lesesne highlighted the groundbreaking works of ten Black women education theorists whose works have for decades...
by reDesign | Oct 25, 2018 | Adult Develpment, Blog, Cultural Responsiveness, Curriculum, Pedagogy
Early Influencers So, the title of this blog is not completely true. Still, the majority of this piece details why it may as well be true for me and why it should be for you, too. First though, in any discussion on what I know about teaching I’d be remiss not to...
by reDesign | Jun 26, 2018 | Blog, Cultural Responsiveness, Pedagogy
As race-related events, gender politics, and mass shootings permeate the news cycle over the last few months, you may be wondering how you might address some of these issues in your classroom. For some teachers, facilitating a controversial discussion about race,...
