Providing an essential counternarrative for white teachers in urban settings, the authors draw on historical belief systems and current events to reinforce the importance of their work and give strategies for improvement.
Moore, Eddie. 2018. The Guide for White Women Who Teach Black Boys. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin
Newsletter addressing legal, policy, and human aspects of disproportionate representation.
California Department of Education (2010).
In this video educational leaders discuss the challenges presented by and impacts experienced from implicit bias in schools.
The Voice: Highlights from 2018 (The Voice). 2018. Vialogue. EdLab Teachers College: Columbia University.
The empathic-mindset intervention is an online exercise to refocus middle school teachers on understanding and valuing the perspectives of students and on sustaining positive relationships even when students misbehave. This intervention reduced suspension rates especially for Black and Hispanic students, reduced the racial disparity over the school year by 45%. Significant reductions were also observed students with disabilities and for students with one previous suspension. These reductions persisted through the next year when students interacted with different teachers, suggesting that empathic treatment with even one teacher in a critical period can improve students’ trajectories through school.
Okonofua, Jason, J. Parker Goyer, Constance Lindsay, Johnetta Haugabrook, and Gregory Walton. 2022. “A scalable empathic-mindset intervention reduces group disparities in school suspensions.” Science Advances 8, no. 12, https://www.science.org/doi/epdf/10.1126/sciadv.abj0691 (accessed January 30, 2023).
In this article, the authors propose that pervasive negative stereotypes about racially stigmatized children influence both teachers and students, undermining teacher–student relationships over time.
Okonofua, J. A., Walton, G. M., & Eberhardt, J. L. (2016). A Vicious Cycle: A Social–Psychological Account of Extreme Racial Disparities in School Discipline. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 11(3) 381–398.
This text provides educators with the necessary background information and framework to hold difficult conversations about race, privilege, and equity.
Singleton, Glen E. 2015. Courageous Conversations About Race: A Field Guide for Achieving Equity in Schools. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin.
This article discusses data collected that shows that the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the existing achievement gaps across income levels and between white students and students of black and Hispanic heritage. Also, the article discusses how the current situation is leading to more students of color dropping out and the long term effects on these student's long-term economic well-being and on the US economy as a whole.
Dorn, E., Hancock, B., Sarakatsannis, J., Viruleg, E. 2020. Covid-19 and Student Learning in the United States: The Hurt Could Last a Lifetime. San Francisco, California: McKinsey & Company
https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/public-and-social-sector/our-insights/covid-19-and-student-learning-in-the-united-states-the-hurt-could-last-a-lifetime#
Integrating brain science, culture, and learning, Hammond provides information on using information processing to improve capacity for learning.
Hammond, Zaretta. 2015. Culturally Responsive Teaching & the Brain: Promoting Authentic Engagement and Rigor Among Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin.
The book describes how court ordered desegregation efforts have subsided in strength. It exposes how school systems have slowly re-segregated since the landmark Brown V. Board of Education decision. It is useful for practitioners who are interested in understanding why school systems look like they do and how segregation is related to inequities in education.
Orfield, G., and Eaton, S. E. Dismantling Desegregation: The Quiet Reversal of Brown v. Board of Education. New York: New Press, 1996.
This is a series of modules on distance learning. The modules cover technology, blended learning, social-emotional learning, continuity of learning, hybrid learning, COVID-19, learning loss, transition back to school, English Language Learners, distance learning strategies and students with disabilities. Modules: 1. Hot Topics in Technology & Pedagogy 2.Continuity of Learning 3. Learning Acceleration Series 4. Advancing Equity in an Era of Crisis 5. Distance Learning Consortium 6. Distance Learning Strategies 7. Rapid Response transition 8. Setting up Virtual Learning Systems 9. Distance Learning 10. Special Education 11. Community Engagement
California Collaborative for Educational Excellence (ccee). 2020. Distance Learning and Teaching Modules. Sacramento, California: California Collaborative for Education Excellence (ccee)
https://ccee-ca.org/resources/distance-teaching-learning/
