Teaching, Leading, and Learning for Democracy in the Context of COVID-19 and Systemic Injustice
Tuesday, May 23, 2020
Resources and Key Ideas Shared Via the Chat Room
· https://www.thebodypro.com/article/white-people-resigning-leadership?ap…
·
enrollmentfeedback@schools.nyc.gov
· https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/04/opinion/george-floyd-anti-blackness…
· Everyday Anti-Racism: Getting Real About Race in School by Mica Pollock
· Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools by Monique Morris
· We Want More than to Survive: Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom by Bettina Love
· Race, Class and Gender in the United States, 11th edition, by Paula Rothenberg
· Building on Darwin and Lourdes comments regarding the relationship between capitalism and slavery: Stephen Steinberg’s The Ethnic Myth provides an in-depth, historical analysis/commentary on this topic
· For thought-provoking discussions of how young children develop ideas about race and ethnicity, Patricia Ramsey has written extensively on this. https://www.mtholyoke.edu/people/patricia-ramsey
· In response to question about studying whiteness: https://gse.berkeley.edu/zeus-leonardo
· Here is another opportunity to participate in a policy-driven program: the Algebra Project (led by Bob Moses) is leading an effort to make quality education a constitutional right, building on the recent court decision by the 6th Circuit (https://www.freep.com/story/news/education/2020/06/10/right-literacy-ru… City Technology has been asked to co-sponsor a Town Hall on this issue on July 9. See https://atownhallmeeting.splashthat.com/. My email is
benenson@ccny.cuny.edu
if you would like more info.
· Here is the information of Paul Forbes, the Executive Director of Educational Equity, Anti-Bias & Diversity - Office of Equity and Access https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulforbes718
· Things that folks are saying and that I’m thinking about given Terri Watson’s call to take more explicit action. We could join others in:
o Giving up power/seats (esp. white folks)
o Joining an anti-racist movement that moves us
o Training all higher ed teachers in anti-racist teaching approaches
o Training all student-teachers in anti-racist teaching approaches
o Lobbying for policies and funding for hiring more black teachers
o Hiring more diverse (racial, cultural, ability, national, etc.) teachers
o Reworking our expectations for the use of white standardized English
o Taking down standardized testing
o Lobbying against segregation in NYC public schools
o Developing programs for the community
· Resources for those who work with young children and families: https://highqualityearlylearning.org/learning-talking-about-racism/
· Summary of the comments made via the chat room: Initiatives that focus on:
o Policies that the college can adopt
o Things that the School of Education can do to better support minoritized students who want to become teachers—both internally and externally
o How we can advocate with the NYC DOE
o How we can support children to get access to more opportunities and to get them to see and build on their strengths.
Last Updated: 07/08/2020 17:00