Resources
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Equity and Anti-Racism Resources for Districts
Anti-Racist Pedagogy Guide: Methods and challenges – A guide that provides resources for developing anti-racist pedagogical strategies and syllabi
ASCD - How to Be an Anti-Racist Educator - ASCD Education Update
Critical Conscious Kid - Critical conversations with authors, academics and activists around equity, education and literature (links to author interviews)
IllinoisCivics.org - Civics course implementation blog (a report, podcast, published materials, and other resources)
National Science Teacher Association (NSTA) - Social Justice in the Science Classroom - Editor’s Corner
Refinery29 - Your Black Colleagues May Look Like They’re Okay — Chances Are They’re Not
- All Students Must Thrive – Transforming Schools to Combat Toxic Stressors and Cultivate Critical Wellness (Tyrone C. Howard et al.)
- Dear White America (Tim Wise)
- Dismantling the Racism Machine: A Manual and Toolbox (Karen Gaffney)
- For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood and the Rest of Y’all Too – Reality Pedagogy & Urban Education (Christopher Emdin)
- How to be an antiracist (Ibram X. Kendi)
- Privilege, Power, and Difference (Allan G. Johnson)
- Rac(e)ing to Class: Confronting Poverty and Race in Schools and Classrooms (H. Richard Milner)
- Racism without Racists (Eduardo Bonilla-Silva)
- So You Want to Talk About Race (Ijeoma Oluo)
- Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America (Ibram X. Kendi)
- The Heart of Whiteness (Robert Jensen)
- The New Jim Crow Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness (Michelle Alexander)
- Waking up White (Debra Irving)
- White Fragility (Robin Diangelo)
- White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son (Tim Wise)
- White Rage: The unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide (Carol Anderson)
- Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria (Beverly Daniel Tatum)
- Why We Can't Wait (Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.)
Continuing Courageous Conversations Toolkit - Builds organizational capacity to engage in ongoing "courageous conversations" about intersections of race, equity and child welfare.
From Civil Rights to Black Liberation: They're Not Too Young to Young to Talk About Race (or Gender)! - Timeline describing when children notice and think about race
Responding to Hate and Bias at School - Guidance for creating plans in place to respond to a bias incident or hate crime
Say Their Names - A toolkit to help foster productive conversations about race and civil disobedience
Social Justice Standards - Set of anchor standards and age appropriate learning outcomes divided into four domains
When They See Us Learning Companion - A learning companion developed to deepen the conversation and inspire personal action after viewing the film "When They See Us."
Anti-Racism Resources - Resources to facilitate growth for white folks to become allies and eventually accomplices for anti-racist work
Culturally Responsive Leadership - 40+ books for anti-racist educators
Embrace Race - List of "Diverse" Books for Children
Learning Forward - An assocation of learning educators commited to one vision in K-12 education: Equity and excellence in teaching and learning.
National Council on Family Relations - How to Respond to Violence, Hate, and Racism
Penguin Random House - Anti-racist Books and Resources for Our Readers/Recommended Reading for Adults & Kids, Films, Shows, and Documentaries, Articles and Anti-Racist Resources
Power Privilege Resource List - PDF with links to additional resources
Race Equity Tools - Website designed to give support to groups working to achieve racial equity, systemic racism and white privilege
School Practitioner Community of Practice - PDF with links to additional resources
Social Justice Book List - Booklists drawn from recommendations by State and National Teachers of the Year
Teaching Tolerance - Free resources to educators—teachers, administrators, counselors and other practitioners—who work with children from kindergarten through high school.
Teaching While White - Resources on “where to start”
WNET Education Anti-Racist Resources - For Families, Educators, and Students (WNET Education); Resources for Middle/High School Students, Younger Children, Additional resources