A Letter To White Women Teachers: an urgent plea for change, by Laura Baker of Racial Justice Rising and Westfield State University (select Full Text PDF)
An End to the Privatization of Education and Real Community Control by Parents, Students and Community Members of Schools Including Democratic School Boards and Community Control of Curriculum, Hiring, Firing, and Discipline Policies, from A Vision for Black Lives
Calling Cops for Small Infractions Disproportionately Hurts Minority Students, by Anna Phillips at the Los Angeles Times
EmbraceRace: Online community about caring for and raising kids in the context of race
Facing History and Ourselves “We help students learn about hatred and bigotry so they can stop them from happening in the future.”
Five Ways to End the School To Prison Pipeline, from Fusion.net
The Gates Scholarship for exceptional, Pell-eligible, minority high school seniors
How Race-Related Trauma Hurts Black and Brown Youth in Schools, from Psychology Benefit Society
How To Talk To Kids About Racism: An Age by Age Guide, by Alex Mlynek at Today’s Parent
How To Talk To Kids About Racism in America – with a picture book by Colton Valentine at the Huffington Post
I Was A Racist Teacher And I Didn’t Even Know It, by Laurie Calvert at Education Post
Immigrant and Refugee Children: A Guide For Educators and School Support Staff, from American Federation of Teachers
Picture Books That Teach Kids to Combat Racism, from What We Do All Day
A Punch In the Gut: Vancouver BC high school uses texts connecting Indigenous women to the word “squaw”, by Angela Sterritt at CBC News
Racial Profiling Starts in Preschool, by Kali Holloway at Alternet.org
Reading While White: Allies for Racial Diversity & Inclusion In Books For Children & Teens
Report Hate At School – report incidents to the Southern Poverty Law Center
Responding To Hate And Bias At School, a downloadable guide from Teaching Tolerance
Rethinking Schools – resources for educators
Speak Up At School, a guide for teachers from Teaching Tolerance
Teach Us All by Sonia Lowman is a documentary film + social movement, just released on Netflix
Teaching for Change: Building Social Justice Starting in the Classroom
Teaching While White by Molly Tansy at Teaching Tolerance
Ten Books About Residential Schools To Read With Your Kids, by Chantelle Belrichard at CBC News
Ten Things Every White Teacher Should Know When Talking About Race, by Angela Watson at Cornerstone For Teachers
Two Schools In Mississippi and a Lesson on Race & Inequality in America, by Jamiles Lartey at The Guardian
Where Are the Teachers Of Color? by Motoko Rich in the New York Times
Why I Teach My 2-Year-Old About Race, by Michelle Acker Perez at the Washington Post