Culturally Responsive Teaching Puts Rigor at the Center

My anti-racist instruction goal for this year is to better understand and support culturally responsive teaching.  As part of this learning journey, I started with what culturally responsive teaching is and isn't.  One helpful resource was this cartoon of the misconceptions of culturally responsive teaching  (I'm choosing not to include a screenshot, and instead linking to Zaretta Hammond's website, in order to honor her intellectual property). 

And I highly recommend the Q and A with Zaretta Hammond that was published by Learning Forward, a professional development resource for educators, linked below. It helped me to think about rigor as an anchor for culturally responsive, anti-racist instruction.

Here's that quick read: Culturally Responsive Teaching Puts Rigor at the Center

Looking for more? 

- Ask your principal or instructional coach to borrow a copy  of Zaretta Hammond's 2014 book, Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain: Promoting Authentic Engagement and Rigor Among Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students. This was a BSD book club read a couple of years ago. 

- Check out the Anti-Racist Instruction resources at the BSD Teaching and Learning Playbook.