Creating Brave Spaces: Reckoning With Race in the Classroom – w/ Matthew R. Kay
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People from all corners of public life are telling teachers to stop discussions about race and racism in the classroom, but keeping the truth of the world from students simply doesn’t work. English teacher Matthew Kay urges educators to create brave spaces instead. He provides examples of classroom strategies for engaging with students at the intersections of race, literature and lived experience. Hint: it involves vulnerability, accountability and quality affirmations.
Visit the enhanced episode transcript for even more resources about strategies for teaching about Race and the Jim Crow era.
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