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Funds of knowledge for teaching: Using a qualitative approach to connect homes and classrooms The goal of the study was to develop innovations in teaching that draw upon the knowledge and skills found in local households. They are used in a social network to facilitate the development and exchange of resources, including knowledge, skills and…

The #WakandaSyllabus By Walter D. Greason, Ph.D.  The following list was compiled by Dr. Walter Greason, who is the author of The American Economy, a collection of documents and essays on the economic history of the United States (Kendall Hunt, 2016). He currently teaches economic history at Monmouth University in West Long Branch, NJ. Dr.…

The Connections Between Urban Development and Colonialism By Paige Glotzer November 27, 2017 1 This post is part of our online forum on Race, Property, and Economic History. Baltimore Inner Harbor from the National Aquarium (Photo: G. Edward Johnson, Wikimedia Commons). “It’s kind of manifest destiny…now the marketplace and the city has begun to catch up.” This is how architect…

Critical race theory in education: A review of literature and look to the future The article looks at the development of critical race theory in education, paying attention to how researchers use CRT and its various branches in the study of K-12 and higher education. The article focuses on CRT scholarships that offer tools to…

CRITICAL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: CENTERING THE SOCIAL JUSTICE NEEDS OF TEACHERS  A model of critical professional development known as APD (antidiagonal professional development ) is being combated with teachers being participants in a cooperative dialectical process, since there is an increasing technocratic system developing between teachers and students (Kohli, 7) In this study, teachers are engaged…

Culturally relevant pedagogy: T.C. Howard The united states are currently enduring its largest influx of immigrants. Majority of these families have kids who compromise 1/3rd of the U.S school population. By 2050 this will rise to a whopping 57%, those kids being of African American, Asian American and Latino descent. For teacher this will propose…

In the article, The Importance of Minority Teachers: Student perceptions of minority versus white teachers, the article was relatively easy to find once a website that had a pdf available was accessed. The first and probably most distracting thing I saw while reading was the amount of citations and references to other sources. While that…

The format of the article, “Chicana/ Latina Testimonios” is extremely organized which helps to understand the article better. The introduction gives the reader insight as to what testimonios are and their significance to Latina/ Chicana culture. The introduction continues to explain how the significance is spreading throughout educational fields and what it means to have…