31 Jan 2020
How to Celebrate Multiculturalism in Your Class…Even If All of Your Students Are White

How to Celebrate Multiculturalism in Your Class…Even If All of Your Students Are White

A multicultural classroom is a celebration of the ethnic and racial groups in your classroom, particularly those that have been historically under represented. How do you do that in a meaningful way, whether you have a variety of cultures in your classroom or you teach in a predominately white school? My guest today is Roberto Germán, director of middle school and creator of the educational consulting group 'The Multicultural Classroom.' EPISODE NOTES In today's episode we explore: the differences between multiculturalism, a multicultural classroom, and social justiceRoberto's journey from an extremely poor and under-performing school in Lawrence, MA to one…
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17 Sep 2016
Entry 04 – How to Talk About Race in Class

Entry 04 – How to Talk About Race in Class

Our writing prompt for the week: Do you incorporate the perspective of cultures, ethnicities, genders, etc. into your class that are not your own and how so? How do the kids respond? Do you have any experiences from your classes where diversity or lack of diversity has impacted students? In all my time here at Headwaters, I've only taught math and robotics.  Not the typical place where conversations of race, culture, or ethnicity come up.  I've also had an advisory all those years but those conversations haven't come up there much either.  Our school population is fairly homogenous though, so…
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