The concept of culturally sustaining pedagogies is resonating with a growing number of educators, but what does it look like in practice? And with so much vitriol being directed at educators who #TeachTruth and lean into curriculum that challenges racism, how does one embrace culturally sustaining practices in the face of the racist backlash? Lorena Germán, who is an educator extraordinaire, a co-founder of #DisruptTexts, and the author of the new book Textured Teaching, joins the show to help us explore these issues. But first, Jeff and Manuel take a look at recent headlines in education including vaccine mandates for students and a move towards abolishing the middle school model! Wait, what?
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AGENDA
0:00 - Welcome!
8:35 - School District Issues Vaccine Mandate
20:45 - Abolish Middle School?
36:13 - Textured Teaching w/ Lorena Germán
1:07:07 - #BlackGirlMagic and #TeachTruth FTW!!
DO-NOW STORIES:
Culver City Unified mandates Covid vaccine for students, possibly a first for California
Can you fix middle school by getting rid of it?
More from our guest:
Textured Teaching by Lorena Germán
The Anti Racist Teacher: Reading Instruction Workbook by Lorena Germán
Website: Multicultural Classroom
Lorena Germán for #DisruptTexts
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