Teachers’ deficit views of racially minoritized students are consequential because they can diminish the learning opportunities available to these students
Teacher's should not water down their curriculum because they believe their students are incapable. It is lazy teaching.
“building respectfulrelationships with students” cannot be reduced to “techniques [such as] greeting students positively every day, having frequent, brief, ‘checkin’ conversations with students to demonstrate care and interest, and following up with students who are experiencing difficult or specialpersonal situations” as suggested by certain practice‑oriented reformers
Those techniques only help us understand our students at a superficial level.
eachers are seen as a key lever in schoolreform (Darling‑Hammond, 2000) and efforts to control what they do in classrooms through accountability policies, scripted curriculum, and“teacher‑proof” curriculum undergird a vast array of reform efforts over the last few decades (
Teachers have an opportunity to make a significant difference in their classrooms.
These adaptations aid teachers in constructing an accurate portrait of students’ abili-ties by viewing their language repertoire as a source of strength rather than one of deficit.
This highlights how standardized tests are a poor indicator of a students' level of intelligence. We need to do more in order to ensure students are accurately and fairly evaluated.
Our goal is not just to help students become better test takers or academic achievers, but also for them to gain the confidence to use learning as a personal and sociopolitical tool to thrive in this world and to help them know themselves.
It's important to keep in mind that teaching goes beyond the classroom setting.
Mydadalwaystoldme,ifyouwanttolearnsomething,youwilllearnit.Nomatterhowharditis,nomatterhowlong it takes. If it means something to you, you will figure it out. And I guess that is what I d
I followed the very same approach to get me through college.
tudent success was based upon the quality of instruction and the abilityof instructors to implement diverse instructional strategies that enhance the academic growth of all stu-dents.
Effective teachers will always improve student achievement.
In contrast to potentially encouragingoutcomes for European American, middle-class students with disabilities, African American studentslabeled with disabilities are more likely to be placed in highly restrictive educational settings (NationalResearch Council,2002), less likely to be exited from special education once identified as having a dis-ability (Skiba, Poloni-Staudinder, Gallini, Simmons, & Feggins-Azzis,2006) and are more likely to expe-rience poor quality educational instruction within special education settings
It seems as though students of color are permanently labeled with disabilities to purposely prevent them from finding academic success.
Critical literacy refers to reading, writing, and thinking in active and reflective ways with goals of understanding power, inequality, oppression, and social justice and investigating multiple perspectives and questioning and reading between the lines of the text (Beck, 2005; Giroux, 1987; Luke, 2000).
Critical literacy is something I did not see until my college career.
Teachers need to believe in the potential of all students regardless of their circumstances or the ways in which adults may have let them down in the past.
Teachers must always hold high expectations for their students. It is seen in Cal TPEs
His dad says that it is hard to give the right answer when children don't understand the question
Culture and language barriers have used to unfairly gauge students' level of intelligence.
Not being experts and lovers of the discipline could cause students to do poorly in the classroom.
All students deserve a teacher that is willing to constantly improve their practices for their educational success.
This question calls on students to think about their identities and communities and determine those social issues that are most in need of change or improvement.
Students are given the freedom to choose a topic that is close to them. They have the opportunity to show their culture and identity through their writing.
This exercise also helps teachers to see where the writing skills of students are and what areas of writing development need more support.
The exercise also helps teachers gain a better understanding of their students' backgrounds. The information could then be used to cater their teaching practices.
Average achievement of high school students on most standardized tests is now lower than 26 years ago when Sputnik was launched.
This is a pretty shocking statement considering education should be gradually improving. The launch of Sputnik sparked a glaring need to improve the educational system and compete internationally.
Student learning and understanding can be gauged more accurately through a backward design approach since it leverages what students will need to know and understand during the design process in order to progress.
I think backward design creates a set goal in mind while lesson planning. Everything created for the lesson will be done with the intention of meeting the goal.
Knowing, accepting, and understanding our stories are fundamental acts in acquiring power.
It is important to understand students' backgrounds as it can be used to enhance students' learning experiences.
Amira’s story is a testament to the fact that children and adolescents are perpetually engaged in theory outside of the boundaries of what teachers might deem performance-based assessment.
Amira's story shows how students are being unfairly assessed. High-stakes tests have been a common method to gauge students' level of intelligence.