"There are, unfortunately, biases and injustices built into education, and many educators struggle to fight against them. Often these practices are conveyed to students, which only exacerbates the issue. Author Carissa R. McCray, with her book Equitable Instruction, Empowered Students: A Teacher's Guide to Inclusive and Culturally Competent Classrooms, seeks to combat these biases with pedagogy that encourages students to dismantle the injustices surrounding them. The book tackles every angle of the classroom, from ...
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"There are, unfortunately, biases and injustices built into education, and many educators struggle to fight against them. Often these practices are conveyed to students, which only exacerbates the issue. Author Carissa R. McCray, with her book Equitable Instruction, Empowered Students: A Teacher's Guide to Inclusive and Culturally Competent Classrooms, seeks to combat these biases with pedagogy that encourages students to dismantle the injustices surrounding them. The book tackles every angle of the classroom, from instructional practices and curriculum to classroom culture and communication. Practical strategies meant to encourage true equity in education allow teachers to show marginalized students they matter. Equitable Instruction, Empowered Students also encourages the reader to reflect on their own actions, with the ultimate goal of igniting change within every teacher, student, and parent involved in the education system"--
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